ISLAMABAD: A man has been arrested for allegedly creating fake Twitter accounts in the names of retired army officers, Geo News reported on Wednesday. Sources privy to the matter said the bogus social accounts were aimed at creating division and differences among the officers of the Pakistan Army on a political basis. …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has fixed the petition seeking its direction to remove the hurdles being erected by the government to PTI’s long march on Islamabad. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsen and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar Naqvi, will …

ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan has stationed himself at the Chief Minister’s House of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where he has moved along with his wife, it was learnt. Mode of his departure from Peshawar remains unclear to the government as there are equal chances of his either …

KARACHI: Veteran journalist and Senior Editor The News Talat Aslam passes away on Wednesday. He was 67. Talat Aslam had worked with several leading newspapers and magazines as an editor in his long journalistic career. Condolences pour in Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman, in her condolence message, said that it …

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to detain PTI Chairman Imran Khan with the top party leadership on its way to Islamabad from Peshawar Wednesday (today), a top officer responsible for security arrangements said Tuesday requesting anonymity. The authorities during detailed meetings with different agencies have discussed aspects after the detention …

ISLAMABAD: A PAF trainer aircraft has crashed near Mianwali during a routine training mission, according to a statement issued by a spokesperson Wednesday “Pilot ejected safely while no loss of life or property was reported on the ground,” it said. The spokesperson said that a Board of Inquiry has been …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Wednesday ordered the chief commissioner to provide an alternative place to PTI for its “Azadi March” in Islamabad. A three-member bench of the SC headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan  and comprising Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, took up …

ISLAMABAD: The United States Mission to Pakistan has announced the expansion of interview waiver eligibility at the US Embassy in Islamabad and the US Consulate General in Karachi for certain applicants of F (student) visas, J (exchange visitor) visas in academic programmess, H (temporary worker visas), and non-blanket L (intracompany …

DAVOS: Saudi Arabia is finalising the extension of the kingdom’s $3 billion deposit to Pakistan, Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaan told a British wire service. “We are currently finalising extending the $3 billion deposit to Pakistan,” he said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Last …