Pakistan

PESHAWAR: Polling for a National Assembly vacant seat from Kurram tribal district will be held today (Sunday) with all 143 polling stations already declared sensitive by the Election Commission of Pakistan. The ECP handed over election material to the presiding officers in Kurram district and transported it to the respective polling stations in the NA-45 constituency on Saturday amid strict …

LAHORE: Prime Min­ister Shehbaz Sharif claimed on Saturday that PTI Chairman Imran Khan through a mutual friend contacted him regarding the appointment of new army chief one month ago and offered him nominating three each potential candidates for the post but he refused to sit with him. The PM was talking to journalists after holding a meeting with social media …

ISLAMABAD: As PTI kicked off its “haqeeqi azadi long march” from Lahore, the electronic media regulator issued an advisory directing all private TV channels to not broadcast the march or speeches of PTI leaders live. The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority’s (Pemra) advisory also rebuked private TV channels for not installing the delay mechanism during live coverage. The regulator, without …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial has convened the meeting of Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on Nov 1 to consider elevation of Senior Puisne Judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Aamer Farooq as Chief Justice. The seat of IHC Chief Justice is likely to be vacant next week following the appointment of Justice Athar …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister She­h­­baz Sharif on Friday said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdu­laziz Al-Saud would soon be visiting Pakistan during which he would anno­unce a $10 billion investment for est­a­blishing an oil refinery in the country. While criticising the last Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government for not availing an opportunity given by the Saudi government for launch of …

MUZAFFARGARH: PTI MPA Khurram Sohail Leghari retracts his announcement of quitting the party. In a television programme, he claimed that he, along with six other MPAs from Muzaffargarh, had quit the PTI. But on Friday, when the PTI workers were ready to travel to Lahore, the MPA from Jatoi said he would be part of the long march. He said …

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body was briefed on Friday that the country witnessed a 300pc increase in glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) incidents besides rising sea levels that were threatening cities such as Thatta, Badin and Karachi in just one year. The meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change was held under the chairperson of Senator Seemi Ezdi. It …

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has sought an explanation from Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders over violations of terms and conditions during its previous public gathering in Islamabad and questioned why the fresh request for the upcoming long march should not be rejected on this ground. Earlier, on Oct 26, PTI President Ali Nawaz Awan in a letter addressed to the deputy …

ISLAMABAD: Those close to the investigations in the brutal killing of senior TV anchorperson Arshad Sharif in Kenya and the members of the medical board that conducted the autopsy of the slain journalist at a Islamabad hospital were surprised to find a “piece of metal”, later declared as a bullet, from the body that had been transported to Pakistan reportedly after his post-mortem …

Police have rounded up 34 suspects so far on charges of lynching two telecom company workers in Karachi’s Machhar Colony area a day ago, South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Irfan Ali Baloch said on Saturday. A vigilante mob lync­hed the two men and torched their vehicle after some miscreants spread rumours that they were kidnappers and roaming the area with …