US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he expected a “big win” and accused Democrats of trying to steal the election after rival Joe Biden also predicted victory. “We are up big, but they are trying to steal the election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the polls are closed,” Trump wrote on Twitter …

The US Election 2020 results have started to roll in in what may be the most “historic” election in America’s recent history. In breathless TV coverage, political analysts lay out predictions, while the world watches, glued to its television sets. But for some on Pakistan’s social media, the US election is the butt of all election jokes, with users sharing …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Federal Education Shafqat Mahmood on Tuesday brushed aside the possibility that educational institutions would be closed immediately due to the resurgence of Covid-19. He told that according to reports and data from the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS), the situation is under control and institutions would not see immediate closures. However, he added that all of …

ISLAMABAD: A two-member bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday again referred a post-arrest bail plea of Jang Group of Newspapers chief executive Mir Shakeelur Rehman to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed for re-fixing of its hearing by a three-judge bench on next Monday. Earlier, on Sept 30, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, who headed the three-judge SC bench, …

PESHAWAR: Khyber Teaching Hospital closed a ward after 16 health workers, half of them doctors, were infected by coronavirus as the pandemic continued to hit health professionals throughout the province due to non-compliance to standard operating procedures. Infection rate among educational institutions and general population is also increasing compared to the last few days, according reports of the health department. …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday summoned Aviation Division Secretary Hasan Nasir Jami for keeping the key position of director general (DG) of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) vacant for several months. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah asked Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan to assist the court in the matter at the next hearing on Nov 24. The …

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday remanded the purported husband of 13-year-old Arzoo in police custody till Nov 6. Police arrested Syed Ali Azhar on Monday night, recovered his purported wife, Arzoo, and sent her to a shelter home following an order of the Sindh High Court in a case pertaining to alleged abduction of the Christian girl, her purported …

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia & Herzegovina Sefik Dzaferovic, accompanied by a high-level delegation including the minister for security and presidential advisers, will arrive here on Wednesday on a two-day official visit to Pakistan. Mr Dzaferovic is paying the visit on the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, a Foreign Office spokesperson said in a press statement issued …

KARACHI: The prosecution on Tuesday pointed out discrepancies in the preliminary charge sheet submitted by police in the case pertaining to alleged breach of sanctity of the Quaid’s mazar registered against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader retired Captain Safdar Awan. Deputy district public prosecutor (DDPP) East Arif Sitai in his scrutiny note observed that the investigation officer (IO) of the case, SI …

ISLAMABAD: Over half of the polling stations being established for Nov 15 elections in Gilgit-Baltistan have been categorised as sensitive, a Senate panel was informed on Tuesday. The GB chief secretary told the Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan that out of the total 1,141 polling stations, 577 had been identified as sensitive, with 297 of them highly …