In election year, Pak's 'Deep State' closing in

A Pakistan court has ordered the election commission to allow the registration of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's Milli Muslim League as a political party.The order came days after a Pakistani court extended a stay against the "possible arrest" ...

In a major move ahead of the general elections in Pakistan, the US today designated Milli Muslim League, the political front of Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud Dawa, as a foreign terrorist organisation.In a simultaneous move, seven members of MML central leadership body have been designated as foreign terrorist. The US also added Tehreek-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir to the list of terrorist groups. TAJK is said to be a front of the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, which according to the Trump administration, continues to ...

Krishna Kumari Kolhi from Pakistans Sindh province has become the first-ever Hindu Dalit woman Senator in the Muslim-majority country, according to a media report on Sunday. Krishna, 39, from Thar is a member of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari-led Pakistan Peoples ...

India today termed as "very shocking" a Pakistani court's order to the country's election commission to hear the case of Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed's political party for registration and said it was an attempt to "mainstream" his activities.  Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also said that the order "exposes Pakistan's duplicity" in taking action against terrorists and terror groups operating out of its soil.  Yesterday, the Islamabad high court set aside ...

Rana Banerji With the combined Opposition winning posts of chairman and deputy chairman, senate despite the ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) becoming the single largest party in the senate elections held on March 3, 2018, an air of uncertainty prevails ...

[Pakistan], Mar 13 (ANI): Punjab Province Chief Minister and former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's brother Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as the new chairperson of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) by the party's general council.

Polling was today underway in Pakistan's four provincial and national assemblies to elect 52 members of Senate - the upper house of parliament, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).Provincial and federal lawmakers are voting in the polling ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg today ruled out resigning over his company's privacy practices as he announced formation of an independent research committee in the backdrop of the elections in countries like India, Pakistan and the US, according to a media ...

An FIR has been lodged against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pralhad Joshi. Joshi has been booked for inciting communal violence after making a controversial statement in Karnataka's Hubli, news agency ANI reported. FIR registered against Pralhad Joshi, BJP ...