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LAHORE: At a time of tense rel­a­tions between the military establishment and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) following PTI chief Imran Khan’s multiple accusations against senior military officers, President Dr Arif Alvi confirmed his ‘backdoor’ efforts to reach out to all political players as well as the powers that be to find a workable solution to end the chaos, though he admits …

LAHORE: Security of former prime minister Imran Khan has been beefed up in the wake of an attempt on his life during the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf long march around a week ago and after an alert issued by the police ‘s Special Branch. In this regard, concrete blocks have been placed around Khan’s Zaman Park residence, where he is recuperating from the bullet …

A Rawalpindi court handed down a death sentence and ten years of imprisonment on Saturday to the ex-husband of US national of Pakistani origin, Wajiha Swati, after finding him guilty in her murder case. Rizwan Habib Bangash had confessed last December to killing his former wife — 47-year-old Wajiha Farooq Swati — and burying her body at his servant’s house in Lakki …

ISLAMABAD: The Sup­reme Court will take up on Nov 15 the Election Com­mission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plea to consolidate and transfer all six challenges to its contempt notice against PTI leaders, including its chief Imran Khan, pending before different high courts. Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, a three-judge Sup­re­me Court bench, which will take up …

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has clarified that he is “perfectly fine” after a photograph — purportedly from his hospital visit in Rawalpindi — went viral late Friday night. Various social media accounts were circulating a picture of him lying on a hospital bed wearing a hospital gown and an oxygen mask. His followers speculated about his health condition and the …

ISLAMABAD: With Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif returning from London after consulting his elder brother and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif on the political quagmire in the country and appointment of a new army chief, all eyes were once again trained on Lahore, as President Arif Alvi and Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa were in the city for …

KARACHI: Estranged PTI leader Major (retired) Khurram Hameed Khan Rokhri revealed on Thursday the timeline of “backchannel talks” between the PTI and the establishment, as he denounced former premier Imran Khan’s allegations against senior intelligence official Maj Gen Faisal Naseer. In an interview with Hamid Mir on Geo News, Rokhri said that Gen Naseer was a “principled” and “professional man” who …

An American citizen has returned a relic to Pakistan as part of a repatriation of 19 antiquities to four countries, the Guardian reported on Friday. The report said that John Gomperts took the decision after reading news in the Guardian about the return of stolen antiquities and realised that the items he had inherited from his grandmother were worth up to £80,000 and could have …

LAHORE: As Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) long march resumed after a week from Wazirabad on Thursday, party Chairman Imran Khan addressed the participants from his Zaman Park residence here through a video link, reiterating his accusation that a senior army officer was behind his attempted assassination. He said “army officer Maj Gen Faisal Naseer masterminded and monitored my assassination plan”, and demanded …

Pakistan Institute of Management (Pims) director Dr Khalid Masood said on Friday that only a forensic report could confirm if journalist Arshad Sharif was tortured before being shot dead. Sharif was shot dead in Kenya on the night of October 23 allegedly by the local police. Initially, the Kenyan media quoted the local police as saying Sharif was shot dead by police in a …