Pakistan

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chair­man Imran Khan on Monday expressed distrust in his ally Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi, saying allegations of corruption worth billions against the PML-Q leader were apparently affecting his popularity. “I cannot stand such allegations against my coalition government in Punjab,” Mr Khan said in a meeting with the party’s senior leaders. The former premier asserted …

Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir called on UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Qasr Al Shati Palace and reviewed bilateral cooperation between the two countries, UAE’s state news agency WAM reported on Tuesday. COAS Munir is holding key meetings during his week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and UAE — the first since his appointment — that …

PTI chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said members of the joint investigation team (JIT) probing the Nov 3 attack on him in Wazirabad were being “pressurised to distance themselves” from the findings of the case, which confirmed his “conviction that powerful quarters were behind the assassination attempt”. Last year, a PTI worker died and 14 others, including the former prime …

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Tuesday that the pledges received by Pakistan at the Geneva climate conference a day earlier would help rebuild the economy and were a “slap on the faces” of people spreading propaganda on the country defaulting. On Monday, international donors committed to give Pakistan over $10 billion to help it recover from last year’s devastating floods. Officials …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for PTI chairman Imran Khan and party leaders Fawad Chaudhry and Asad Umar in cases related to the contempt of the electoral body. The order was passed by a four-member ECP bench headed by member Nisar Durrani. The ECP had in August and September last year issued notices, …

The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Human Rights to take immediate measures to establish a transgender protection centre for underage and elderly eunuchs to ensure the provision of due rights to them. A two-member bench of the court, comprising acting Chief Justice Dr Syed Muhammad Anwer and Justice Khadim Hussain Shaikh issued the directive while …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Dry weather will continue Tuesday, but the fog has made a come back for the morning commute. A Dense Fog Advisory until 9 am for many counties. You’ll want to build in some extra time into your commute and have some extra patience especially around the school and bus zones. Some sunshine could also break through …

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Monday met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud in Al-Ula, Madina and discussed ways to improve bilateral ties between the two countries. COAS Munir is on a week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and UAE — the first since his appointment — culminating on Jan 10. According …

KARACHI / QUETTA: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) continued to strengthen its ranks in Balochistan after a number of senior politicians joined the party. The experts are seeing these moves as signs of the fast-changing landscape of the country’s largest province during the election year. According to a statement issued by the Bilawal House, Karachi, former provincial ministers Nawabzada Gazin Marri …

MIRPURKHAS: An inquiry into the stampede leading to the death of a labourer and injuries to several other people at Gulistan-i-Baldia Park here has been initiated by the district administration, officials said on Sunday. The stampede occurred when several hundred men and women, waiting desperately for hours to buy wheat flour at subsidised rate, stormed the food department consignment as …