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At least 13 people were killed and five injured when a passenger van and a truck collided head-on on the Indus Highway in Jamshoro on Wednesday, rescue officials said. The van was heading to Hyderabad from Dadu when it met the tragic fate. The injured and the dead were taken to Taluka Hospital Manjhand, Jamshoro. Fatal road accidents are common …

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday said it had decided to file a reference against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja in the Supreme Judicial Council. The announcement was made by former information minister Fawad Chaudhry, who said that Pakistan’s “biggest political party had lost trust in him [CEC]”. Chaudhry, who was speaking to the media outside the Election …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday decided against de-seating 20 dissident Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Members of National Assembly (MNAs), dismissing references against them sent by the party. The electoral body had reserved its verdict in the case earlier in the day. The matter first came to light in March after several PTI lawmakers were found staying at the Sindh House …

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the possibility of holding general elections prior to the appointment of a new army chief cannot be ruled out. In an interview with BBC Urdu, he said, “It is possible that we hold elections before the [new] army chief’s appointment, before November. There will be a caretaker government at that time. It is also possible that …

PPP co-chair Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that elections in the country would be held after the incumbent coalition government implements electoral reforms and amends the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) laws. “We have to change laws and improve them and then go to elections. Whether it takes 3 or 4 months, we have to work on implementation of policies …

ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of shortage and rising prices, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Monday decided to beef up wheat stocks by ordering three million tonnes of imports and at least 1.5m tonnes of domestic procurement by the public sector. A meeting of the ECC, presided over by Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, also decided to reduce the …

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to take notice of what he described as a “blatant violation” of the Constitution and law in Punjab after a late-night federal government notification saw Omar Sarfraz Cheema removed as the province’s governor. In a statement, Imran demanded the top court take “immediate notice of the blatant violation of the …

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Security agencies have released a Baloch student who was taken into custody in connection with a suicide blast at the University of Karachi (KU) on April 26, Baloch Council chairperson Ahsan Baloch told Dawn.com on Tuesday. Bebgar Imdad, a seventh-semester student at Numl in Islamabad and a native of Balochistan’s Kech area, was picked up by security agencies on April 27 from Punjab University (PU), where …

Justice Ijazul Ahsan said on Tuesday that a lawmaker would remain disqualified until a court cancelled the declaration for his disqualification. He made the comments as a five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, and also comprising Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, resumed hearing the presidential reference seeking the apex …