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ISLAMABAD: The government has summoned an emergency session of the National Assembly on Thursday (today) to get Islamabad’s local government amendment bill passed, with an aim to increase the number of union councils and seek direct election for the post of mayor. The session has been convened by President Dr Arif Alvi at a time when political parties are already …

WASHINGTON: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has suggested letting neighbouring countries know that the outlawed TTP is an “absolute red line” for Pakistan and it would not allow anyone to cross that line. “As far as the TTP (Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan) is concerned, it’s absolutely our red line. It is something that we will not tolerate,” said the foreign minister while speaking …

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Thursday said Chaudhry Parvez Elahi had “constitutionally” ceased to be the Punjab chief minister after skipping the vote of confidence. On December 19, Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman had asked Elahi to take a vote of confidence by 4pm yesterday. Subsequently, Punjab Assembly Speaker Sibtain Khan had disposed of the governor’s order, saying that the instructions were “against the Constitution …

ISLAMABAD: In a family suit, the Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) and appellate court decisions for dissolution of a marriage by way of khula and restored the decree of a family court to dissolve the marriage on the basis of cruelty inflicted by a man on his wife. While the family court after recording …

As Pakistan faces a resurgence in terror incidents, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has vowed to deal with the problem with “iron hands” and asserted that the state would not bow down to any militant groups. “Attempts to spread chaos in Pakistan through terrorism will be dealt with iron hands,” he said in a statement carried by state-run Radio Pakistan on Wednesday. The premier noted …

Islamabad police have said that officials are investigating a break-in at the home of anchorperson Shiffa Yousafzai on Tuesday night. In a video statement released on Tuesday night, Yousafzai had alleged that a group of armed men scaled the wall of her home and barged into the premises. The journalist, however, said that she was out with her parents when …

An Islamabad court dismissed on Wednesday the bail plea of PTI Senator Azam Swati, who has been in detention since late November over his controversial tweets about senior military officers. Swati was arrested on November 27 after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) booked him in Islamabad over a “highly obnoxious campaign of intimidating tweets […] against state institutions”. It was the second …

PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday warned Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman to “refrain from any adventures” as he asserted that Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi would not be seeking a vote of confidence from the provincial assembly today. Fawad’s statement came ahead of the expiration of the deadline set by Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman, i.e. 4pm today, for the …

Cloe Fields and her boyfriend, Christian Zelada, on Tuesday were taking a scenic drive through the Angeles National Forest, as they often did, when things took a turn for the worst— their car went over the edge of the mountain and tumbled 300 feet before landing, upside down, in the canyon below. “Angeles Crest is our backyard,” Fields, 23, told …

LAHORE: After days of hectic politicking, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance on Monday sprang its own trap to limit the options available to Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi ahead of the Imran Khan-announced dissolution of the provincial assembly, which is supposed to happen this Friday. In a double-edged move, Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman has asked the chief minister to …