LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Tuesday restrained the district government from further demolishing “Khokhar Palace”, the residences of PML-N leader Saiful Malook Khokhar, and directed both sides to approach the civil court for the resolution of the dispute. The chief justice also suspended a directive of Lahore’s deputy commissioner about bulldozing the palace, however, restrained …

Legal hitches between contractor, CDA removed Road to cater to C-13, C-14, C-15, C-16 sectors ISLAMABAD: After a hiatus of seven long years, Capital Development Authority (CDA) has finally resolved a dispute with a previous contractor to pave the way towards restarting the stalled project of construction of a road from G.T. Road to D-12. “The chronic dispute [between CDA …

LAHORE: A day after a Supreme Court judge chided Lahore’s deputy commissioner for not wearing a proper outfit, the Punjab government on Tuesday notified a dress code to be observed by the officials during office hours and while appearing before the courts. A directive issued by the welfare department states that the officers of the government of Punjab are required …

ISLAMABAD: The one-man commission being constituted after Tuesday’s approval by the cabinet may have a wider scope to probe not only affairs of the Broadsheet controversy, but also to ponder over why the state suffered hugely because of the half-hearted and misdirected attempts to retrieve assets parked in foreign investment havens. An informed source privy to the development told Dawn on condition …

ISLAMABAD: In an interesting development, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has filed with the Election Comamission of Pakistan (ECP) an application demanding an inquiry into allegations that Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Fazlur Rehman and other party leaders frequently visited Libya and Iraq and received funding from there. In the application addressed to the chief election commissioner, PTI MNA Farrukh Habib referred …

Despite PML-N’s misgivings about PPP’s proposal of moving a no-confidence motion against the prime minister, PPP leader Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said his party would try to convince those who had reservations, adding that “some parties are already onboard”. Talking to DawnNewsTV on Wednesday, the former prime minister said “moving a no-confidence motion against the prime minister is a democratic option,” pointing out …

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister Imran Khan himself monitored and oversaw the demolition of properties belonging to the family of PML-N leaders MNA Afzal Khokhar and former MPA Saiful Malook Khokhar in Lahore. She was addressing the media after arriving at ‘Khokhar Palace’ to express her sympathies with the Khokhar family following the demolition …

A Malaysian court on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane that was held in the Southeast Asian country nearly two weeks ago due to a British court case over the jet’s lease. Malaysian authorities seized the Boeing 777 aircraft on Jan 15 after a court allowed an application by the plane’s lessor, Peregrine Aviation Charlie Limited, …

The Meadows Elementary School in DeSoto ISD closed its campus Thursday and Friday of last week following the death of a teacher, school officials said. In a note on DeSoto ISD’s website, Superintendent D’Andre Weaver said that while the district did “not know the full circumstances surrounding the teacher’s passing, we do know that the teacher was under an administrative …

Dallas County reported 1,858 new coronavirus cases Tuesday, as well as 22 more deaths from COVID-19. In Tarrant County, an infant was among the 29 victims reported Tuesday. The latest Dallas County victims included six Dallas residents, all of whom had underlying health problems: two women in their 50s, a man and woman in their 60s, a man in his …