Pakistan

KHUZDAR: Six policemen were killed in a head-on collision between a car and a truck on the Quetta-Karachi national highway in Wadh area on late Saturday night. The personnel were on their way to Hub from Quetta, Khuzdar SSP Fahad Khoso said. A truck coming from the opposite side hit the car, killing all six men on the spot, while …

LAHORE: A lawyers’ roundtable conference on Saturday questioned the oft-repeated argument of legislators about the supremacy of parliament, declaring that it is, in fact, the Constitution that is supreme. Prominent among those who spoke at the conference titled “Sanctity of the Constitution and Judicial Independence in Pakistan” were Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, Hamid Khan, Sardar Latif Khosa, Khwaja Tariq Rahim, Abid …

ISLAMABAD: At least 854 people were killed or wounded in militant attacks and counterterrorism operations in the first quarter of this year, a number that was half of what witnessed during the entire 2022, a report showed on Saturday. According to the report, prepared by the Centre for Research and Security Studies, the number of deaths was 358 and that …

MUZAFFARABAD: The AJK Legislative Assembly could not hold the process to elect a new prime minister for a second consecutive day due to indecision of the ruling PTI and the combined opposition regarding their choice of candidates. When the house met at 5:50pm on Saturday, more than three and a half hours after the scheduled time, cabinet member Chaudhry Akbar …

ISLAMABAD: The number of voters between the ages of 18 and 35 years has increased by over nine million, turning them into a significant force which could swing the results of upcoming elections if convinced to come to the polling booth. According to voter statistics released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday, the number of young voters …

LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq launched a “consensus offensive” on Saturday, holding meetings with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PTI chief Imran Khan within a span of a few hours and reported “positive response” from both sides to his initiative, aimed at bringing the warring sides closer to holding talks on the issue of elections. Mr Haq first called on …

A day after Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq launched a “consensus offensive” aimed at bringing the government and opposition closer, the PTI on Sunday constituted a three-member committee to hold a dialogue “on the ongoing political crisis in the country”. According to a statement issued today, PTI leaders Pervaiz Khattak, Ejaz Chaudhry, and Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed will hold a dialogue with …

Religious Affairs Minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor, who had died last night in a road accident in Islamabad, was laid to rest on Sunday in Tajbi Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district. The federal minister and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader had died in a road accident in the capital’s Red Zone area on Saturday evening. According to the police, the …

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday that the latest revelations made by Satya Pal Malik — the “so-called” former governor of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) — regarding the Pulwama attack in 2019 had “once again vindicated Pakistan’s stance”. In February 2019, an attack took place on Indian paramilitary troops in IIOJK killing more than 40 soldiers. India accused Pakistan …

PTI Chairman Imran Khan appeared in the Lahore High Court on Friday seeking protective bail in a case pertaining to making allegations against top officers of state institutions and inciting mutiny. On April 6, Manzoor Ahmed Khan, a magistrate, had filed a first information report (FIR) at the city’s Ramna police station against Imran for “spreading hatred between the institutions and the …