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LAHORE: Another judge of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday recused himself, for personal reasons, from petitions filed by PML-Q leaders – Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi – against the actions of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan had referred the petitions to a two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali …

KARACHI: Two suspected criminals were killed in an alleged encounter with police in Wazeer Brohi Goth off Superhighway on Tuesday, as a pre-dawn raid on the city’s outskirt turned into a deadly gun battle, officials said. A senior official said that acting on intelligence reports about the presence of some criminals belonging to an organised gang a team of Counter-Terrorism …

KARACHI: The Sindh government has spent around $6 million, or nearly Rs1 billion, mainly for imports and procurement of key medical equipment, including ventilators, to build capacity of its healthcare system to meet coronavirus challenges and enhance its treatments facilities, which have been under serious criticism from its political opponents and experts, officials and sources said on Tuesday. An official …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday assured the opposition in the Senate that the government had no plans to scrap the 18th Constitution Amendment. “It is not our strategy and politics to bury the 18th Amendment,” he said while responding to the points raised by the opposition during a discussion on coronavirus and related issues in the Senate. …

SWABI: An eight-year-old boy was assaulted in Razaar tehsil of Swabi district, police said on Monday. The father of the child reported to Parmuli police station that Naeem Khan, a resident of Aman Kot village, assaulted his son. Later, the police arrested the accused. The police said that medical report would confirm either the accused was involved in the act …

RAWALPINDI: Thousands of people flocked to Rawalpindi’s markets on Monday, flouting social distancing and Covid-19 preventive measures, after the government allowed businesses to reopen on the 49th day of the partial lockdown. In the meantime, the number of Covid-19 cases has continued to rise. Large shopping malls, dine-in restaurants, educational institutions, hotels, marquees and wedding halls and cinemas are still …

ISLAMABAD: The Sup­re­­­me Court on Monday res­tr­a­ined the Pakistan Elec­tronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) from taking any co­­ercive measures against Neo TV channel for a period of 15 days until the channel challenges the vires of the Pemra-Tele­vision Broadcast Station Opera­tions Regulations 2012. A two-judge Supreme Cou­rt bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam had taken up an appeal of Neo …

• Ministers defend Centre’s actions, blame opposition for current situation • Bilawal suggests PM amend batting order • Khawaja Asif says national policy on virus is nothing but confusion ISLAMABAD: The Nat­ional Assembly debate on the Covid-19 situation on Monday exposed the existing disharmony and distrust between the Centre and Sindh province over handling of the pandemic as the opposition accused …

PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Tuesday lambasted Prime Minister Imran Khan for his absence during a Senate session to discuss the coronavirus situation in the country. The Senate session was convened for the first time since the pandemic after a requisition was submitted by opposition members. Speaking during the session, Rehman severely criticised the government’s handling of the pandemic, saying …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has made special arrangements and planned a flight on Monday (today) to bring parliamentarians from Karachi and Quetta to Islamabad for the National Assembly and Senate sessions. However, their return flight is yet to be planned. According to a PIA spokesman, the route for PK-8352 will be Karachi-Quetta-Islamabad. The departure time of the flight from …