Pakistan

Countrywide protest against closure of Geo News, ARY TV in Pakistan

Islamabad, Nov 18 : Journalists, lawyers, political workers and civil society activists have staged protest demonstrations against curbs on the media especially shutting down of Geo News and ARY On

Pakistan elections to be held on January 6, assemblies to be dissolved today

Islamabad, Nov 18 : The next general elections for the national and provincial assemblies will be held on January 6, sources have said.

John Negroponte asks Pakistan to lift curbs on media, end emergency

Islamabad, Nov 18 : The US Deputy Secretary of State, John Negroponte, has said that for fair and independent elections in Pakistan, it is necessary to lift emergency and take back restrictions on

Pakistan CJ constitutes smaller SC bench to hear emergency, PCO cases

Islamabad, Nov 18 : Pakistan’s Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has scaled down the 10-member Supreme Court bench to seven judges that would now hear the petitions against the imposition of emergen

Emergency to be lifted as law and order improves: Pervez Musharraf

Islamabad, Nov 17: President Pervez Musharraf has informed US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte that emergency rule can only be lifted once the law and order situation in Pakistan improves,

Children of Jinnah’s close associates’ urge Pervez Musharraf to restore democracy

Karachi, Nov 17: Urging Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf to withdraw the emergency, children of several close associates of Mohammad Ali Jinnah have pleaded with him not to betray the Fa

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