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ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Athar Minallah on Thursday directed the Islamabad police to withdraw the personnel deployed for so-called VIP duties as because of unnecessary protocol duties their capacity to keep check and investigate crimes are being compromised. Justice Minallah, while acknowledging that judges along with other stakeholders of the criminal justice system are …

KARACHI: With a ban imposed on all kind of religious processions and gatherings by the Sindh government, the Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari appealed to the people on Thursday to follow the government guidelines to contain the spread of the coronavirus and offer their Friday prayers at home and hold limited mourning gatherings indoors on Yaum-i-Ali, being observed today. …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday saw the government and opposition members trading corruption charges, with Minister for Information Shibli Faraz saying that some parties wanted the country’s economy to collapse so as to get NRO. What sparked a debate on those responsible for loot and plunder was the accusation by PML-N parliamentary leader in the Senate Mushahidullah Khan that the …

Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Friday warned that the number of coronavirus cases in the country will continue to rise. He, however, assured the nation that “data and modelling have not shown any evidence that the disease will spread so rapidly that the health system will collapse”. Speaking during the ongoing special National Assembly session …

ISLAMABAD: The Sup­reme Court on Wednesday restrained the Peshawar High Court (PHC) from issuing interlocutory orders, which include grant of bail to appellants convicted by military courts on terrorism charges. A two-judge Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Qazi Mohammad Amin Ahmed asked the PHC that it could proceed on merits of the cases it was seized …

GILGIT: The University of Baltistan, Skardu, has announced its examination & assessment policy for current spring semester-2020 after completion of the ongoing online distance education through LMS-based software. In this regard, Vice Chancellor Prof Mohammad Naeem Khan shared salient features and key points of the online examination policy with over 200 vice chancellors from all private and public sector universities …

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday opposed the acquittal plea of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Raja Pervez Ashraf in two rental power projects cases. The bureau took the stance at the hearing of the acquittal plea of Mr Ashraf in the accountability court on Wednesday. The PPP leader is seeking acquittal under an ordinance the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf …

ISLAMABAD: Lawma­kers on Wednesday turned the National Assembly debate on the Covid-19 pandemic into a political point-scoring match as members on both sides of the aisle kept on hurling allegations and counter-allegations during more than six-hour-long proceedings of the house. While sticking to their respective party positions, almost all lawmakers delivered political speeches in which they even targeted each other’s …

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to tighten the noose around Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif after Eid as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Accountability Shahzad Akbar on Wednesday claimed to have unearthed 10 front companies of the PML-N president and his sons from where over Rs17 billion had been transferred to their …

LAHORE: Lauding the federal cabinet for not including Ahmadis in the Minorities Commission, the Punjab Assembly demanded through a resolution on Tuesday that the minority should be included into the body only after their top leader submits in writing that the community accepts the Constitution of Pakistan and their status as non-Muslims. Tabled by Mines and Minerals Minister Hafiz Ammar …