Pakistan

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 …

ISLAMABAD: Moving into election mode, the gov­ernment on Tuesday rolled out a series of fun­ded programmes for the country’s youth by putting together a total of 15 sch­emes worth about Rs150 billion, some of them already in place for a few years. The government has now brought all the sche­mes under the umbrella of the Prime Minister’s Youth Development Initiatives. …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday said the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was a constitutional body and will be “offered protection”, but warned that the Supreme Court will intervene if there was any ill intention in holding “transparent elections”. He made the observation as a three-judge SC bench resumed hearing the petition against the transfer …

The Islamabad Police on Wednesday said they have arrested a total of 316 PTI supporters to date for allegedly attacking police officers and causing chaos outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) on March 18 when PTI Chairman Imran Khan appeared there for a court hearing. Hours-long clashes were reported between PTI workers and the capital police on Saturday after the former …

LAHORE: Amid the allegations of harassment and misuse of powers, the Lahore police continued massive raids in various parts of the city here on Monday and arrested dozens of more workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). In the fresh round of raids, the police targeted the second-tier leadership of the party to weaken its strength. DIG investigation Sohail Akhtar Sukhera, …

ISLAMABAD: The Islam­ab­­ad High Court (IHC) is expected to decide on Tuesday (to­­day) the maintainability of a petition seeking the disqualification of former prime minister Imran Khan for concealing his alleged daughter Tyrian White. In his reply to the court, Mr Khan objected to the petition, stating he was no longer a public office holder as his resignation from the …

The Islamabad police said on Tuesday that Siddique Jan, a journalist affiliated with Bol News, had been apprehended in connection with the violence and rioting that erupted outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) when former premier Imran Khan attended a hearing related to the Toshakhana case. Hours-long clashes were reported between PTI workers and the capital police on Saturday after the former prime minister arrived …

KARACHI: Police claimed to have arrested three suspected robbers, including a former Rangers man, on Monday for allegedly looting two mobile phone shops in the Defence Housing Authority. They said that the three suspects — Waqar Ahmed, Mohammed Sadiq and Mohammed Adil — were arrested in wounded condition following an alleged encounter in Khayaban-i-Abbasi, Phase VII. South DIG Irfan Ali …