CHAMAN/QUETTA: On Thursday, Khan Muhammad Marri, the father of two of the victims in the horrifying killings in Barkhan, said that Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran, the Balochistan Minister for Building and Communications, wanted him to provide false evidence against his son. Khan Muhammad, the father whose family members were discoveredContinue Reading

QUETTA: On Friday, cellular services and mobile networks remained suspended in Gwadar for the fifth day in a row as the city’s commercial districts and stores remained closed at the request of a group that has been organising sit-ins and protests there for more than a month against “illegal fishingContinue Reading

KARACHI – According to a report from Channel News, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has at least three Balochistan Assembly members from the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) and one from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Four Balochistan Assembly members declared their joining the PPP at a meeting with co-chairman Asif Ali ZardariContinue Reading

UAE : Two more Pakistani cities have been included on the UAE’s “blacklist,” meaning that residents of those cities will no longer be eligible to apply for visit visas to the UAE. The total number of Pakistani cities on the list now stands at 24, with the travel agent mafiaContinue Reading

QUETTA – The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Friday ordered the dismissal of all complaints brought against Senator Azam Khan Swati of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for making defamatory remarks about government institutions. The PTI stalwart’s son Usman Swati petitioned the BHC, and Justice Hashim Kakar’s decision was made inContinue Reading

KARACHI – On Thursday, the son of PTI senator Azam Swati filed a plea in the Sindh High Court (SHC) disputing proceedings brought against his father for making controversial comments about state institutions. Barrister Usman Swati also asked the court to ban the Sindh police from filing further complaints againstContinue Reading

LAHORE (Web Desk) – According to its embassy in Islamabad, Japan has announced its desire to provide Pakistan with a “grant assistance” of $38.9 million as part of the country’s supplementary budget to aid the flood victims. Huge floods struck Pakistan in August of this year, leaving over one millionContinue Reading

QUETTA – A local court on Sunday awarded PTI leader Azam Swati a five-day physical remand in the contentious tweets case.Swati was brought before court magistrate Kachlak for a 10-day detention for questioning. The magistrate, however, granted a five-day physical remand. On December 2, Quetta police detained PTI leader AzamContinue Reading