Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday continued debate on the Sahiwal tragedy for a second consecutive day as opposition members reiterated their demand for a parliamentary committee to oversee the investigations, alleging that the Punjab government was trying to cover up the “cold-blooded murder” of three members of a family by personnel of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD). Also read: Fake encounter in Sahiwal …

KOHAT: The Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) has asked hundreds of defaulting and unregistered private organisations to pay their share of pension so that the helpless and heirs of deceased persons can get the government facility at the time of need. Thousands of private employees are deprived of the pension facility provided by the EOBI due to lack of awareness …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) lawmakers on Monday termed the attitude of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led coalition government at Centre and in Punjab ‘negative’ in their respective constituencies and asked the party leadership to decide the fate of the ruling coalition. These views were expressed at a meeting attended by PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz …

BAHAWALNAGAR: The family and neighbours of a man missing since Dec 25 staged on Monday a demonstration outside the A-Division police station against police for not making any headway in the rescue of Fatehullah’s son Ameer Hamza. Fatehullah, of Mahboob Colony in Chishtian, said his 21-year-old son had been missing since Dec 25, the eve of his son’s wedding. He …

ISLAMABAD: The first nationwide polio campaign of 2019, scheduled for Monday, was postponed completely in 21 districts and partially in 14 districts due to bad weather conditions. According to a press rele­ase issued by the National Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), Islamabad, the campaign was deferred in 21 districts — one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, five in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, four …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday reserved its verdict on an election petition seeking disqualification of Punjab Senior Minister Abdul Aleem Khan on charge of concealing necessary details in his nomination papers. The runner-up in the PP-158 election, Rana Ahsan of the PML-N, had challenged the victory of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Aleem Khan who had secured 52,319 votes …

LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar says the law and order situation is not satisfactory and it needs improvement. Presiding over a meeting held at Civil Secretariat here on Monday to review the law and order situation, the chief minister issued guidelines to divisional commissioners and regional police officers for improving the law and order situation and providing relief to …

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Monday agreed that a judicial commission would be constituted if the opposition was not satisfied with the report of a joint investigation team (JIT) probing the Sahiwal tragedy. The government also informed the Punjab Assembly that the names of all suspects in the case had been placed on the no-fly list. On the demand of the …

VEHARI: Traders and lawyers observed strike on Monday against the killing of four people by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police in Sahiwal on Friday. In Burewala, markets and bazaars remained closed. Traders Jamil Bhatti, Arshad Bhatti, Chaudhry Sarwar, Shakil Raza, Rao Khalil, Tariq, Tufail Warraich and Rafiq Chaudhry condemned the killings. They said the government had failed to protect the …

ISLAMABAD: Ten days after withdrawing a disqualification reference from the Election Commission of Pakistan against former president Asif Ali Zardari, leaders of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf approached the Supreme Court seeking permanent disqualification of Pakistan Peoples Party leader from parliament under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution for not declaring a flat in the US and two bulletproof vehicles in his …