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LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has refused to accept the request of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to boycott the upcoming by-poll on the National Assembly seats, insisting it will not leave the field open to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. “The party leadership has decided in principle to contest the election at any cost. The PPP rather wanted the PDM not …

PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan has blamed the “negligence” of Pakistan’s security forces and intelligence agencies for the rising incidents of terrorism in the country. In an interview with Voice of America English aired on Saturday (Feb 11), Imran spoke on the recent criticism surrounding the PTI government’s decision to negotiate with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) before it was ousted. …

NORTH WAZIRISTAN: One security forces personnel embraced martyrdom and 14 others, including civilians, sustained wounds when a convoy of security forces came under attack in Mir Ali sub-division of the North Waziristan district on Saturday. The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the attack. Local officials said a convoy of security forces and employees of the Marri Petroleum …

WASHINGTON: While US lawmakers unanimously passed a resolution “condemning the Chin­ese Communist Party’s use of a high-altitude surveillance balloon over United States territory as a brazen violation of US sovereignty”, the state of Texas is considering barring Chinese citizens from buying property on ‘national security grounds. The Texas proposal also would bar Russians, Iranians and North Koreans from owning real …

ISLAMABAD: After National Assembly, the Senate on Friday also passed the bill to make amendments to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Ordinance 1960. The bill, which will be sent to President Dr Arif Alvi for his approval to make it an act of parliament, approved three amendments to the ordinance mainly related to appointment of the CDA chairman and allowing …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday urged the nation to work hard to get the country through a “difficult time”. He made the remarks at a ceremony after he laid the foundation stone of the Bab-i-Pakistan project and an upgrade to Walton Road in Lahore. “Today, once again we are at a historical place,” he said at the ceremony on …

LAHORE/ISLAM­ABAD: The National Assembly speaker’s action to accept the resignation of 43 PTI lawmakers survived the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) axe as ‘technical error’ on part of the petitioners handed the speaker a chance to claim “vindication”. According to the detailed order issued on Friday, although the petitioners — 43 PTI lawmakers — challenged the speaker’s action to accept their …

ISLAMABAD: A member of the Supreme Court bench on Friday while hearing a petition of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan raised questions if the parliament can be left empty in any circumstances by the members and whether such conduct will not weaken the parliament. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah …

ISLAMABAD: The judiciary came under fire in the upper house of parliament on Friday over remarks given by judges the previous day, which were seen by lawmakers as ‘political’ and ‘against parliament and the legislative processes’. Senators belonging to various political parties voiced their objections to observations made by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, who said during a hearing …

ISLAMABAD: PTI lawmakers’ bid to return to the National Assembly was thwarted on Thursday when the deputy speaker abruptly prorogued the session. The lawmakers had arrived at the assembly a day after the Lahore High Court (LHC) suspended the speaker’s decision to accept the resignation of 43 PTI lawmakers and the subsequent move by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to de-notify …