Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A majority of the polling stations being established for the upcoming general polls have been declared sensitive or highly sensitive, learnt on Sunday. Sources said that out of the total 90,675 polling stations being established across the country, as many as 46,065 (just over 50 per cent) of them have been categorised as sensitive, with 18,437 of them highly …

NAROWAL: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supreme leader Nawaz Sharif has said that Pakistan of 2017 which he left is not visible today as unemployment and poverty have made lives of the people miserable. Speaking at a public meeting in Sialkot on Sunday, the former prime minister said those who brought about this state of affairs in the country and caused …

RAWALPINDI / QUETTA: A day after PML-N made its election pitch at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi, young PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrived in the garrison city to address an election gathering at the same venue, promising to ‘bury politics of hate and division’ and formation of a ‘truth and reconciliation commission’ if his party was voted to power. In Hub, …

ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: PTI witnessed an eventful day on Sunday with its candidates and supporters taking to the streets across the country on the call of incarcerated leader Imran Khan facing police crackdown in several places and its main leadership unveiling the election manifesto promising radical constitutional reforms and a society where both the rich and the poor are treated …

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Monday said there was “no doubt” that militants located in the border areas of Pakistan and Iran were “led and supported by third countries”. “There is no doubt that the terrorists located in the common border regions and areas of Iran and Pakistan are led and supported by third countries and they never …

An MQM-P worker was killed while a PPP worker was wounded in a clash between the two parties during an election campaign in Karachi’s Nazimabad on Sunday, police said. Gulbahar Police Station House Officer (SHO) Shabbir Hussain told Dawn.com that the incident took place outside the MQM-P office in the area when a PPP rally was passing through. He said workers of …

LAKKI MARWAT: Three militants were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Titterkhel town of Lakki Marwat district on Saturday. An official said that the operation was jointly launched by local police and counter-terrorism department commandos after receiving information about the presence of militants in the rural locality. He said that the law enforcers backed by armoured personnel carrier (APC) vehicles …

GILGIT: Life in Gilgit-Baltistan remained paralysed for a second consecutive day as protests grew against the hike in wheat prices and other grievances on Saturday. Demonstrations were staged in various districts of the region including Astore, Diamer, Ghizer, Hunza, Nagar, Skardu, Shigar, Kharmang and Ghanche districts. Main roads including Karakoram Highway, Skardu Road, Ghizer Road wore deserted look as protests …

ABBOTTABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief organiser Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said if the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa voted her party to power, it would change the nation’s destiny. “It is up to you to change the destiny of your province by vote. If you elect us, we will develop it like Punjab,” the PML-N leader told an election rally here. …

LAHORE: Punjab Health Department on Saturday banned nine substandard syrups from four companies. The Health Department has issued a notification to ban the sale and use of nine syrups from four companies after they were found to be substandard by the Drug Testing Laboratory in Lahore. The syrups contain substandard ethanol, which can cause serious health problems to patients. The …