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PESHAWAR: More than a dozen candidates belonging to the main opposition parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who were notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on reserved seats, have urged the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to ensure they are administered oath of office before the upcoming Senate elections. Six women MPAs-elect of the JUI-F on Monday filed a writ petition asking …

ISLAMABAD: The counsel for former premier Imran Khan on Monday termed the cipher case “one of the most expensive cases in Pakistan’s history” as witnesses were even brought in from abroad at every hearing. Barrister Salman Safdar stated this as he continued his arguments in the appeal against the conviction of Mr Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi for 6th day …

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif met Finance Minis­ter Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday and vowed to pull the country out of the current economic crisis. She said the finance minister will make people-friendly decisions for the economic turnaround. “To­­gether, we will pull Pakis­tan out of the economic crisis,” Ms Sharif said. Later, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif also called on …

ISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan assured the Supreme Court on Monday that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) will soon move applications for the closure of cases against journalists Syed Imran Shafqat and Amir Mir, who subsequently became information minister in the Punjab caretaker government. The two had earlier faced cybercrime allegations. In my opinion and in …

LONDON: Foreign Mini­ster Ishaq Dar has said PIA flights to the UK will res­ume “in weeks, not months”, and that he took up the matter of banned flights of the national carrier with British government officials here over the weekend. Mr Dar made this anno­uncement during a brief visit to London on his ret­urn from Brussels, where he attended the First Nuclear …

QUETTA: Amid the reemergence of polio cases in Balochistan after a three-year gap, the health authorities have appealed to parents and caregivers to prioritise children’s health by participating in the vaccination campaign starting in 11 districts on Monday. Despite significant progress in the fight against polio, the recent detection of two cases in Chaman and Dera Bugti serve as a stark reminder of the …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday congratulated Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia, on receiving Nishan-i-Pakistan Award, the country’s highest civil award, for his invaluable contribution to further strengthening Pakistan-Saudi Arabia fraternal ties. The Saudi defence minister was the guest of honour at the Pakistan Day Parade on Saturday. President Asif Ali Zardari …

PESHAWAR: Pakistan has begun preparations to launch the second phase of its repatriation drive to send nearly one million ‘documented’ Afghans back to their homeland, with directives to district authorities and police to map and collect data of their whereabouts across the country, documents reveal. An official privy to the development said instructions had been issued to district administrations and police to …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday felicitated the Hindu community on Holi as it celebrated the occasion across Pakistan, calling for the day to be celebrated with a resolve to “celebrate our differences as strengths”. In a statement shared by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Shehbaz said, “I extend my felicitations to the Hindu community on the auspicious occasion of …

The Supreme Court on Monday sought details of the military trials of civilians for their alleged involvement in the violent events of May 9. Today, a six-member bench — led by Justice Aminuddin Khan and including Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Syed Azhar Hasan Rizvi, Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Musarrat Hilali and Justice Irfan Saadat Khan — resumed hearing a …