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PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday decried the “absence of a level-playing field” in the current political landscape of the country, saying he had an “objection” to alleged inequality faced by political stakeholders as the country was heading towards elections. The statement from the ex-foreign minister comes days after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) assured political parties that transparent polls would …

The Supreme Court (SC) ruled on Tuesday that pleas filed by two former army officers against their convictions for plotting to overthrow the government of late prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 1995 were “without merit” and hence, stood dismissed. The two ex-army officers, Col Mohammad Azad Minhas and Col Inayat Ullah Khan, were arrested on Sept 26, 1995, along with …

QUETTA: Security forces, engaged in a search operation to rescue six abducted football players, arrested seven suspects in connection with the kidnapping incident on Sunday. The six football players were abducted by unknown armed men in the Kachhi canal area of Sui Tehsil of Dera Bugti district, while they were en route to Sibi to participate in the qualifying round of the …

HYDERABAD: PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Sunday his party would not run away from elections like some of its allies, as this would create a vacuum in politics which would be filled by ‘someone else’. Speaking to workers after the inauguration of a water filtration plant in Hyderabad, the PPP leader said “some allies are running from elections…if they …

Bol Network announced on Monday that it had been acquired by AsiaPak Investments, a private equity firm, with a new chairman at the helm. The press release said that Bol would remain headquartered in Karachi with “nationwide presence”. It highlighted that AsiaPak Investments had offices in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. “It invests only in Pakistan; its sectors include infrastructure, energy, …

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan faces a surge in terrorist attacks, caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Sunday downplayed the increase in militancy, saying there was no need for alarm as “a little surge [in terrorism] is not so big as to make us panic”. The statement by the interim minister came amid reports of almost daily skirmishes between the security forces …

A Frontier Constabulary (FC) official was martyred on Monday while eight others, including two civilians, were injured in a blast near Prime Hospital Complex on Peshawar’s Warsak Road, police said. Warsak Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammad Arshad Khan confirmed that a vehicle of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa FC’s Mohmand Rifles regiment was targeted in the attack at around 10:30am. The vehicle …

President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday held another meeting with caretaker Law Minister Ahmed Irfan Aslam for consultation on the upcoming general elections — a week after their first meeting on the subject. The meeting was held at Aiwan-i-Sadr in Islamabad in continuation of the ongoing consultation process between the president and the interim government on the electoral process. “The …

MUZAFFARABAD: Four teenaged students drowned in Neelum River here on Saturday while taking bath to beat the heat, police and witnesses said. Adeel Afzal, 17, son of Muhammad Afzal, Yasir Bashir, 17 son of Bashirullah, Basit Mughal, 18, son of Muhammad Roshan and Shahid Pervez, 19, son of Pervez Iqbal, who belonged to Kel area in the upper belt of …

ISLAMABAD: Amidst demands for an election date, the caretaker federal cabinet continues to swell, with renowned agriculture scientist and educationist Kausar Abdullah Malik the latest addition to the interim setup that is enjoying extraordinary powers following an amendment to the law. President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday appointed Dr Kausar Abdullah Malik as a federal minister in the caretaker cabinet. …