Pakistan

LAHORE: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said everyone is condemning the attack on army installations and demanded a probe into it. At his maiden press conference following his arrest that provoked countrywide riots, when asked if he condemned the attack on the Corps Commander House in Lahore, he replied: “Who is not condemning the burning of the Lahore Corps Commander …

Anchorperson Imran Riaz’s father became teary-eyed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday, pleading for mercy, as the whereabouts of his son remain unknown since his arrest on May 11 from the Sialkot airport. Imran was among those taken into custody following protests that broke out in the aftermath of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest. Later, his lawyer told Dawn.com that a writ petition was …

ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers on Thursday reached the committee room of Parliament House to attend a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services (NHS) without reading the bill on which they had to give their input. The chairman of the committee, Dr Mohammad Afzal Khan Dhandla, decided to constitute a subcommittee and directed it to discuss the bill …

ISLAMABAD: The number of PTI leaders to quit the party in the aftermath of May 9 violence increased to six on Thursday after Malik Amin Aslam, Dr Muhammad Amjad and Dr Imran Ali Shah announced their decision to part ways with the party. Earlier, on Wednesday, three leaders, including former federal minister Aamer Mehmood Kiani, MNA from Karachi Mahmood Baqi Moulvi and MPA …

LAHORE: As the 24-hour deadline given by the Punjab government to Imran Khan to hand over the alleged 30-40 terrorists hiding in his house ended at 2pm on Thursday, the Lahore police received no order to launch the proposed operation till late in night. On the other hand, provincial caretaker Information Minister Amir Mir said police would send a ‘delegation’ …

Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emir Sirajul Haq on Friday narrowly escaped a “suicide attack” that targeted his convoy in Balochistan’s Zhob while six others were injured, according to police. City police station Station House Officer (SHO) Sher Ali Mandokhail told Dawn.com that all of the injured were being treated at Civil Hospital, Zhob and one of them was in critical condition. He said Haq’s …

NEW DELHI: Security has been stepped up in India-held Jammu and Kashmir by the BJP government amid a surge in attacks ahead of a G20 meeting in the disputed territory. Srinagar is due to host a tourism working group meeting of G20 members on May 22-24, part of a series of meetings before a G20 summit scheduled to be held …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday ordered Punjab Inspector General Dr Usman Anwar to apprise it of progress on the recovery of anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan by 12pm tomorrow (Friday). After he was arrested on May 11 from the Sialkot airport, Riaz’s whereabouts have remained unknown for a week now. He was among those taken into custody following the violent …

At least one person was killed and three others were wounded in an explosion at a motorcycle workshop near the Ring Road in Peshawar on Thursday, according to police. Peshawar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Harood Rashid confirmed the injuries and fatalities to Dawn.com. He said the explosion occurred in the jurisdiction of the Peshatakara police station. According to the official, …

ISLAMABAD: The centre has sought to delink the distribution of divisible pool resources among the provinces from the population-based National Fina­nce Commission (NFC), as the seventh national census showed over 2.8pc population growth pushing Pakistan to become the “fastest growing country in the world”. Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal at a news briefing on Wednesday said: “The existing …