DERA GHAZI KHAN: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate for NA-185 Zartaj Gul was stopped from holding a public meeting in Dera Ghazi Khan on the last day of the election campaign on Tuesday. Former PTI minister was told hold a public meeting at Andhey Wali Pul in Dera Ghazi Khan, despite having legal authorisation from the deputy commissioner.     Ms …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have agreed to scale down mutual tensions by withdrawing the allegations of vote buying and attack on election offices against each other in NA-127. Representatives of both parties in the said constituency and the candidates of Punjab Assembly’s constituency PP-160 which falls under NA-127, have agreed on following the code …

ISLAMABAD: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tues­day called upon Pakistan to allow journalists to work freely and safely in the run-up to Feb 8 election and provide nationwide access to the internet, as well as unblock the inve­stigative news website FactFocus. In a statement, the CPJ said political tensions had been high before the polls, with a crackdown on …

ISLAMABAD: Just a few hours before the end of election campaigning, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday made a last-ditch effort by moving a petition before the Supreme Court, seeking a review of the court’s Jan 13 decision that upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) action of depriving the party of its election symbol — ‘bat’. Jointly moved by senior counsel Hamid Khan and …

ISLAMABAD: As part of the election security plan, army has been placed on a standby in the federal capital and will be called in case of any untoward incident. Sources in the capital police and administration said as per the security plan finalised, the senior superintendent of police (SSP) Islamabad will intimate the commanding officers of Eight Baloch Regiment, 86 …

Activists and human rights defenders gathered on Tuesday outside the National Press Club in Islamabad to protest against the February 3 conviction of former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in a case relating to their marriage during the latter’s Iddat period. “They have written their black verdict with our red blood. You [the courts] have attacked our dignity, …

At least 28 people were killed while over 40 suffered injuries after back-to-back blasts hit Balochistan’s Pishin and Qila Saifullah on Wednesday, officials said. The incidents come a day before general elections are scheduled to be held in the country. Pakistan has recently witnessed an uptick in terrorism, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, raising security concerns. The first blast …

ISLAMABAD: PTI central information secretary Raoof Hasan on Tuesday alleged that a “reign of terror” had been unleashed on the party for the past 22 months under the ‘London Plan’ to dismantle PTI and remove its founding chairman Imran Khan from the political scene. However, he claimed that the people, through power of their vote on February 8, would take …

QUETTA/GWADAR: At least nine grenade attacks, targeting election offices of candidates and polling stations, were carried out in various areas of Makran division and the provincial capital, on Tuesday. According to police reports, individuals riding motorcycles threw hand grenades at a government school in Killi Ahmedzai, located on the outskirts of Quetta, late in the evening. The grenade exploded in …

Prince Harry, who found about his dad’s cancer diagnosis on Monday, has left his Montecito home to meet King Charles after receiving green signal from the Palace. The Duke of Sussex put his rift aside to be with King Charles in his battle with cancer as he reportedly took a solo flight to the UK soon after making a phone …