ISLAMABAD: The parliament building had an unusual visitor, a harmless civet cat that created quite a panic among people on Tuesday morning. The mammal, which was eventually rescued by staff of Capital Development Authority (CDA) and released in a green belt, which is also its natural habitat, sneaked into the parliament building through drains or air condition ducts to escape …

RAWALPINDI: Police have approached a sessions court for seizure of properties belonging to an ex-army officer who is in the limelight these days for his anti-establishment vlogs and social media posts. Adil Raja, the ex-army officer, went to the United Kingdom last year following the ouster of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government through a no-confidence vote in parliament. He is …

LAHORE: By defying the decision of the Supreme Court, the rulers are setting a bad example, says Imran Khan, adding first Yousuf Raza Gilani was disqualified for contempt of court and now Shehbaz Sharif will follow suit. Imran Khan was talking to party Central President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, who called on him on Tuesday at Zaman Park. In the meeting, …

ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader and Federal Minister Javed Latif has warned of bloodshed if general elections were held with party supremo Nawaz Sharif out of the race. Addressing the National Assem­bly on Tuesday, the minister who holds no portfolio lashed out at the judiciary for what he called its insistence on holding elections. Mr Latif said there was no talk of …

MANSEHRA: A Chinese national taken into custody after a mob accused him of committing blasphemy said he never made any remarks that could hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims or even hidebound Kohistanis. The Chinese citizen, who was being kept at Police Lines in Abbottabad after the district administration declared the premises a sub-jail and beefed up its security, said he was …

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the heads of ruling parties summoned by the prime minister to evolve a consensus on the issue of holding a dialogue with the PTI has seemingly split the alliance into two camps. One side, led by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is said to be favouring of talks with the opposition party on the issue of …

Justice Qazi Faez Isa, senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court (SC), said on Wednesday that the Constitution gave the top court as a whole the right to take suo motu notice, adding that this power did not exclusively lie with the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP). He made the remarks while speaking during an event celebrating the Constitution’s golden …

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies about the 2020 presidential election. The terms of the settlement were not immediately clear. Dominion had asked for $1.6 billion in arguing that …

WASHINGTON – Appellate Judge James Ho of Dallas, a former law clerk to Clarence Thomas, defended the justice’s honor Tuesday, rejecting ethics allegations involving lavish trips provided by real estate magnate Harlan Crow. “Justice Thomas is one of the most principled and fearless individuals to have ever served in the judiciary. He is a role model—and one of the most …

A retired NFL player was booked into the Dallas County jail Monday for failing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in child and spousal support over the past two years. Michael D. Johnson, who played roughly a decade for the Cincinnati Bengals, must spend 180 days in jail, Dallas County Judge Kimberly Brown ruled. The 36-year-old Alabama native must also pay roughly …