President Donald Trump was impeached by the US House of Representatives Wednesday night, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors. The historic vote split along party lines, much the way it has divided the US, over the charges that the 45th president abused the power of …

Hosting a summit of Muslim leaders, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad bemoaned the state of Islam and defended the meeting that has been shunned by Saudi Arabia and criticised for undermining the bigger Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Divisions in the Muslim world were self-evident as only about 20 countries sent leaders, or delegations to the Kuala Lumpur summit, though all 57 …

Defiant in the face of a historic rebuke, US President Donald Trump labeled his impeachment by the House of Representatives on Wednesday “a suicide march” for the Democratic Party as he delivered a rambling two-hour rally speech that overlapped the vote. “Crazy Nancy Pelosi’s House Democrats have branded themselves with an eternal mark of shame,” Trump told the crowd in battleground …

LAHORE: Refusing to accept manipulated elections in the future, the PPP has threatened to launch a “revolution or [transparent] election” movement. “Despite having reservations over and protested against election results during the last couple of decades, the PPP has been accepting the subsequent governments. But from now on, we’ll accept only fair and transparent elections,” PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told …

HYDERABAD: Labour leaders have urged the Sindh government to take notice of the labour department’s “indifferent attitude” towards 500 workers of a textile mill owned by a former Sindh labour minister. According to them, the mill management is now shifting machinery to Punjab clandestinely. Addressing a joint press conference at the local press club here on Wednesday, veteran labour leaders …

KARACHI: The Provincial Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission on Wednesday withdrew a resolution passed earlier against the inspector general of police for not attending two consecutive meetings of the body. The meeting of the safety commission was presided over by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah. Chief Secretary Syed Mumtaz Ali Shah, IGP Dr Kaleem Imam, DIG-Traffic Javed Mahar …

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday informed the Sindh Assembly that the policy formulated by the provincial government to regulate issuance of arms licences for prohibited bore weapons was kept “in abeyance” as the federal government wanted a uniform policy across the country. Furnishing statements and replies to lawmakers’ written and verbal queries during Question Hour …

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday expressed its intention to set standards for coverage of sub judice matters in the electronic media especially in talk and sought input from all stakeholders. When IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah resumed hearing of the case related to airing of contemptuous content on TV talk shows, senior journalist Hamid Mir submitted written proposals …

ISLAMABAD: Two teams were constituted to investigate a recent attempt on the life of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor, police said. The teams are headed by SP Rural Malik Naeem Iqbal and SP Investigation Dr Mustafa Tanveer. The teams are investigating the incident on different lines, including professional and personal enmity. One of the teams from the Criminal Intelligence …

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways has imposed a ban on direct correspondence and provision of important record by his officers to the anti-graft agencies — National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in various cases. The PR management has also directed its entire field formations to first get permission from the chief executive officer (CEO) before giving any information, …