Pakistan

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a petition seeking “high treason proceedings” against PTI Chairman Imran Khan and the placement of his name on the Exit Control List (ECL). The petition filed by Advocate Molvi Iqbal Haider under Article 199 of the Constitution had called for initiating proceedings under the High Treason (Punishment) Act 1973 against Khan, PTI …

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan after 174 lawmakers voted in his favour as Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNAs boycotted the election. Earlier, PTI MNAs had walked out of the halls, with Shah Mahmood Qureshi — who was the party’s candidate for the top slot — announcing that they would be resigning en masse from …

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Monday decided to resign from the National Assembly, minutes before the election for the new prime minister is scheduled to place. The decision was taken in a party’s parliamentary meeting, which was chaired by PTI Chairman Imran Khan, at the Parliament House today afternoon. “The parliamentary party has decided to resign from the assemblies against the …

QUETTA: The Balochistan government has asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to postpone the local government elections in the province till July 15. The ECP last week announced holding the LG elections in the province, except in Quetta and Lasbela districts, on May 29. It announced schedule for the filing of nomination papers and dates for withdrawal of nomination papers and …

RAWALPINDI: In a new development, the Punjab government took a U-turn and decided to construct the Leh Nullah and Flood Channel through government funds instead of involving the private sector. A senior official of the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) told Dawn that earlier the construction of the channel on public-private partnership (PPP) mode had been approved under which the government would procure …

MUZAFFARABAD: Dr Palitha Gunarathna Mahipala, the country head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Pakistan, on Saturday handed over two ambulances, 10 motorcycle ambulances and other medical equipment to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) health department. Appreciating the cooperation of the UN agency, Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi expressed the hope that the assistance would continue in …

LAHORE: Anticipating the change of government in the Centre, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore chief, who is probing into the money laundering cases against the joint opposition’s nominees for the slots of the prime minister and Punjab chief minister, Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz, respectively, has gone on leave for indefinite period. According to a notification, FIA …

LAHORE: Despite an early onset of summer in mid-March and April getting hotter than usual, the snow melting process in mountainous and hilly areas has not picked up pace, putting profound pressure on the national water supplies and making the planners quite nervous. For the last 10 days, national water supplies have dipped substantially below not only last year’s levels, …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) deplored the conduct of the president and state functionaries for not addressing the legitimate concerns of Baloch students protesting in Islamabad against disappearance of their missing colleague. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah asked President Dr Arif Alvi to dispel the impression of racial profiling of the Baloch students.He was hearing a petition filed by …

The home of Dr Arslan Khalid, recently ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s focal person on digital media, was allegedly raided in Lahore by 11 unidentified men in the wee hours of Sunday, according to Azhar Mashwani, the former focal person for digital media in Punjab. The alleged raid, which took place in the city’s Wapda Town area and followed former …