Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: In a move to hold the local government elections in Punjab, the Election Commissioner of Pakistan (ECP) has issued a schedule for the registration of electoral groups/panels. It also issued a notification to appoint officials for the enlistment of electoral groups as under the law no individual other than a political party or a group will contest the election …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Housing and Works has rejected the request of the inspector general of police (IGP) Islamabad for restoration of his cancelled accommodation in the capital. The housing ministry in February this year cancelled the allotment of the house to IGP Dr Akbar Nasir Khan as he was residing in a designated house at F-7, Islamabad. The Estate …

ISLAMABAD: An amount equal to one year’s salary under the Leave Encashment Rule is yet to be disbursed among over 400 retired police officials and officers even the police were given a last opportunity a year ago by the federal ombudsman before initiating contempt of court proceedings against them. Officers of the capital police told Dawn on condition of anonymity that leave …

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday hit back at Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah’s allegations that the party had planned to orchestrate a “raid and rape” at a known worker’s home in an effort to malign law enforcement agencies, terming them an effort to pre-empt and cover up “horror stories”. Imran’s remarks came hours after Sanaullah, in a post-midnight press conference in Faisalabad, …

A 70-year-old man was pulled out alive from under the snow in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Astore district on Sunday, nearly 28 hours after an avalanche struck the valley, rescue officials said. Eight people, including four women and a child, were killed in the avalanche on Saturday morning. Officials said the victims were nomads, who were moving towards Astore from Azad Kashmir, and had …

Karachi police said on Friday they had detained a man after a video of a dog being killed by hanging was widely shared on social media. The video shows a man hanging a dog from a rack with the help of a rope and then raising both his hands, which was followed by a clap. He then goes on to hold two …

LAHORE: A special court on Friday issued warrants for the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in a case of embezzlement of development funds. The other day, the court had dismissed the pre-arrest bail of Elahi in the case pertaining to irregularities in development projects launched during his stint as the chief minister. The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) …

LAHORE: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Friday made an impassioned appeal that it was high time that all state institutions sat with his party and found a solution to put the country on the path of progress. “I would like to appeal for talks because what is currently happening is not a solution,” Mr Khan said in a live talk …

LAHORE: In a scathing tirade against PTI chairman Imran Khan, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief organiser Maryam Nawaz alleged he was the mastermind of the ‘planned attacks’ on army installations in different parts of the country. “Your [Mr Khan’s] time is over and no one will try to get a PTI ticket in next elections,” she believed, adding that the …

QUETTA: Awami National Party (ANP) Secretary General Mian Iftikhar Hussian has said that his party was not in favour of banning any party and believed that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) should face the consequences of its own actions. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Mr Hussain, along with ANP’s Provincial President Asghar Khan Achakzai and Central Joint Secretary Rasheed Nasar, …