Pakistan

Former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister MPA Faryal Talpur on Wednesday approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking pre-arrest bail in the fake accounts case. The PPP co-chairman’s counsel, in the petition, asked the high court to prevent NAB from arresting his client. He argued that Zardari had received three National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summons so far, but …

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, while talking to DawnNewsTV on Tuesday evening, insisted that his stance against proscribed organisations has been consistent from the day he joined politics, and asked: “how is calling for action against banned outfits and for the restoration of peace playing into any other country’s narrative?” Speaking to our correspondent during a stopover in his ‘Caravan-i-Bhutto’ train journey to Larkana, …

ISLAMABAD: Balochis­tan National Party (BNP) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Tuesday and discussed with the latter coalition-related matters. Though there was no official word from any side about the meeting, political experts believe that the two leaders must have discussed implementation of the six-point agreement that had been reached between the BNP and …

LAHORE: Representatives and activists from religious minorities expressed disappointment over the state of law and order nationwide, as crimes against their communities continued unabated. Speaking to Dawn, several minority members complained that they were denied their basic rights and many of the laws regarding freedom and safety were not being fully implemented. “It is ironic that while the Lahore Resolution …

A planned government briefing to parliamentary leaders on the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism, scheduled for March 28, was cancelled by the government after leaders of major opposition parties declined to participate in the meeting due to “political considerations”. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s spokesperson told DawnNewsTV that PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif had declined to attend the meeting through a …

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a multi-billion-rupee liquefied natural gas (LNG) case after which the anti-graft watchdog recommended travel ban on him. Mr Abbasi said he would soon hold a press conference on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s “revelation” about “big” offshore oil reserves near Karachi. It has been learnt …

THERE is perhaps only one person whom Khateeb Hussain had informed before he decided to kill his English professor on March 20. On that ill-fated day, the 21-year-old BScstudent stabbed Professor Khalid Hameed to death in a small office next to the English Department staffroom at the Government Sadiq Egerton College, over reservations about a farewell event scheduled to be …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted former premier Nawaz Sharif bail for six weeks, suspending his sentence and giving him the freedom to obtain medical treatment of his choice within the country. He was released from Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail after 12:30am on court orders. Scores of PML-N supporters who had waited outside the prison for hours surrounded Sharif’s vehicle …

ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Tuesday that electricity tariff would be gradually increased by Rs2.25-2.50 per unit in three phases and circular debt would be brought down to Rs250 billion by the end of December. Speaking at a press conference, Minister for Power Omar Ayub Khan said the first increase of about Rs1 per unit or so would come into …

A teenage Hindu girl was allegedly kidnapped from her residence in Sindh’s Badin district by armed men earlier this month, her father said on Tuesday, but a man came forward with the claim that she was now his wife after converting to Islam. A first information report (FIR) of the case was registered at Badin’s Pangrio police station on Tuesday …