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QUETTA: Despite passage of over a week, the workers and supporters of various political parties have refused to abandon their protest against alleg­­ed rigging in the elections, and called for a wheel jam strike across Balochistan on Sunday. The sit-ins being staged in Quetta, Dera Murad Ja­­mali and other towns ent­ered the 8th day on Friday. Hundreds of workers and …

ISLAMABAD: Just a few hours before the end of election campaigning, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday made a last-ditch effort by moving a petition before the Supreme Court, seeking a review of the court’s Jan 13 decision that upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) action of depriving the party of its election symbol — ‘bat’. Jointly moved by senior counsel Hamid Khan and …

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has lodged first information reports (FIRs) against the owners of three illegal housing schemes. The RDA spokesman stated that these illegal housing schemes were Imperial City, the National Gold Enclave on Chakwal Road, and Kashmir Green City on G.T. Road Mandra. He noted that the RDA is taking legal action against the illegal advertisements …

ISLAMABAD: PTI has allowed its firebrand leader Advocate Sher Afzal Marwat to continue leading the election campaign in the provinces. The announcement was made by PTI’s erstwhile chairman Barrister Gohar Khan on Thursday, a day after Mr Marwat was stopped from taking part in political activities on the directive of Imran Khan. The notification issued on Wednesday stated that Mr …

Ariana Grande went to the Spamalot for her boyfriend, and brought her father. On Sunday, December 24, Grande, 30, posted a video to her Instagram Story showing Ed Butera, 65, backstage at the St. James Theatre in New York City. Butera danced around the set in the video. The music sensation posted on Sunday, “‘Don’t touch the props,'” as she …

LAHORE: Protesting against alleged extrajudicial killings, mar­chers who began their journey from Turbat under the banner of the Baloch Yakjehti Council (BYC) and staged a sit-in in Dera Ghazi Khan after several students and protesters were detained for violating a local ban on gatherings, will resume their march towards Islamabad today (Tuesday). Police have released all the detainees, but did not …

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who was defence minister when Iraq invaded the oil-rich country in 1990, was laid to rest on Sunday in a low-key funeral, a day after he died aged 86. Foreign leaders and envoys later paid their final respects, including the Saudi crown prince and the rulers of Bahrain, Qatar and Jordan. Draped in a …

A man has been charged with two counts of assault for allegedly spitting on Muslim students at Western University in Ontario, Canada. The male, who has also been barred from varsity premises, was arrested by the university’s special constable service after two incidents were reported. It wasn’t specified if the accused, who is scheduled to appear before a court, was …

KARACHI: As police on Thursday registered a case against the owner of the building that collapsed in Shah Faisal Colony on Wednesday, in which five people were killed, interim Sindh Chief Minister retired Justice Maqbool Baqar questioned the role of the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) and suspended its four officers while setting up an inquiry committee to probe into the incident. …

The Islamabad police have said its Anti-Extremism Unit has “completed contacts” with all seminaries regarding not allowing strangers to reside at or spend the night at mosques and madressahs. In a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday night, it stated, “There is no permission to stay in mosques. Strangers will not be allowed to stay at …