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ISLAMABAD: Former governor of Punjab Omer Sarfraz Cheema has announced approaching the court for registration of a high treason case against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif under Article 6. Moreover, he said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) believed that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had ill intention during delimitation of constituencies. In a post on social media, Mr Cheema said that …

Punjab Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the deadly blast in Lahore’s crowded Anarkali area earlier this year, it emerged on Tuesday. On January 20, three people were killed and over 30 injured in the blast in Lahore’s Anarkali bazaar, which law enforcement agencies had initially believed was a gas cylinder explosion. Subsequent investigations determined that it …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday stopped PML-N’s Hanif Abbasi from working as a special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) until the next hearing on May 27. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued the directives while hearing a petition filed by former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid, who has challenged Abbasi’s appointment as SAPM on …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a reference seeking the disqualification of 25 dissident MPAs of the PTI, who had voted for PML-N’s Hamza Shehbaz in the election for the Punjab chief minister. It will announce the verdict at 12pm tomorrow (Wednesday). Last month, Hamza was elected Punjab chief minister, defeating PTI-PML-Q’s joint candidate, Chaudhry Parvez …

The Supreme Court is expected to announce its decision on a presidential reference seeking its interpretation of Article 63-A of the Constitution, which is related to the disqualification of lawmakers over defection, in a few minutes. A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Jamal …

ISLAMABAD: The government has received over 800 applications from adventure tourists from around the world and is expecting to welcome at least 500 mountaineers and trekkers this summer. “So far, 22 applicants have been issued permits to visit the northern areas for adventure tourism. The visa processing time has to be speedy to allow more foreign tourists to visit Pakistan …

HYDERABAD: Measurements done at Guddu and Sukkur barrages last week found that “Sindh’s claim of missing flows between Taunsa downstream and Guddu upstream” was correct, members of a joint team reported on Sunday. The team was set up by the federal Water Resources Ministry for monitoring of flows at barrages in Sindh and Punjab after a recent meeting of the …

Less than two weeks after scaling Mount Kanchenjunga, climber Shehroze Kashif summited the world’s fourth-highest peak, Mount Lhotse (8,516m), in Nepal on Monday. Hailing from Lahore, 20-year-old Kashif was part of the Seven Summit Treks expedition team which summited directly from camp 3. The young mountaineer and his team had started the summit push on Sunday. The achievement comes days …

GUJRAT: PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz says the next election would be held when Nawaz Sharif would decide on it and asks how Imran Khan would face the people in the election with zero performance during his tenure. She predicted that the PTI chief would fail if he tried to shift the burden of his poor economic performance to the …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed relevant authorities on Monday to provide foolproof security to his predecessor Imran Khan after the PTI chairperson said on multiple occasions that there was a threat to his life. According to state-run Radio Pakistan, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah briefed PM Shehbaz in detail about security arrangements for Imran. The premier instructed Sanaullah to provide the “best …