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LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Pakistan (PTI) estranged leader Jahangir Khan Tareen’s MNA Raja Riaz and provincial minister Ajmal Cheema called on Governor Chaudhry Sarwar on Friday and expressed their concerns over cases against Mr Tareen. The governor assured them that political revenge was out of the question and justice would be served in Mr Tareen’s case. Both Mr Riaz and Mr Cheema …

QUETTA: Parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in the Balochistan Assembly Sardar Yar Mohammad Rind has threatened to resign from the post of special assistant to the prime minister on water, power and natural resources (for the province) if he fails to resolve electricity and gas supply issues. Speaking on a resolution moved by JUI-F MPA Mohammad Asghar Tareen …

RAWALPINDI: As Pakistan introduced a stricter travel ban on 23 countries amid the rising Covid-19 cases involving new variants, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) further extended travel restrictions to April 30. In the wake of a surge in Covid-19 cases in India, the federal government on April 19 placed India in category C countries and banning all chartered and private …

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly session was prorogued on Friday soon after its commencement when the opposition and some treasury members, in a rare show of unity, staged a joint demonstration in front of the speaker’s dais demanding the eviction of the French ambassador from Pakistan for blasphemy. The NA Secretariat later announced that the parliament house would remain closed for …

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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrived in Istanbul for a two-day official visit on Friday on the invitation of his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, reported Radio Pakistan. Taking to Twitter shortly after arriving, Qureshi said: “Great to land in Turkey on the auspicious occasion of Turkish Sovereignty and Children’s Day, commemorating the foundation of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, connecting …

GWADAR: People blo­cked the CPEC Highway in the Hoshab area in protest against alleged sexual assault on a boy by a solider of the Frontier Corps. Members of civil society and leaders of all political parties working in Kech district have endorsed the allegation and demanded an inquiry into the incident. Federal Minister for Defence Production Zobaida Jalal said that …

RAWALPINDI: The district police and intelligence agencies have recommended placing 14 activists of the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on the fourth schedule of Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 due to their alleged involvement in recent violent protests in the district. According to sources, the recommendation would be placed at the district intelligence committee’s meeting and later the home department will issue a …

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Thursday sent letters to parliamentary leaders of all parties having representation in the National Assembly to suggest names of their members for inclusion in the proposed special committee of the house to take up the resolution on the issue of French envoy’s expulsion from Pakistan, which was tabled in the assembly on April …

RAWALPINDI: Afghan Ambassador Najibullah Ali Khil on Thursday called on Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters (GHQ). During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, regional security situation, including Afghan peace process, enhanced bilateral security and defence cooperation and effective border management between the two brotherly countries were discussed, said an Inter-Services Public Relations …