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ISLAMABAD: While patients suffered throughout the day because of a strike at out-patient departments (OPDs) of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Monday, employees of the hospital criticised President Dr Arif Alvi and suggested to him to behave like a president instead of a worker of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Employees announced that OPDs would remain closed till the repeal …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Rawalpindi and Islamabad chapters have submitted separate applications to the respective district administrations for its public gathering on Nov 26. In an application to Rawalpindi’s Deputy Commissioner Shoaib Ali, PTI Rawalpindi president Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi said the party had decided to organise a peaceful public gathering or a sit-in in connection with its ‘Haqeeqi Azadi March’ at …

An Islamabad district and sessions court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a Toshakhana reference against PTI chief Imran Khan till December 8 after recording a district election commissioner’s statement. Imran — who is recuperating after sustaining a gunshot wound following an assassination bid during a rally on November 3 — was expected at the court today as the summons …

A policeman was allegedly shot dead by a suspect, who police say is an expatriate, in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area during a heated exchange late on Monday night, officials said. CCTV footage of the incident is making the rounds on Twitter, showing the suspect and the cop— both armed — disembarking from a black car and engaging in …

LONDON: Members of the Sharif family, including PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, travelled to Europe on Monday for a 10-day holiday. Sources told Mr Sharif, Ms Nawaz, Hussain Nawaz, Hasan Nawaz, Jun­aid Safdar and other family members would be travelling to various cities in Europe for a little over 10 days, going from one destination to …

The Election Commi­ssion of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday announced that local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad will be held on January 15, 2023. A five-member bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja issued the orders. The electoral watchdog had earlier reserved its verdict on the plea on November 15. Local government elections in the two divisions were originally scheduled …

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday acquitted all five men sentenced in the murder case of renowned rights activist Perween Rahman — who was shot dead in the metropolis in 2013 — citing a lack of evidence and ordered their release. The development comes around nine months after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi sentenced four of the accused, namely Abdul Raheem Swati, …

QUETTA: The Pakistan-Afghan border at Chaman, Balochistan, remained closed for another day after a flag meeting at Friendship Gate between officials from both sides failed to evolve a consensus over the reopening of the crossing. On Sunday, the border at Chaman had been closed for an indefinite period after an armed suspect from the Afg­han side opened fire on Pak­is­tani security personnel …

Renowned Islamic scholar and cleric Mufti Rafi Usmani, who passed away earlier this week after a prolonged illness, was laid to rest in Karachi on Sunday morning. The cleric, 86, was the eldest son of Mufti Shafi Usmani, a renowned cleric and founder of Darul Uloom Karachi — one of the largest seminaries of the Deoband school of thought in the country. …

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday urged his supporters to converge on Rawalpindi on Nov 26 for his long march that he is expected to rejoin in person after recovering from the injuries he sustained in a gun attack in Wazirabad earlier this month. For now, the march was suspended in Rawat. He also appears to have had a change …