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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered its registrar office to place a petition moved against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership — over an alleged hate campaign targeting national institutions, including the armed forces, the apex court and the Election Commi­ssion of Pakistan — for open hearing. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, who heard an appeal in his chambers, removed …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to announce the “long-delayed” judgement in the prohibited funding case, previously referred to as the foreign funding case, against the PTI. “For long has Imran Niazi been given a free pass despite his repeated and shameless attacks on state institutions. Impunity given to him has hurt the …

PTI leader and former human rights minister Shireen Mazari on Tuesday claimed that staff at her Islamabad residence had discovered a “voice recorder” in her bedroom a day earlier. “I was at Banigala yesterday when I received a call from my domestic worker that a device had been attached underneath a coffee table in my bedroom,” she said at a …

Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Tuesday castigated PTI chief Imran Khan for demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja, urging the country’s institutions to take action against the former premier. After the PTI’s landslide victory in the recent Punjab by-elections, Imran had criticised the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for allegedly being biased. He had also claimed that the CEC …

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has constituted a 15-member auction advisory committee to oversee spectrum auctions for next-generation mobile services (NGMS). The committee — led by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail and comprising four other federal ministers, three federal secretaries and representatives from other telecom stakeholders, including the General Headquarters (GHQ) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) — was constituted by the federal cabinet …

ISLAMABAD: While holding the previous PTI government responsible for “an increased role” of the establishment in government’s affairs, PPP leader and former Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani said that the civilian space ceded to the military during previous government’s tenure was “unprecedented”. In a statement released on Sunday, the PPP leader said that historically, civil-military relations have been heavily tilted …

LAHORE: Though the voting process largely remained peaceful in 14 districts of Punjab, a 12-year-old boy, stated to be a PML-N supporter, was killed in a clash in Sheikhupura on Sunday evening while, earlier in the day, police arrested PTI leader Shahbaz Gill along with some armed men from Muzaffargarh for violating code of conduct of the Election Commission of …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakis­tan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) appeared confident of a landslide victory in the by-elections on 20 Punjab Asse­mbly seats in light of initial results on Sunday, as its senior leader Asad Umar congratulated party supporters who “rejected the decisions made behind closed doors” through their ballots. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz, on the other hand, called for introspection following …

Karachi and other parts of Sindh are likely to receive heavy rain and thunderstorms on Monday (today), according to the latest weather advisory issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). The forecast comes a day after seven people were killed in Karachi as the second spell of torrential rain under the current monsoon season wreaked havoc in the city. In today’s update, …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday called for creating an enabling environment to ensure participation and inclusion of women in economic, business, trade and industrial sectors on a fast-track basis. He expressed these views while talking to a delegation of the Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Peshawar (WCC&IP) led by its president, Shahida Parveen, at Aiwan-i-Sadr. Welcoming the …