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Awami Muslim League President Sheikh Rashid Ahmed — an ally of the PTI that has resolved to dissolve assemblies in the provinces where it is in power— said on Wednesday that the fate of the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies would be decided in a week. The former interior minister’s statement came in a tweet, in which he also criticised …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday closed the proceedings in a presidential reference on the Reko Diq project while praising the government for following due process to reach a settlement agreement and describing as encouraging the assurance that international standards would be met in dealing with labour rights and protection of environment at the exploration site. “We expect there would …

Three individuals, including a police officer and two civilians, died in a suicide attack near a Balochistan Constabulary truck in Quetta’s Baleli area on Wednesday, police said. At least 23 other people sustained injuries in the attack, including 20 policemen and three civilians, according to Quetta Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Ghulam Azfar Mahesar. “The explosion took place near …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday appointed Azam Nazeer Tarar as law minister, a day after refusing his resignation that he had submitted to the premier a month ago. Interestingly, the PM had rejected the resignation the day when new army chief Gen Syed Asim Munir formally assumed charge of his office. According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division today, a copy …

ISLAMABAD: In the wake of PTI’s decision to dissolve the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies, PM Shehbaz Sharif and PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday met for a second time in eight days to discuss ways to prevent a possible political crisis. The prime minister is also expected to meet with other allies in the ruling coalition in the …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Monday passed the Islamabad Capital Territory Prohibition of Corporal Punishment Bill 2022 moved by Senator Walid Iqbal and Senator Sadia Abbasi. The meeting of the committee, chaired by Senator Mohsin Aziz, was held at Parliament House and attended by Senators Rana Maqbool Ahmed, Moula Bux Chandio, Azam Nazeer Tarar, Rubina Khalid, Seemee …

PESHAWAR: Opposition parties in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly have announced that they will employ all constitutional and legal means to prevent the dissolution of the provincial assembly by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. Leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, Awami National Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party met at the residence of Opposition Leader in the provincial assembly Akram Khan …

LONDON: MQM leader Altaf Hussain on Monday faced former party loyalists in a UK high court over a property case. The case has been brought by MQM-P leader and Federal Minister Syed Aminul Haque, former convener of the Altaf-led MQM Nadeem Nusrat and ex-confidante Tariq Mir. The case centres around seven north London properties to the tune of £10 million …

An Islamabad court on Tuesday extended the physical remand of PTI Senator Azam Swati for four days till December 3. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested Swati over the weekend on Sunday — the second time in less than two months — over strongly worded tweets against senior military officials. Separate FIRs were registered against the PTI leader in Balochistan and Sindh …

General Asim Munir took over as the new chief of army staff (COAS) at a ceremony held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. Outgoing COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa passed the baton of command to Gen Munir, making the latter the country’s 17th army chief.     Gen Munir was selected by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to succeed Gen …