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ISLAMABAD: Three parties from the ruling coalition on Saturday petitioned the Supreme Court for the formation of a full court — comprising all judges except Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi — to conduct suo motu proceedings on the delay in the announcement of a date for elections to the Punjab and KP assemblies. The joint petition, filed by …

LAHORE / RAWALPINDI: After holding a photo session inside prison vans and raising slogans against the government, leaders and supporters of the PTI in Multan dispersed and went back home without courting arrest. After demonstrations in Lahore, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi, the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ announced by PTI chief Imran Khan earlier this week was launched in the southern part of Punjab on the …

At least four people were killed and 14 wounded in an explosion inside the Rakhni market in Balochistan’s Barkhan on Sunday morning, police and health officials said. Barkhan District Health Officer Dr Abdul Hameed confirmed the death toll to Dawn.com, adding that the injured persons had been moved to the Rakhni Hospital. According to Barkhan Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Khoso, the blast …

• Calls for full court bench to hear suo motu in NA speech, asks judiciary to revisit Panama Papers case verdict • Holds Bajwa, Faiz responsible for Nawaz’s ouster, rise in terrorism ISLAMABAD: Defence Minis­ter Khawaja Asif on Friday held the judiciary and the military establishment directly responsible for bringing the country to a “grinding halt” due to prevailing economic …

QUETTA: Hundreds of Marri tribesmen, who had been protesting for the last five days in the city’s Red Zone along with three bodies found in the Barkhan area, called off the sit-in on Friday evening after the wife of Khan Muhammad Marri reunited with him along with their children at the sit-in camp and authorities accepted their demands. Moving scenes …

RAWALPINDI: After Lahore and Peshawar, PTI’s Jail Bharo Tehreek (court arrest movement) moved to Rawalpindi on Friday, but an ‘unimpressive’ show resulted in only five leaders courting arrest. The leaders along with 42 party workers, who voluntarily presented themselves for arrest, were booked for one month under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance, 1960, Rawalpindi division RPO Syed …

ISLAMABAD: The country’s top civil and military leadership have forged a consensus that terrorism, economic revival and political stability are interconnected and without political stability and economic progress, there can be no peace. A meeting of the Central Apex Committee was held on Friday, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The committee — which comprises top civil and military leadership …

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday accused PTI Chairman Imran Khan of “misusing” his interim bail to skip court hearings as it petitioned a banking court hearing his prohibited funding case to form a medical board to examine the former prime minister. The FIA had in October 2022 booked Imran and other PTI leaders in connection with their party allegedly receiving …

Two labourers were killed while three were injured as a pillar of an under-construction flyover in Islamabad’s Bhara Kahu collapsed on Saturday, Islamabad police said. According to a tweet by the police, two labourers were taken to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, where one succumbed to injuries. Three other labourers were taken to Polyclinic Hospital where one could not …

ISLAMABAD: A Lahore-based lawyer has filed a reference against Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) seeking an inquiry into his assets. Mian Dawood, the complainant, requested the SJC to initiate proceedings against the Supreme Court judge under Article 209 of the Constitution. The reference alleged that the judge used his “influence to facilitate” his sons …