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PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday that his party wanted negotiations with the government — on the impasse on elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — to be successful but at the same time contended that it had a “strategy” in place if the talks failed. “PTI wants the success of negotiations [with the government], but it has formulated …

Fatima Bhutto, an author and granddaughter of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Friday got married in an intimate ceremony at her family home in Karachi’s 70 Clifton. The announcement was made by her brother, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Junior, along with the couple’s photograph on Instagram.     “On behalf of our father, Shaheed Mir Murtaza Bhutto and the Bhutto family, I’m …

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Saturday said he was determined to not only defeat the attempts by Pakistan’s enemies to “drive a wedge” between the people and the armed forces but also “preserve and further solidify” their bond through “selfless performance” of constitutional duties. Addressing the passing out parade of the Pakistan Military Academy in Khyber …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has submitted a report to the Supreme Court, saying it has not yet received any funds against the Rs21 billion required to conduct elections to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies. Though full contents of the fresh report are not known, the two-page reply has explained the latest situation about the unavailability of …

ISLAMABAD: Just a few weeks after the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council had filed a complaint against a sitting judge of the top court before the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), the Sindh Bar Council also jumped into the fray on Friday by requesting the SJC to initiate an inquiry into the allegation of his misconduct. The SBC alleged that Justice Syed …

ISLAMABAD: The first batch of Pakistanis evacuated from embattled Sudan retur­ned to the homeland on Friday. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, while giving an update on the evacuation of Pakistani nationals in Sudan, said an aircraft carrying 149 Pakis­tani nationals evacuated from Sudan arrived in Karachi on Friday morning. “Two other flights carrying around 200 Pakistanis are expected to …

Punjab Police on Saturday registered a case against former chief minister Parvez Elahi and others, claiming that its officials were “attacked with stones, batons and petrol” during a raid on the PTI leader’s house in Lahore to arrest him in a corruption case the previous night.     The raiding team, which included officials of Anti-Corruption Establish­ment (ACE) and police, …

ISLAMABAD: With both the coalition government and opposition PTI claiming progress in crucial talks to break deadlock over the timing of elections, the two sides on Friday decided to hold what one minister called the “almost final round” of parleys on May 2 (Tuesday). Representatives of the government and opposition exchanged proposals during the second round of talks held in …

NEW YORK: Longtime US talk show host Jerry Springer, whose programme became a symbol of low brow television with its on-air fights, swearing and infidelity revelations, died on Thursday at the age of 79. Springer, whose rowdy show became an international hit that ran for 27 years and at the height of its popularity even beat Oprah, died peacefully at …

The first batch of 149 Pakistanis evacuated from Sudan — where fighting between the army and paramilitaries has killed and wounded hundreds — arrived in Karachi on Friday, the Foreign Office (FO) said. “The first batch of 149 Pakistanis evacuated from Sudan arrives safely in Karachi,” it said, adding that the safe evacuation of every Pakistani and bringing them home …