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An Islamabad district and sessions court rejected on Tuesday Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid’s post-arrest bail petition in a case pertaining to his remarks against former president Asif Ali Zardari. The Islamabad police had arrested the PTI ally on Feb 2 for allegedly making defamatory remarks against the PPP leadership after which the court had granted the police his two-day physical remand. …

LAHORE: In a significant verdict, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday set aside the levy of fuel price adjustment, the quarterly tariff adjustment and change in status of tariff from industrial to commercial by Nepra for the period when its composition was not complete under the law. The court directed the Nat­ional Electric Power Reg­ulatory Authority to explore cheap …

The All Parties Conference (APC) — called by the incumbent government to discuss important security and economic challenges being faced by Pakistan — has been postponed for the second time this week. The multi-party moot was first slated for Feb 7 (today). However, in a tweet yesterday, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb had rescheduled the conference to Feb 9, Thursday. She did not …

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that ‘imported government’ is massively increasing the inflation by accepting all terms of International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reach an agreement with it. Speaking to journalists after inaugurating reconstruction of the famous Sheedi Lal Bridge in Multan on Sunday, the PTI leader said the PML-N-led coalition government had raised …

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has sought exemption for execution of foreign-funded projects worth over a billion dollars, after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had imposed a ban on announcement and execution of any development scheme in the province till election for the provincial assembly, informed sources told Dawn. Just days after the restriction imposed on January 22, the local government …

MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday disclosed that a plot had been conceived to freeze the Kashmir issue for 20 years but hastened to declare that no Pakistani could even think of allowing this to happen. “Moments ago, some people shared with me in the [speaker’s] chamber that a plot was conceived to defer the plebiscite in Kashmir until …

Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Monday that the government has rescheduled the All Parties Conference (APC) in Islamabad — called to discuss important challenges being faced by Pakistan — for February 9, Thursday. She did not mention why the meeting originally slated for February 7 was moved. In a tweet, the information minister said that a joint strategy to …

The body of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who passed away in Dubai a day earlier, will be repatriated to Pakistan today (Monday). According to Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, Pakistan’s missions in the United Arab Emirates are facilitating the transportation of Musharraf’s mortal remains. “Our missions in UAE are in contact with his family,” she told Dawn.com over the phone. Musharraf, …

ISLAMABAD: The bench hearing the lawsuit of former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has been reconstituted. According to the cause list issued by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) administration, the new bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Arbab Mohammad Tahir will hear the case on Feb 9. Earlier, …

GWADAR: A soldier was martyred and seven others were injured in a landmine explosion and subsequent ambush by armed militants in the Jiwani area of Gwadar district. According to officials, Coast Guards personnel were travelling in their vehicle when it hit a landmine in the Duran area on Saturday. After the blast, armed men on motorcycles ambushed the vehicle and …