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KHYBER: A head constable of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) deployed at immigration checkpost at Torkham was suspended on Monday for harassing an Afghan woman. An order, issued by the FIA director office in Peshawar, said that the action against the accused, Kamran Nawaz, was taken after the incident of harassment of an Afghan woman during immigration process was reported by …

PESHAWAR: Former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser on Monday claimed Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf was not encouraging anti-army slogans. Speaking at a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club, he said preparations for the long march on Islamabad were underway and caravans from across Khyber Pakthunkhwa would reach Islamabad. “We will never defame the Pak Army,” Mr Qaiser said. He insisted slogans …

PESHAWAR: Police have registered FIR against the workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for staging a protest on Khyber Road on Thursday last. On the night of last Thursday, scores of PTI workers protesting the assassination bid on their party chief Imran Khan staged a protest on Khyber Road. Addressing a press conference, SP Mohammad Azhar Khan said that police registered …

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought reply from the authorities concerned on a petition of mother of Arshad Sharif, seeking post-mortem report of her slain son. IHC Justice Aamer Farooq took up the petition. Sharif’s mother Riffat Ara Alvi in the petition cited President, Secretary Interior and Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) as respondents. She contended in the petition …

A terrorist, “propagated as a missing person”, was killed while a soldier was martyred during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Shakas area of Khyber tribal district, according to a statement issued by the military’s media affairs wing. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said a joint operation was conducted in Shakas during which an “intense” exchange of fire took place …

ISLAMABAD: Having no serious business to carry out in the National Assembly, Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday allowed the members to deliver lengthy speeches on points of order and almost all those who took the floor fully utilised the opportunity to assail the formerly ruling PTI for “creating anarchy-like situation in the country, particularly in the aftermath of the Wazirabad …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to Saudi Arabia’s Middle East Green Initiative (MGI), saying the country was resolved to supporting all programmes aimed at securing the planet against climate change. He made these remarks while addressing the MGI summit in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh on Tuesday. “This is just the beginning. Pakistan is willing to provide assistance …

ISLAMABAD: As the investigation into one of the biggest scams in the history of the Capital Development Agency (CDA) inches forward, the investigators were startled to find out that at least Rs20 billion were spent on development work carried out through the quotation system. Under the quotation system, the civic agency is allowed to carry out emergency work, such as …

RAWALPINDI: The inspector general of police (IGP) Punjab, on Saturday called back 800 personnel of the Punjab Highway Police (PHP) to their parent unit. These personnel were provided to the Rawalpindi district police to maintain law and order during the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) long march. According to a directive issued by the Punjab IGP to the commandant Punjab Constabulary (PC), …

LAHORE: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira has challenged Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to go home if he cannot get justice from his own party’s administration in Punjab. “You should go home [resign from the Punjab government] if you are that helpless that you cannot get a case registered [on the Wazirabad incident],” Mr …