Ahsan Iqbal

Pakistan's Geo TV channel forced to go off air; reports claim military hand, govt denies interference

Pakistan's Geo TV news channel has reportedly been taken off air in many parts of the country on the order of military

Pakistan prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reluctant to take stern action against JuD, says report

Pakistan prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi reversed his decision to take stern action against Hafiz Saeed-led Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Falah-i- Insaniyat Foundation fearing that any such move could trigger a political crisis, a media report said on Monday.

India could be behind killing of Chinese national in Karachi, says Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal

Pakistan's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday alleged that India could be involved in the targeted killing of a Chinese national in Karachi, media reports said.

Pakistan issues fatwa signed by 1,800 Islamic scholars against use of violence for religious purposes

Wracked by terrorism, extremism and sectarianism, Pakistan government on Tuesday issued a fatwa signed by over 1,800 Islamic scholars from different schools of thought against the use of violence, including suicide bombings, for religious purposes.

Pakistan nearly trades its economic sovereignty in currency swap arrangement with China

The currency was the last bastion of the Pakistani state that remained inviolate.

India using Afghanistan to conspire against CPEC, Islamabad prepared to foil it, says Pakistan Interior minister Ahsan Iqbal

Pakistan has accused India of using Afghanistan for hatching conspiracies against China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal says long term plan for CPEC will be made public on 18 December

The long-term plan for the CPEC will be made public on 18 December, Pakistan's minister for planning and development Ahsan Iqbal has said.

US should not look at CPEC from India's perspective, says Pakistan minister Ahsan Iqbal

Dismissing the US' concern over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Pakistan's interior minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that Washington should not look at the multi-billion project from India's perspective as it would provide a platform that would benefit all.

China's policy intact, Xiamen Declaration 'nothing new,' says Pakistan's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal

"Pakistan was in attendance at the Heart of Asia conference. They (BRICS) have copied the declaration that was made then," Pakistan's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said

Lahore blast: 35 injured as truck explodes; Nawaz Sharif's cavalcade might have been target, officials say

An explosive device went off on Monday night inside a truck in Lahore, injuring at least 35 people