ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa on Thursday expressed hopes for better ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan. He was talking to Afghanistan’s new ambassador to Pakistan Najibullah Alikhil, who called on him at the General Headquarters. Gen Bajwa and Amb Alikhil, during the meeting, discussed regional security situation, ongoing Afghan peace process, border management and defence and …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday set aside a reference filed by the Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) against the sugar mills of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s leader Jahangir Khan Tareen and the family of Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif for an investigation in light of the report of …

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday termed a court order barring him from running his party’s campaign for the November 15 elections in Gilgit-Baltistan an “injustice”, but said he was bound to accept the verdict for the sake of the rule of law. Addressing a press conference in Gilgit, Bilawal said the PPP had always demanded that it be given …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday gave a month to the newly engaged lawyer for federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda to prepare arguments about a petition seeking the latter’s disqualification over dual nationality. IHC Justice Aamer Farooq, however, made it clear that this would be the last opportunity for Mr Vawda to deny the allegations levelled …

Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab said on Friday the provincial government would write to the Centre to bestow the highest police award to assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Mohammad Bux Buriro for the role he played in arresting a man accused of raping a woman and her minor daughter in Kashmore. “Without the bravery and courage of the ASI, it would not have been …

Despite facing criticism for hurling allegations at the military leadership in recent months, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif remained defiant as he told a public meeting in Swat that he “cannot blame the entire army for the lawlessness of a few individuals”. While addressing a PML-N public meeting in Swat via video link, Nawaz once again named Army Chief Gen …

Islamabad on Friday rejected the “gratuitous remarks” by the spokesperson for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs regarding the state of minorities in Pakistan and baseless allegations regarding terrorism. “As a perpetrator of unabated state terrorism in occupied Kashmir and systemic state-sponsored discrimination against its own minorities, India is in no position to pontificate on the issue of terrorism or …

KARACHI: Benazir Bhutto Shaheed XI beat Mariam Mukhtar Shaeed XI 35-31 to win the Allama Iqbal Day Festival Basketball match here at the Arambagh0-Abdul Nasir courts on Tuesday. Laiba Tabrez (12 pts), Sunbul Zehra and Isabella Christopher scored 10 points each for the winners while for the losing side, Samra Iqbal (10 pts), Sarah Sadiq (9pts) and Ammara Siddiqui (8 …

AUGUSTA: Bryson DeChambeau is about to launch his ball-blasting style at Augusta National, and even his rivals wonder if golf will be the same after his attack at the Masters. DeChambeau’s overpowering US Open victory at Winged Foot in September proved his strategy of maximum distance and precise direction without fear of dense rough could win major titles. The 27-year-old …

CHRISTCHURCH: The West Indies cricket squad has been stripped of the right to train while in managed isolation after players were found to have breached rules around their 14-day quarantine. New Zealand’s Ministry of Health said CCTV footage from the team’s Christchurch hotel showed players mingling in hallways and sharing food in violation of managed isolation regulations. The ministry said …