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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a petition by PTI-backed independent candidate Advocate Salman Akram Raja seeking contempt proceedings against the NA-128 returning officer (RO). Earlier, a counsel for the petitioner stated that the court had previously ordered the RO to make a decision according to the law based on Raja’s request. However, he said the RO …

LAHORE: PML-N candidate for Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz on Wed­nesday described corruption and politically-motivated vandalism as the ‘red lines’ that her government would never allow anyone to cross. While presiding over a parliamentary meeting of her party at Jati Umra residence, Ms Nawaz pledged a new era of development in Punjab, vowing to deliver on every front, especially in …

The Gilgit-Baltistan government on Thursday said that traffic on the Karako­ram Highway (KKH) would remain suspended till Friday (tomorrow) after it was again shut down a day earlier due to landslides triggered by heavy snowfall and rain. The closures announced on Wednesday had followed brief periods of restoration for light traffic earlier in the week, aggravating the challenges faced by both residents and tourists …

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to fully restore the services of social media platform X (formerly Twitter) across the country. X remains disrupted in many areas of Pakistan for the sixth consecutive day. According to monitoring website Downdetector, the disruptions were reported in Rawalpindi, Karachi, Gujranwala and Lahore among other cities. During a …

The PTI on Thursday announced that it would be holding fresh intra-party elections on March 3 (Sunday). After a long battle and marathon hearings in the run-up to the February 8 general elections, the PTI was stripped of its symbol last month when the Supreme Court upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to declare the party’s internal polls as “unconstitutional”. In …

The Supreme Court on Thursday deplored “unfortunate” criticism aimed at it over a judgement ordering the release of a person accused of distributing supposedly proscribed religious literature. Religious parties, social media users and the banned militant Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan group recently took exception to the SC decision, with the reaction coming almost two weeks after the apex court’s order on an appeal against a verdict …

QUETTA: Protesters blocked Quetta-Chaman Highway for several hours on Tuesday, disrupting traffic to and from Afghanistan after the arrest of some people who have been holding protests for the last four months against the introduction of one-document regime by the federal government for Pak-Afghan border crossing. Officials said workers and supporters of all-party traders’ alliance blocked the road leading to the passport …

GILGIT: The Karakoram Highway (KKH) was partially reopened for traffic on Tuesday, while the Baltistan Road remained closed for the third consecutive day following heavy snowfall in Gilgit-Baltistan, an official source said. The Gilgit-Chilas section of KKH has been cleared for one-way traffic to restore the region’s road connectivity with other parts of the country, officials told Dawn. The roads were closed due …

LAHORE: With the Punjab Assem­bly session likely to be called in a couple of days, the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) — the new home for successful PTI-backed independent candidates — may not get reserved seats for women and minorities, leaving the PML-N with a simple majority in the house. However, the outgoing speaker of the Punjab Assembly, Sibtain Khan, has …

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday expressed displeasure at the suspension of internet services on election day and directed the federal government to provide reasons for disruption. “Why are you making a spectacle of yourself in front of the world?” SHC Chief Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi asked, directing authorities to restore internet services and social media across the country. …