The French foreign ministry has summoned Pakistan’s envoy to protest remarks by President Arif Alvi that a French bill cracking down on ‘radical Islam’ stigmatises Muslims. Addressing a conference on religion on Saturday, Alvi said: “When you see that laws are being changed in favour of a majority to isolate a minority, that is a dangerous precedent.” Specifically referring to the …

Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, has spent a seventh night in hospital after being admitted as a precaution. Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, walked into London’s private King Edward VII Hospital last Tuesday evening after he was advised by his doctor to be admitted after he felt unwell. Buckingham Palace have said he was expected to …

ISLAMABAD: The father of a youth who was killed by officials of the capital police on Jan 2 filed a petition in Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking direction to the prosecution for making reports of the judicial inquiry and the joint investigation team (JIT) as part of the challan submitted to the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC). Nadeem Younis, father of Osama …

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) is making efforts to put in place an e-filing system in all schools and colleges as offices of the area education officers (AEOs) have already been computerised. This was stated by FDE Director General Dr Ikram Ali Malik while talking to the participants of a ceremony held at the Islamabad Model College for …

LAHORE: A heartless woman allegedly set her two minor sons on fire because of poverty at Kot Asadullah village in Manga Mandi area on Monday. Abdul Rehman (3) and Faizan (4) were recovered dead with burns from a room of a three-marla house at Kot Asadullah following a fire incident reported to the Rescue 1122 emergency service. The house was …

NOWSHERA: Former provincial irrigation minister Liaqat Khattak on Monday rejected what he said the false propaganda continuing against him for last three days by the spokespersons of the provincial government, and categorically denied that he had violated the party discipline and supported the PML-N candidate in the Nowshera by-election. Addressing a press conference at Wali Bagh here, he claimed that …

LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar and the PTI as well as PML-Q candidates for the Senate discussed on Monday the election strategy in a meeting wherein the candidates were asked to identify MPAs groups who would vote for them. Each candidate requires 46 votes for his election as senator from Punjab. The CM has directed the provincial ministers to coordinate …

ISLAMABAD: Senator Mian Raza Rabbani of the Pakistan Peoples Party on Monday feared that identification through traceable ballot may open opportunities for the “deep state” to exploit, blackmail or prosecute public representatives on the pretext of corrupt practices. “I am not casting any aspersion on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), but the deep state may have access to the …

The election tribunal of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday dismissed an appeal challenging the acceptance of nomination papers of Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda of the PTI for a Senate seat from Sindh. In its judgement, the tribunal dismissed all objections raised by the appellant, Advocate Qadir Khan Mandokhel. It said that the tribunal was constituted to examine …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday directed the PTI to submit its response in the suspected tampering of the NA-75 Daska by-election results by tomorrow. The hearing, presided over by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, was adjourned till Thursday. The PTI’s legal counsel had asked for more time to submit the record and had asked for …