Pakistan

KARACHI: In light of extraordinary relief extended to Imran Khan by the Supreme Court, Foreign Minister and chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday asked the judiciary to refrain from becoming ‘Tiger Force’ — a reference to the youth wing of Imran Khan’s PTI, and warned that the PPP would “snatch justice if it is not served”. While …

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police have registered a case against 55 PTI protesters, 25 of them nominated, including former federal minister Ms Zartaj Gul and a former adviser to the chief minister, under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). Those booked by Gaddai police include former federal minister Zartaj Gul, former health advisor Hanif …

LAHORE: A man shot his friend dead over a Ludo game before committing suicide in Sabzazar. Police said Sheharyar and his friend Siddique were playing Ludo at a local tea stall on the Multan Road in the evening when both of them developed a dispute over the game. This led to an exchange of harsh words. Sheharyar got enraged and …

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday said banning the PTI was the only solution and accused party chief Imran Khan of recruiting, organising, training and arming thousands of miscreants across the country over a decade. Mr Sanaullah also criticised the Supreme Court and the Islamabad High Court for giving “extraordinary relief” to the PTI chairman in several cases — …

RAWALPINDI: Former senator Advocate Babar Awan held a meeting with Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar in Adiala jail on Saturday. Moreover,Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, daughter of PTI leader Dr Shireen Mazari, also held a meeting with her mother detained in the jail under section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) ordinance. According to sources, 125 activists of the …

RAWALPINDI: Metro Bus Service resumed its operation between Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday after four days of closure due to protests of PTI workers and supporters over arrest of Imran Khan in Al-Qadir Trust case. The bus service stopped its operation on May 9 and the protesters destroyed bus stations of Faizabad, Shamsabad and set the 6thRoad bus station on …

ISLAMABAD: While the Pakis­tan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus in an environmental sample from district South Waziristan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Islamic Devel­opment Bank approved a financing contribution of $100 million, inclusive of a $35 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to the fourth phase of polio eradication …

LAHORE: PTI’s Pun­jab chapter president Dr Yasmin Rashid was arrested again, just hours after the Lahore High Court had ordered her release along with 17 other women workers of the party detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). In a midnight development, Dr Yasmin was ‘arrested’ again, this time in cases registered at three different police stations of Lahore. …

ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has developed National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform coupled with an SMS verification service to help citizens and institutions identify and track individuals convicted of sex crimes against children and women. It is a dynamic database of sexual convicts. The links are established with various law enforcement departments and provincial governments so …

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky celebrated their baby boy’s first birthday. The Umbrella hitmaker, 35, and rapper, 34, celebrated their son RZA Athelston on his birthday with a carousel of adorable family photos and videos on Instagram. In the first photo, the baby boy is seen crawling towards the camera as Rihanna kisses Rocky on the cheek. The next photo features a shot …