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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday granted 14-day protective bail to Suleman Shehbaz, son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in two separate cases of money laundering and accumulating assets beyond known sources of income. Suleman, who returned to Pakistan two days ago after four years of self-exile in London, is an accused in a money laundering case registered with the Federal …

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will be arriving in Pakistan on December 14 (tomorrow) on a two-day official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement on Tuesday. During Rahmon’s visit, the two sides will exchange views on further strengthening bilateral cooperation in a wide range of areas and were expected to …

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Tuesday that there was “clear evidence” of India carrying out terrorist activities in Pakistan, adding that the government has decided to present the matter before the international community. “We have decided to bring our stance before the world and unveil India’s face of terrorism,” he said in a press conference in Islamabad, flanked by …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday performed groundbreaking of the 306-kilometre Sukkur-Hyderabad section of the M6 motorway, saying that the project would be completed in 30 months. The project, whose estimated cost is Rs307 billion, was announced by the then prime minister Imran Khan in April 2021 as part of a “historic development package” for Sindh. Incumbent Prime Minister Shehbaz, while speaking …

ISLAMABAD / SIALKOT / RAWALPINDI: The Pakis­tan Democratic Movement (PDM) ministers on Sunday lashed out at former prime minister Imran Khan for his campaign against the government and the state institutions, saying the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief’s attempts to stay “politically relevant” through such tactics would not yield results. Addressing a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) convention in Sialkot, Defence Minister …

LAHORE: Novelist and translator Musharraf Ali Farooqi has launched an online Urdu word game, www.hijjay.com, on the pattern of word scramble. As a user logs on the game by googling hijjay.com, it shows six Urdu letters from which the user has to make 20 words to cross the first level. Each word has to have at least three letters. The words …

ISLAMABAD: The government has announced Rs250 million as compensation for 12,500 polio workers who were affected by the recent catastrophic floods. In a statement, federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel hailed the services of polio workers, who despite suffering losses due to the catastrophic floods, continued to assist with relief activities. “I salute your courage and passion. Despite suffering losses, …

The chief executives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the finance ministers of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab rebuked the coalition government on Monday for depriving their people of their rightful share in the allocated funds. The censure came at a press conference held in Islamabad attended by KP Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, KP Finance Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra, …

ISLAMABAD: As the upper house of parliament will meet after a seven-week hiatus, a stormy session is expected on Monday. President Dr Arif Alvi has summoned the Senate session on Dec 12 under Article 54 of the Constitution. The house is likely to witness fireworks as important developments have taken place since it last met on October 21. The recent …

UNITED NATIONS: The arrival of winter has intensified the needs of more than 20 million flood victims in Pakistan, said a UN official while reminding the international community that more resources are urgently needed to deal with this humanitarian crisis. “Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that critical humanitarian needs in Pakistan remain, even as floodwaters recede, and the needs are …