Pakistan

LARKANA: An object, believed to be of archaeological importance, has surfaced in the DK area of Mohenjo Daro during recent downpour and experts’ opinions are being sought to establish its make and age. A private tourist guide, Irshad Ahmed Solangi, a resident of Dhand village located very close to the archaeological site, revealed on Thursday that he had found this …

LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s son Hamza Shehbaz reached London on Thursday reportedly to ‘give an explanation’ to PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif about party’s humiliating defeat in the crucial by-polls in Punjab at the hands of Imran Khan’s PTI. The elder Sharif who is upset over losing Punjab to the PTI-PML-Q alliance is said to have summoned Hamza in London …

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued notices to the National Assembly speaker, its secretary and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday on a petition filed by the PTI against “piecemeal” acceptance of its lawmakers’ resignations. The PTI has argued that the resignations of all its 123 MNAs had been accepted months ago and the present National Assembly …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday wondered which fundamental rights have been violated that necessitated the filing of a petition against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership for an alleged hate campaign targeting national institutions such as the armed forces, the Supreme Court as well as the Election Commission of Pakistan. A two-judge Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called out India for its continuous use of “unbridled force” in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) as the nation marked three years since New Delhi stripped the valley of its special autonomy. In a series of tweets, the premier said: “Today marks the third sombre anniversary of India’s illegal and unilateral actions of August …

Several PTI leaders, including Dr Yasmin Rashid, Shafqat Mehmood and Andaleeb Abbas, withdrew on Friday their bail petitions in cases pertaining to violence and vandalism during the party’s May 25 ‘Azadi March’ after two courts in Lahore were informed that they were not found to be guilty during the police investigation. Police had registered a multitude of cases against PTI leaders in several cities …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Friday observed that elections themselves were a form of accountability as he sought further arguments on a petition filed by PTI chief Imran Khan challenging the recent amendments to accountability laws. The Nati­onal Accountability (Second Amendment) Act 2022, which was passed by the National Assembly and Senate, earlier this week, has been criticised by …

MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister’s Adviser for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira on Wednesday asserted that there were no plans to withdraw the financial, administrative or any other authority already given to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government “except for removal of some anomalies in AJK Constitution”. “I belong to the Peoples Party which has a special bondage with …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday removed administrative objections from the petition filed against acceptance of resignations of its Members National Assembly (MNAs) in ‘piecemeal’. A day earlier, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) acting chief justice Aamer Farooq heard the arguments of the petitioner’s counsel on objections. He instructed the petitioner, PTI’s General Secretary Asad Umar, to remove the …

KARACHI: With the monsoon season expected to last two months, the country has already witnessed record rains last month when the national rainfall was recorded at 181 per cent above average, making this July the wettest since 1961. Pakistan’s Monthly Climate Summary for July, issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Depart­ment (PMD) on Wednesday, said this year’s monsoon set on in …