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PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday demanded that PTI Chairman Imran Khan provide proof to back his claim of his party members receiving threatening phone calls from unknown quarters, and urged him to reveal the identities of “Mr X and Mr Y” he often mentions during his speeches. According to a Dawn editorial on September 9, the former prime minister claims the …

PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday said the future army chief would be appointed by the person empowered by the Constitution to do so — the prime minister — whose pick would be “on merit”. Incumbent Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa is set to retire in the last week of November. The matter of the new …

At least nine more people have died from water-borne diseases in flood-hit areas of Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday, warning they risked losing control of the spread of infections in a crisis that the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) described as “beyond bleak”. An intense and long monsoon dumped around three times as much rain on Pakistan than on average …

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights was informed on Monday about the grim situation being faced by Pakistan due to the presence of over 1.4 million Afghan refugees, following the refusal by the US and European countries to receive further Afghan asylum seekers. The committee members were also surprised to learn that the government has so far …

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday issued a notice to former finance minister Shaukat Tarin and instructed him to appear before the watchdog in person for an investigation into the audio clips attributed to him regarding the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. Last month, two audio clips surfaced via TV channels and social media in which a man said to be …

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday that a sepoy was martyred after “terrorists from Afghanistan” opened fire on Pakistan Army troops in Dwatoi area of North Waziristan district. According to the ISPR handout, the incident took place on September 19 (Monday) as terrorists from inside Afghanistan opened fire. “Own troops responded in a befitting manner. As per credible …

DADU: Power supply to Johi, Wahi Pandhi and around 500 villages was restored on Sunday after two of the five grid stations in Dadu district were energised as floodwater receded after more than a week. The 132kV grid stations of Johi and Wahi Pandhi towns were restored while three others in Khairpur Nathan Shah, Faridabad, Bhan Syedabad were yet to …

A terrorism case was registered against Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb and senior PML-N leader Javed Latif in Lahore on Monday for allegedly “using religion to instil and spread hatred” against PTI chief and former prime minister Imran Khan. The first information report (FIR) was filed by a citizen — an imam of a local mosque — at Green Town Police …

The water level in the Manchhar Lake — one of the largest freshwater reserves in the country — further receded on Monday with officials expecting the situation to return to “complete normalcy”, provided that the water continued to flow to the River Indus without any disruption. Manchhar Lake has been the main source of the threat, compelling authorities to breach …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered the removal of terrorism sections from a case registered against PTI Chairman Imran Khan over his remarks against Additional Sessional Judge Zeba Chaudhry and officials of the Islamabad Police during a rally in Islamabad last month. A two-member IHC bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz announced …