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A day after President Arif Alvi announced the date of elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided on Tuesday to consult the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) and legal experts on the matter. In a press release issued today, the electoral watchdog said that a meeting with the AGP and legal experts — the …

Two Levies personnel were martyred after their checkpost came under attack in the Babri area of Balochistan’s Mastung district on Monday night, an official said on Tuesday. Talking to Dawn.com, Assistant Commissioner Mastung Barkat Baloch said a group of armed militants attacked a checkpost located along the Quetta-Taftan highway, causing the martyrdom of two personnel who were identified as Manzoor Ahmed …

Aftab Sultan resigned as the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday, he confirmed to Dawn.com. Sultan was appointed to the post of the head of the anti-corruption watchdog by the incumbent government last year in July after retired Justice Javed Iqbal had relinquished charge as the NAB chairman. A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office stated that Sultan had presented his …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) gave former prime minister Imran Khan last chance to appear before court by 5pm on Monday while hearing the PTI chief’s protective bail petition in a case pertaining to protests outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh passed these directives after Imran failed to meet the court’s order to appear in …

KARACHI: While a case has been registered against the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakis­tan for Friday’s attack on Karachi Police Office (KPO), police and other allied agencies appear to be clueless about the mastermind and facilitators of the three militants who barged into the police compound and engaged law-enforcers in a fierce gun battle for hours, it emerged on Sunday. Also, death toll rises …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday suspended the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) de-notification of all PTI MNAs from Punjab. The PTI had resigned en masse from the lower house of parliament following the ouster of PTI chief Imran Khan in April last year. Subsequently, NA speaker Ashraf accepted only 11 of the resignations, stating that the remaining lawmakers would be summoned individually for verification. …

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Monday wrote a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial and other Supreme Court judges, and sought “enforcement” of the fundamental rights of the public — including the Constitution’s Article 14 (fundamental right to privacy) — in connection with a series of private telephonic conversations of political leaders that have surfaced online over …

RAWALPINDI: In light of a leaked audio clip which purportedly featured a conversation between former chief minister Parvez Elahi and a Sup­reme Court judge, PML-N chief organiser Maryam Nawaz on Sunday asked for accountability in the judiciary and said Pakistan needed “honest jud­ges” instead of the ones who allegedly favoured Imran Khan. Addressing a workers convention in Rawalpindi, the PML-N …

At least 14 members of a wedding party, including women and children, were killed and 64 people were injured on Sunday night, after a bus fell into a ravine and overturned near Kallar Kahar. This is the fourth major road accident reported from across Pakistan in less than two months. According to rescue and police officials, 12 passengers passed away …

Federal Human Rights Minister Riaz Pirzada has claimed that former director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed wanted to bring the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) back to the country. He made these remarks on Dawn News programme ‘Doosra Rukh’, which will air at 7pm today. Pakistan has of late seen an uptick in terrorist activities, with an attack on …