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Hassan NaqviIslamabad, January 12, 2026 — The federal government on Monday withdrew the Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026 after the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) staged a walkout from the National Assembly, raising serious constitutional objections over the manner in which the ordinance was promulgated. According to…
Umar HayatTank, Pakistan — A roadside explosion tore through an armoured police vehicle in Pakistan’s northwestern Tank district on Monday, killing at least six officers and injuring another. The convoy was escorting health workers involved in a polio‑vaccination drive when a remote‑controlled device detonated beside their vehicle.…
Web DeskHow the Former Spymaster Allegedly Operated Like an Underworld Don Senior journalist and analyst Hamid Mir has made explosive revelations, claiming that former ISI officer General Faiz Hameed operated less like a spy chief and more like an underworld don between 2019 and 2021. During this…
Web DeskAfter a prolonged 15-month court martial, the most controversial chief of the ISI and a close confidant of Imran Khan, retired Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed, has finally met his fate: he has been sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment. The sentence will take effect from…
Web DeskIn a dramatic shift for one of Punjab’s most fiercely contested constituencies, NA-66 Wazirabad has produced an outcome without a single vote cast, as Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) nominee Bilal Farooq Tarar was declared elected unopposed — an outcome that not only reshapes the political hierarchy…
Hassan NaqviThe Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Corruption Circle in Karachi has registered an FIR (No. 32/2025) against former Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Syed Muhammad Shabbar Zaidi, accusing him of criminal misconduct, abuse of authority, and unauthorised disbursement of public funds amounting to Rs 16 billion. The case,…
Web DeskISLAMABAD — A formal petition has been filed in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking the disqualification of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi for allegedly violating multiple articles of the Constitution by supporting candidates from the Insaf Lawyers Forum (ILF) in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
Hassan NaqviLAHORE — Six senior officers of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) were produced on Tuesday before a Lahore magistrate after being taken into custody by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in a widening corruption probe that threatens to shake Pakistan’s newly created cyber-crime apparatus. The…
Hassan NaqviThe State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to maintain its benchmark interest rate at 11%, marking the fourth consecutive meeting in which the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has chosen to pause monetary easing. The central bank last lowered the rate by one percentage point in…
Web DeskISLAMABAD — Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s continuous anti-establishment rhetoric and multiple corruption convictions have placed him in what officials describe as a “political dead end,” with insiders asserting that any possibility of his release before 2036 now appears virtually impossible. According to well-informed sources in…
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