DHAKA : (AFP) – On Monday, the sole newspaper of Bangladesh’s largest opposition party ceased publication after a government suspension order was upheld, raising concerns about media freedom in the South Asian country. Campaigners and international governments, notably the United States, have long raised concern about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’sContinue Reading

PESHAWAR – The Deputy Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Mahmood Jan, and two friends have been charged with murder and attempted murder in a property-related dispute. According to the authorities, a property dispute is ongoing between Jan and Isa Khel Qum in the Sufaid Sang suburbs. On Sunday, theContinue Reading

LAHORE — Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said on Monday that he anticipated Imran Khan to appear before the Lahore High Court (LHC) seeking protective bail in a case brought against him for demonstrating outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) office. The LHC previously dismissedContinue Reading

RAWALPINDI – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior vice president and chief organiser Maryam Nawaz has called for separate PML-N organisational meetings to be conducted today (Monday), during which the party’s Rawalpindi division’s organisational structure would be examined. Maryam Nawaz will preside over the party’s organisational meetings. According to reports, theContinue Reading