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ISLAMABAD: Less than a week after the much-hyped Multi-Party Conference (MPC) was shelved, the Pakistan Peoples Party urged all political parties on Monday to sit together and devise a Code of Conduct (CoC) so that “we don’t cross the line while confronting each other” and thrash out a consensus to tackle the multiple crises afflicting the nation. Although the Pakistan …

After meeting with the electoral watchdog, Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman said on Tuesday that he would approach the Lahore High Court (LHC) to seek clarity on its order for the immediate announcement of the date for provincial elections as well as his advisory role in this regard. Last week, the LHC had ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to immediately announce …

LAHORE: The Nankana Sahib police arrested 60 suspects involved in the lynching of a man outside the police station on Saturday morning. Several police teams launched a massive crackdown at the residences, business points, and other places to round up the suspects. Sheikhupura Regional Police Officer (RPO) Babar Sarfraz Alpa said some 17 suspects/attackers have been nominated in the FIR. …

NORTH WAZIRISTAN / DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Eight people, including women, suffered injuries in a bomb attack on a vehicle carrying a wounded police official in the Ghulam Khan area along the border with Afghanistan on Sunday. Unidentified people had attacked Assistant Sub-Inspector Aminullah inside his home at around 4am on Sunday. Officials said the police official sustained injuries in the …

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has resumed hearing the suo motu notice of the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif, who was shot dead in Kenya last year. The case is being heard by a five-member bench, comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Jamal Mandokhel, Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar. …

Internationally renowned artist and President Emeritus of the National Academy of Performing Arts (Napa), Zia Mohyeddin, passed away in Karachi early Monday morning. He was 91. According to his family, Mohyeddin was ill and on life support at a hospital in the city. He breathed his last at 6:30am today. Mohyeddin’s funeral prayers will be offered after Zuhr at Imambargah …

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday booked former finance minister Shaukat Tarin in a sedition case pertaining to his alleged attempt to derail a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In August, a pair of audio leaks had surfaced in which a man, purportedly Tarin, was heard guiding Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab finance ministers, belonging to the PTI, …

KYIV: Ukraine has said that Russia had launched a major new wave of aerial attacks, as President Joe Biden announced he would mark one year since the invasion by visiting Kyiv’s neighbour Poland. Strikes were reported from the eastern region of Kharkiv to the western region of Ivano-Frankivsk, a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky travelled to Brussels to lobby EU …

ISLAMABAD: A local court of Islamabad on Saturday dismissed the plea of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill in a case registered against him for inciting mutiny in the armed forces. Additional district and sessions judge Tahir Abbas Sipra also decided to indict Gill and director news of a private TV channel Ammad Yousuf on Feb 27. Both Mr Gill …

LAHORE: Prime Minis­ter Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday took a swipe at the National Accounta­bility Bureau (NAB) over its purported ‘double standards’ and said the accountability watchdog had targeted ‘innocent people’ during the tenure of his predecessor, former premier Imran Khan. “I wish no one goes to NAB’s dungeon (jail)…not even my enemy,” said the prime minister — who was detained …