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Three members of Shehbaz’s family declared absconder


November 27, 2020

LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday declared three members of the family of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif abscon­ders as proceedings against them under Section 87 of the Criminal Procedure Code stood completed after they avoided their appearance in the money laundering and illegal assets reference. They include Shehbaz Sharif’s son Suleman, …

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Maryam to attend Multan rally; PTI criticises move


November 27, 2020

LAHORE: PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz will attend the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Multan rally on Nov 30. “Nawaz Sharif has directed me to attend the meeting of the PDM,” Ms Nawaz told reporters at Jati Umra here on Thursday. She said Nawaz said she would have to forget her grief and attend the PDM rally. She will be attending the …

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Two federal ministers, PM aide summoned over ‘contempt’


November 27, 2020

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday summoned two federal ministers, an aide to the premier and two others over two identical petitions seeking their prosecution for committing contempt of a special court, which had awarded death sentence to former military ruler retired General Pervez Musharraf last year for high treason. A bench consisting of Justice Roohul Amin Khan and …

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It’s an emotional day for Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari as she gears up for her engagement


November 27, 2020

It’s finally happening! After much hoopla on social media with users falsely claiming Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari got engaged in secret, the day has finally arrived. The bride to be tweeted ahead of her engagement which is slated to take place at 4 pm today at Bilawal House in Karachi. “Very sentimental and emotional day. So grateful for everyone’s love and prayers. Especially …

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Fazl tells establishment to do its own job, let people run their country


November 27, 2020

LARKANA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that people have the right to run their country’s affairs whereas the establishment has to do its own job. Addressing the 26th ‘Shaheed-i-Islam Conference’ — an annual party event to pay homage to its slain general secretary Dr Khalid Mehmood Soomro — at the Municipal Stadium here on Thursday, he said …

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Karachi police kill 5 suspected robbers in DHA shootout


November 27, 2020

Five suspects were shot dead in a shootout between police and alleged robbers in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) neighbourhood early on Friday morning, according to officials. Gizri Station House Officer (SHO) Agha Mashooq said the suspects had entered a bungalow near Yasrab Imambargah in DHA Phase 4 with the intention of committing burglary. Upon receiving information, police surrounded the …

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PTI’s Amjad Zaidi elected speaker of GB Assembly


November 27, 2020

GILGIT: Amjad Hussain Zaidi of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) was elected speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly and Nazir Ahmed of the same party deputy speaker through secret voting on Thursday. PTI candidate Zaidi secu­red 18 votes while Ghulam Mohammad, joint candidate of the PPP, PML-N, JUI-F and Balawaristan National Front-Naji for the post of speaker, obtained eight votes. Six …

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Pakistan sees over 3,000 virus cases for second day


November 27, 2020

ISLAMABAD: With nearly 46,000 tests carried out in a single day, which is a record, the daily cases of Covid-19 have surged to 3,300 after a gap of four-and-a-half months and the number of active cases have reached 43,963 across the country; the positivity rate has been recorded at over 7 per cent. At a time when millions of people …

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