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ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: A series of violent protests provoked by the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan caused damages to the tune of Rs250 million to private and public property, whereas the Rawalpindi police have arrested 76 suspects allegedly involved in the attack on the General Headquarters in the garrison city. According to a report issued by the capital police, armed miscreants burnt …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday granted protective bail to former first lady Bushra Bibi till May 23 in the Al Qadir Trust case — the same case in which Imran Khan was arrested last week. Imran’s arrest was later declared “unlawful” by the apex court after which he was granted bail in the case till May 17 by …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Monday remained hopeful that talks between the coalition government and the PTI could end the stalemate on holding elections in the country. The matter came under discussion as a three-member bench heard the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plea asking the top court to revisit its April 4 order of holding elections to …

ISLAMABAD: As the ruling coalition goes ahead with its plan to stage a sit-in against the judiciary for allegedly favouring PTI chief Imran Khan, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has urged political parties to refrain from such a move. And to pre-empt any untoward incident, the Supreme Court’s registrar, Ishrat Ali, on Saturday called a meeting of the Islamabad …

RAWALPINDI: Former senator Advocate Babar Awan held a meeting with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar in Adiala jail on Saturday. Moreover,Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, daughter of PTI leader Dr Shireen Mazari, also held a meeting with her mother detained in the jail under section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) ordinance. According to sources, 125 activists of the …

RAWALPINDI: Metro Bus Service resumed its operation between Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday after four days of closure due to protests of PTI workers and supporters over arrest of Imran Khan in Al-Qadir Trust case. The bus service stopped its operation on May 9 and the protesters destroyed bus stations of Faizabad, Shamsabad and set the 6thRoad bus station on …

ISLAMABAD: While the Pakis­tan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus in an environmental sample from district South Waziristan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Islamic Devel­opment Bank approved a financing contribution of $100 million, inclusive of a $35 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to the fourth phase of polio eradication …

LAHORE: PTI’s Pun­jab chapter president Dr Yasmin Rashid was arrested again, just hours after the Lahore High Court had ordered her release along with 17 other women workers of the party detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). In a midnight development, Dr Yasmin was ‘arrested’ again, this time in cases registered at three different police stations of Lahore. …

ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has developed National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform coupled with an SMS verification service to help citizens and institutions identify and track individuals convicted of sex crimes against children and women. It is a dynamic database of sexual convicts. The links are established with various law enforcement departments and provincial governments so …

ISLAMABAD: Having locked himself in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises for hours for fear of arrest despite being granted bail on Friday, a triumphant Imran Khan left for Lahore late in the night without addressing the charged party workers who had been earlier directed by him to be ready for a possible protest. The PTI chairman was granted a …