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A team of the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) returned empty-handed from Islamabad’s Secretariat Police Station on Monday, citing a “lack of cooperation” from the officials despite orders from a Rawalpindi court to arrest Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah in an inquiry related to purchase of plots in a housing society at a “throwaway price”. The anti-corruption body’s officials from Punjab arrived …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) reserved on Monday its verdict on the maintainability of PTI leader Asad Umar’s plea challenging the imposition of Section 144 in the capital and contending that the move should be declared “ultra vires to the express provisions of the Constitution”. Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code restricts the assembly of gatherings exceeding four persons. …

Senior PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday accused the judiciary of turning a blind eye to the sequence of audio leaks involving political leaders, adding that perhaps state institutions would spring into action only if the judges’ own phones were to get tapped. The audio clips released on Friday raised the number of clips allegedly featuring the PTI chairman and other party …

Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi on Sunday directed the provincial police chief to conduct a departmental inquiry against Narang police station’s officials whose failure to take substantive action over an assault earlier this week saw its axe-wielding suspect return days later and allegedly hack eight to death in Sheikhupura. The murders committed using an axe and an iron rod …

President Arif Alvi on Sunday approved the appointment of MQM-P’s Kamran Khan Tessori as the new governor of Sindh. The position was vacant since Imran Ismail resigned before Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif became the premier in April.     The president has given this approval under Article 101(1) of the Constitution. Last month, former coordination committee leader Tessori — who had been …

A fire in Islamabad’s Centaurus Mall on Sunday was brought under control after two hours, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) confirmed. CDA Chairman and Islamabad Chief Commissioner retired Capt Mohammad Usman Younis said the fire brigade, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Air Force and Rescue 1122 took part in the firefighting operation.     DawnNewsTV earlier reported that residential apartments in the building …

Former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif spoke in a pre-recorded interview aired on Sunday about the trials and tribulations he and his family went through since his wife, Kulsoom Nawaz, passed away. He began the interview by speaking about how Maryam met her brothers and him after the death of her mother three years ago. “I remember all …

KARACHI: The National Assem­bly’s Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat has termed proposed amendments to Net Metering Rules against the public interest and directed the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) not to proceed with the amendments till the issue was under consideration of the committee. Net metering is a billing mechanism that credits solar energy system proprietors for the power …

ISLAMABAD: As senators from both sides of the aisle on Friday sounded alarm over surge in terrorist activities by the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a PPP senator sought a briefing over a recent threat alert issued by the interior ministry about heightened risk of terrorist attacks by the banned outfit. PPP Senator Raza Rabbani, on a point of public concern, …

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa stressed on Saturday the need for regional peace and developing a mechanism for resolving all bilateral issues peacefully, as he warned that the “price of status quo will be devastating for all of us”. “We must give peace a chance by developing a mechanism to resolve all our bilateral issues peacefully. …