Pakistan

Amid unprecedented inflation and trickling incomes, residents of Karachi facing yet another challenge this Ramazan: gas supply cuts. Major complaints regarding gas load-shedding and shortages have been reported from across the metropolis, with citizens expecting a major cooking crisis during the holy month. Saba Naveed, a resident of Lyari, told Dawn.com there has been no gas at her house for nearly four …

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has claimed the police chiefs of Punjab and Islamabad alongside their ‘handlers’ have hatched a conspiracy to kill him as they are “getting serious to assassinate him”. “The IGs of Punjab and Islamabad have constituted two separate squads, who will join the PTI workers and open fire on the police… to provoke an …

As the nation celebrates Pakistan Day on Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Dr Arif Alvi paid homage to the “relentless struggle” of the founding fathers of the country. Pakistan Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution on March 23, 1940, when the All-India Muslim League demanded a separate nation for the Muslims of the British Indian Empire. …

KARACHI: Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday expressed concerns over the recent political violence taking place in Pakistan and asked the government to de-escalate the situation and minimise ‘overbroad anti-terrorism provisions’ against opposition protesters. In a statement, HRW termed the current political situation ‘very worrying’ and said that police in Pakistan have used abusive measures against supporters of PTI Chairman …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday announced a package to provide daily-use commodities at a discounted rate at the utility stores in Ramazan. The Ministry of Industries has allocated around Rs5 billion for the package that will be available to both targeted and general consumers. An amount of Rs1.15bn has been set aside for subsidies to targeted consumers — those registered …

ISLAMABAD: The PTI leadership on Tuesday met with diplomats and apprised them of its view on the “overall political situation of the country. According to PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the foreign diplomats were informed about the “PTI’s point of view on free, fair and transparent elections as per the schedule and putting an end to the prevailing political …

LAHORE: PTI Chair­man Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi decided not to join investigations into Toshakhana gifts case despite the summons issu­­ed by National Account­ab­ility Bureau (NAB), Raw­a­l­­pindi, to them for March 21. The former premier has secured bail in the case from the Lahore High Court, but his spouse has not. In a call-up notice to Bushra Bibi, …

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has agreed to sit with rival political parties for the sake of “greater national consensus” on elections after a delegation of civil society members called on the former premier in a bid to defuse political tensions. The delegation that desc­ribed itself as “mediators” managed to convince Imran Khan to participate in a proposed …

At least nine people were dead and 44 injured in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a government official said, after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan struck late on Tuesday. At least 19 houses were partially damaged by the earthquake, Abdul Basit, a senior official in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government told Reuters on Wednesday. The quake was primarily felt in northern parts …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday ordered the government to make public the record of Toshakhana gifts received by public office holders from foreign governments and dignitaries between 1990 and 2001 as well. The high court’s directives came days after the government, under a previous order of the court, had made public the details of foreign gifts retained by …