Pakistan

LAHORE: The opposition PTI has decided to lodge a case against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Rangers over the “abduction” of its chairman Imran Khan from the premises of Islamabad High Court last week. The PTI will also lodge cases over the “murder of unarmed citizens at peaceful protests” across the country. “The interior minister, as well as Punjab …

PESHAWAR/BAJAUR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has asked its workers to move towards Islamabad in convoys from their respective areas on Monday morning to take part in the sit-in outside Supreme Court, announced by Pakistan Democratic Movement. The workers of JUI-F will gather in their respective areas on Monday morning and will proceed towards Hakla Interchange on Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway from where they …

ISLAMABAD: With five extensions and over 246.5 million people counted across the country, the federal government on Sunday told the provinces that field operations for the seventh national census must end on Monday (today) and that the deadline would not be extended again. “The census field operations will not further be extended and the provincial governments must complete census enumeration/verification …

ISLAMABAD: The joint sitting of two houses of the parliament will be held on Monday, apparently to pass the National Accou­ntability Bill, 2023, which was returned unsigned by President Dr Arif Alvi. According to an announ­cement of the National Assembly Secretariat (NAS) on Sunday, the joint sitting will take place at 4pm to discuss the 19-point agenda, including the accountability …

ISLAMABAD: After securing relief from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan remained on the premises of the high court for more than 11 hours with the Islamabad police, prompting him to accuse the police of ‘kidnapping’. The allegations levelled by the PTI chairman and events leading up to his release gave way to rumours regarding …

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: A series of violent protests provoked by the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan caused damages to the tune of Rs250 million to private and public property, whereas the Rawalpindi police have arrested 76 suspects allegedly involved in the attack on the General Headquarters in the garrison city. According to a report issued by the capital police, armed miscreants burnt …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday granted protective bail to former first lady Bushra Bibi till May 23 in the Al Qadir Trust case — the same case in which Imran Khan was arrested last week. Imran’s arrest was later declared “unlawful” by the apex court after which he was granted bail in the case till May 17 by …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Monday remained hopeful that talks between the coalition government and the PTI could end the stalemate on holding elections in the country. The matter came under discussion as a three-member bench heard the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plea asking the top court to revisit its April 4 order of holding elections to …

ISLAMABAD: As the ruling coalition goes ahead with its plan to stage a sit-in against the judiciary for allegedly favouring PTI chief Imran Khan, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has urged political parties to refrain from such a move. And to pre-empt any untoward incident, the Supreme Court’s registrar, Ishrat Ali, on Saturday called a meeting of the Islamabad …

Two men were shot, one fatally, in east Oak Cliff on Friday night, Dallas police say. Officers responded about 9:40 p.m. to the 3000 block of Alabama Avenue, a few blocks from Clinton P. Russell Elementary School, where they found two men with gunshot wounds. The men were taken to a hospital, where one died and the other remained in critical …