Pakistan

QUETTA: Maulana Hi­­dayatur Rehman Baloch, the chief of Haq Do Tehreek (HDT) and general secretary of Jamaat-i-Islami in Balochistan, was detained by the local authorities on Friday in an attempt to prevent him from visiting the border town of Chaman. Officials said that Mr Rehman’s planned visit to Chaman was intended to show support for the ongoing sit-in protest, organised …

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Friday ordered unfreezing of the movable and immovable properties of Nawaz Sharif on an application filed by the former prime minister’s counsel. Accountability judge Mohammad Bashir was earlier informed that since Mr Sharif had surrendered and his warrant of arrest had been cancelled, the order for attachment of his properties may be withdrawn. Subsequently, the …

The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said it has arrested five suspected terrorists linked to banned outfits during operations carried out in different cities of the province. In a statement issued today, the CTD said it conducted 179 intelligence-based operations in Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Bahawalpur and Rawalpindi and “foiled a major terror plot”. It said 179 suspects were interrogated …

Caretaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mohammad Azam Khan passed away on Saturday, a hospital spokesperson said. He was 89, according to his nephew Muhammad Ahmed. Rehman Medical Complex spokesperson Shabbir Shah confirmed the death to Dawn.com. He added that the former bureaucrat was admitted to an intensive care unit last night after he fell unwell a day ago. The chief minister’s …

ISLAMABAD: Indicating a major policy shift, the presidency on Friday suggested “one-state solution” to the Palestine issue, but in a sudden change of heart back-pedalled his remarks after a few hours. The presidency had issued a statement quoting President Dr Arif Alvi to have suggested “one-state solution” to the conflict during his telephonic talk with Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas. “If …

Former planning minister Asad Umar, who had resigned as the PTI’s secretary general in May following the May 9 riots, on Saturday resigned from the party’s basic membership as well as quit politics. In a post on X, he wrote, “After more than one decade in public life, I have decided to completely quit politics. “I am resigning from [the] basic membership of …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan may be one of the top 10 most digitalised societies in terms of the number of people online but most of the country’s political parties are failing to keep pace with the growing needs of digital political communications, compromising the quality of democratic discourse, said a report. A mapping of the digital footprint of the 13 mainstream political …

MANSEHRA: A team of law-enforcement agencies and Islamabad police have arrested former MNAs of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf AIi Nawaz Awan and Malik Aamir Dogar along with their two hosts in Battal area here early on Thursday. The arrests came during a raid on the house of chairman of the Battal neighbourhood council and PTI leader Hizbullah. The law-enforcement agencies later …

LAHORE: The Lahore police launched a fresh crackdown on workers and activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), making several arrests from various parts of the city during the last three days. The investigation police sprung into action on the basis of a new list of 884 PTI workers circulated to all the 84 police stations of the city as ‘new …

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday announced that it will kick-start the election campaign in Balochistan with a rally in connection with 56th foundation day of the party on Nov 30 in Quetta in the run-up to Feb 8 polls, eyeing an “aggressive campaign” in the largest province of the country. The announcement came from the PPP chairman Bilawal …