• President settles controversy by picking one of two suggested Sundays • ECP writes to KP governor for election date, in line with SC order • Commission vows to fulfil constitutional obligations following president’s move ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday accepted the recommendations of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) by setting April 30 (Sunday) as the date …

Punjab police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has claimed to have rounded up eight militants belonging to banned outfits in separate raids in Sargodha and Lahore, a CTD statement issued on Saturday said. According to a statement issued by the CTD, law enforcement personnel and a CTD team arrested five suspects from Lahore and three from Sargodha. It said law enforcers …

LAHORE: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rafia Haider has rejected permission to organise the Aurat March on the grounds of security concerns, ‘controversial’ cards and banners supporting women’s rights, and the likelihood of clashes with members of Jamaat-i-Islami’s ‘Haya March’. Civil society, political parties, and rights organisations condemned the deputy commissioner for rejecting the plea to organise Aurat March on International Women’s …

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali on Saturday lamented President Arif Alvi’s announcement on holding elections in Punjab on April 30, saying he wished a “unanimous” decision was reached regarding the elections in both KP and Punjab. Speaking to Aaj News earlier today, he said: “It would have been good if all three of us (President Alvi, Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan …

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said he is ready to talk to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir “in the best interest of the country”, but in the same breath added, “no one (in the establishment) is ready to talk to me”. While speaking to media persons at his Zaman Park residence on Friday, ex-PM Khan …

ISLAMABAD: Hours after President Dr Arif Alvi announced April 30 as the date for the general elections in Punjab in line with the Supreme Court’s verdict, the heads of three major ruling coalition parties met at the Prime Minister House to discuss the political options available to them. “Former president Asif Zardari and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman called …

The 13-year-old girl was in gym class when she said she heard a boy tell another classmate, “Don’t come to school tomorrow.” She didn’t think much of it at first. But by the end of the school day, the eighth-grader couldn’t stop turning those words over in her head. After all, her childhood has been punctuated by shootings: Newtown when …

The stories followed in Watchdog Nation are constantly changing. One or more of these fresh updates may matter to you. Let’s start with data breaches. Of the many privacy hacks, this latest one is among the most despicable because it targeted a particular ethnic group. A Chinese organized crime ring in New York stole the private data of about 3,000 …

Three children were killed and two more were wounded at a home in the Ellis County city of Italy on Friday afternoon, authorities said. A suspect was in custody, according to the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office, and officials did not believe there was any danger to the community. Authorities responded about 4 p.m. to a home in the 300 block …

Some Texas leaders have said they want to bolster school safety by cracking down on discipline issues. Security is a top priority for many after a gunman killed 19 children and two adults in Uvalde last spring, prompting lawmakers to seek solutions. But advocates for children worry about how severe punishments are dealt out, often disproportionately impacting students of color. …