Pakistan

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah announced on Tuesday that the federal cabinet had decided it would not allow the PTI to hold its planned long march to the capital, which is due to take place on May 25 (tomorrow). Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he said the government would not allow the PTI to spread “chaos and disorder” in the …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China on Sunday reiterated commitment to cementing bilateral relations in the fields of defence, trade, economy, investment, health, agriculture, science and technology and CPEC to the mutual benefit of the two counties. The two sides made these commitments at a meeting of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi during the former’s maiden visit …

ISLAMABAD / HYDERABAD: The Islamabad High Court will take up a petition on Monday (today) seeking protective bail for journalist Arshad Sharif in the FIRs registered against him in several cities over the last couple of days. Through an interim order passed late on Saturday night, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah had granted protective bail to Mr Sharif. Since Mr …

RAWALPINDI: Police on Sunday said they have arrested three men for their alleged involvement in the murder of a retired naval official during a robbery in Bahria Town Phase VII in April. The arrests came about after City Police Officer (CPO) Omer Saeed Malik constituted three teams ­— one led by the CIA, the second by the SP investigation and …

ISLAMABAD: Member National Assembly (MNA) Noor Alam Khan has submitted a bill to repeal the Medical Teaching Institution (MTI) Act 2021, alleging that former prime minister Imran Khan wanted to introduce American policies/system which were not feasible in Pakistan. The Act was passed during the tenure of the PTI government and has been introduced at the Pakistan Institute of Medical …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Irfan Siddiqui on Sunday appealed to Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Justice Athar Minallah to order a judicial inquiry into his arrest, handcuffing and imprisonment in the High Security Block (HSB) cell of Adiala jail. In one of his tweets, Senator Irfan Siddiqui said: “Honorable Chief Justice, Athar Minallah Sahib! Court order regarding …

ISLAMABAD: Amid rising oil consumption and import bill owing to higher international prices, the government is examining the possibility of fuel conservation through reduced working days a week. It hopes to save an estimated annual foreign exchange of up to $2.7 billion. The estimates are based on three different scenarios in terms of working days and fuel conservation prepared by …

PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said here on Sunday that Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s march towards Islamabad had no significance and people would not support agitation. Responding to a question at a function, Maulana Rehman, who also heads Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), a multi-party alliance of the coalition partners in the centre, said that media had created hype about the …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday officially de-notified 25 dissident PTI lawmakers who voted for the PML-N’s Hamza Shehbaz in the Punjab chief minister election. The votes of the 25 PTI dissidents had been instrumental in helping Hamza get over the line; he received a total of 197 votes while 186 votes are required for a simple majority. …

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Monday said that former prime minister Imran Khan was creating discord between state institutions, government, and the public. Speaking at an event in Lahore, Iqbal excoriated the PTI chairman for allegedly creating distrust between institutions and defaming their leadership. “Creating discord, chaos and internal implosion are all tools used …