KARACHI: Expressing its reservations over the bill drafted by the federal government to amend the Army Act to settle the issue of extension in the army chief’s tenure, the central executive committee (CEC) of the Pakistan Peoples Party has formed a committee to recommend various amendments to the bill. At a meeting presided over by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari at Bilawal House …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan stands ready to play its role in ensuring a free and impartial plebiscite in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions. In a message on the Right to Self-determination of Kashmiri Day which was observed on Sunday, the prime minister said that recent wave of unprecedented Indian state-sponsored terrorism in held …

Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla’s eldest son passed away after a prolonged illness in Karachi late Sunday night. Amir Mandviwalla, 34, was under treatment at the intensive care unit at Ziauddin Hospital for the past few days. The funeral was held at the Noor Bagh Graveyard, Mewa Shah on Monday morning. In a tweet, Mandviwalla, who is from the Pakistan …

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday briefed the Senate on tensions in the Middle East that arose after the killing of top Iran commander Qasem Soleimani in a US air strike, making it clear that Pakistan will not become party to the regional conflict. The minister began his speech by recounting how the crisis-like situation in the region unfolded, starting with …

The Punjab School Education department, in light of the current cold wave in the province, has directed all government and private schools to remain closed, extending the winter holidays until January 12. According to an official handout released on Monday, government and private schools in the province will reopen on Jan 13. The provincial education minister, Murad Raas, also confirmed …

Dawn CEO Hameed Haroon, through his lawyer, sent a legal notice to filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood on Monday under Section 8 of the Defamation Ordinance 2002, asking for an unconditional public apology and retraction of rape allegations. Talking to Dawn.com, the director, popularly known as Jami, said that he had received the notice and was in the process of reading through it. …

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence unanimously approved the three bills concerning tenures of the services chiefs and the chairman of joint chiefs of staff committee, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak confirmed on Monday. “The amendments were passed unanimously by the body. I congratulate the entire country and the opposition parties,” the minister said, adding that these bills will now …

Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the Zindagi app – a mobile application featuring information on narcotics control – at an event in Islamabad on Monday. Addressing the event, the premier said drugs are destroying the lives of the country’s youth. “There was a time when we heard there were drugs in universities. Now drugs are present in schools,” the prime …

It will be revolutionary when superfast 5G mobile networks come to our gadgets, cars and digital lives. But the road to 5G remains agonisingly slow at the massive Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opening this week in Las Vegas, where ultrafast products are expected to be few and far between. Backers of 5G tout a cornucopia of potential applications, but networks …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Shaun Copeland was about a half mile from his workplace on Lauder Road Friday evening, but he never made it to his job. Deputies arrived at his home several hours later to inform his wife that her husband had been killed in a hit-and-run crash. He had been rear-ended by a grey Chevy SUV, causing his …