Pakistan

LAHORE: Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif is left with only two options: go to London or jail. Speaking to the media on Friday, the minister called upon the courts to hear cases against Shehbaz Sharif on a day-to-day basis. He also asked the media to …

QUETTA: The death toll in Thursday night’s bomb blast rose to six as two injured succumbed to injuries on Friday. “Another two workers [of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Ideological] lost their lives. They had received multiple injuries in the explosion,” said Maulana Abdul Sattar Chishti, provincial information secretary of the party. The deceased were identified as Sanaullah and Mohammed Ramzan. Maulana Chishti said …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has been asked to determine whether a missing person should be presumed dead after seven years of his disappearance if there is no evidence to prove that the individual is alive. The controversy emerged after an appeal relating to an inheritance dispute was filed before the apex court. The focus of the dispute is an individual …

Eighteen people were injured and one killed from stray bullets in incidents of aerial firing across Karachi on Friday’s New Year’s eve, according to statements issued from various police stations. The injured were transferred to hospitals for medical treatment and investigations were underway, the police officials said. An 11-year-old boy, Ali Raza, succumbed to his injuries while being treated at …

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday marked the beginning of the new year by extending a proverbial hand of friendship to the opposition as he acknowledged the need to “reduce bitterness” in the country’s politics. Chaudhry, one of the more outspoken federal ministers, is often found trading barbs with members of the opposition parties. The political climate in the country has once …

ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister’s Inspection Commission (PMIC) has completed about 80 per cent of fact-finding inquiry into the much-hyped Pandora Papers revelations regarding offshore companies, money laundering and tax evasion by bigwigs, and (in response to its queries) received replies from almost all public office-holders, bureaucrats and generals whose names have appeared in the papers. During the inquiry, it came to the …

PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif blasted Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday for the overnight price increase in petroleum products. The government increased the prices of petrol and high speed diesel (HSD) by Rs4 per litre, according to a statement issued by the Finance Division late on Friday. The Rs4 increase in the price of petrol is part …

Lahore police on Saturday registered a case against unidentified men over a gun attack on PML-N MPA Bilal Yasin the previous night. The provincial lawmaker was injured in the attack in Lahore’s Salamat Mohalla on Mohni Road on Friday. Lahore police operations wing spokesperson had said in a statement that two unidentified men on a motorcycle had opened fire on Yasin, following …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has issued final notice to Fortune Residency Empire — an apartment building in E-11 — to remove the unauthorised construction. In its notice issued on Dec 24, the CDA said the building was constructed without approval. “Any construction started/carried out without prior approval of the authority shall be liable to be removed at the …

ISLAMABAD: Teaching and non-teaching staff of Federal Directorate of Education (FDE)-run schools on Thursday gave a deadline of 10 days to the government for making an amendment to the local government ordinance otherwise educational activities will be suspended from January 10 for an indefinite period. On the other hand, thousands of CDA employees are also protesting against the ordinance. However, …