Britain’s Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn go head-to-head Tuesday in their first TV debate of the election campaign, facing scrutiny over their plans for Brexit and more public spending. Johnson, who took over as the leader of the governing Conservatives in July, has held a double-digit lead over Labour in opinion polls for weeks, making the December 12 …

LAHORE: A few hundred workers of the of JUI-F staged a sit-in on the Grand Trunk Road for nearly five hours as part of their protest Plan-B and disrupted traffic between Lahore and Rawalpindi for nearly five hours. The charged workers carrying banners and flags raised slogans against the PTI leadership while sitting on the one side of the road. …

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Mi­­n­i­ster Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Monday said the information ministry was working with the military’s med­ia wing to establish radio broadcast in tribal districts to counter negative propaganda from Afghanistan. “Radio Pakistan is not only our national broadcaster but it also has a special linkage with national security, and the situation in Kashmir …

MULTAN: A special court of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) directed on Monday FIA officials to produce the two Indian citizens accused of crossing into Pakistan illegally before the area magistrate of Yazman. FIA officials produced Shant Waindham (son of Babo Rao Waindham, of Haidarabad, India) and Wari Lal (son of Sobi Lal, of Madhia Pardesh) before the judge. On …

QUETTA: President Dr Arif Alvi has said there is no threat to the government of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Addressing a press conference here on Monday, the president congratulated the federal government on putting an end to ‘Azadi march’ without using force and creating chaos. “If the government remains busy in dealing with political demonstrations, the country’s progress will get …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday hailed the $99 million current account surplus posted in October — after a gap of more than four years — saying the country’s economy was finally heading in the right direction. “Pakistan economy finally heading in right direction as more of our economic reforms bear fruit: Pak’s current account turned into surplus in Oct 2019, for …

  An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Tuesday reserved its verdict on an application seeking the acquittal of Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case related to the 2014 attacks on Parliament House and Pakistan Television (PTV) during the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) dharna. ATC judge Raja Javad Abbas heard the case during which Imran’s lawyer Babar Awan submitted an application …

A special court in Islamabad on Tuesday reserved its verdict in the high treason case against former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf. Heading a three-member bench, Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth asked where Musharraf’s lawyer was. He was informed by a special registrar of the court that the lawyer was gone to perform Umrah. Following this, Justice Seth said that the …

Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, the director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), called on Prime Minister Imran Khan at the PM Office on Tuesday. “Matters pertaining to national security were discussed during the meeting,” a brief statement issued by the PM Office said. Lt Gen Faiz was given the charge of the country’s top spy agency in a surprise reshuffle in the …

Sindh advocate general on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the provincial chief minister had approved the payment of compensation to Amal Umer’s parents in line with the government’s policy regarding compenmsation to victims. The top court was hearing a case pertaining to the killing of 10-year-old Amal who was shot dead last year during an ‘encounter’ between police and …