Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday announced that it would challenge the convictions of its senior leaders – including Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, and Senator Ejaz Chaudhry – who were sentenced in connection with the May 9 riots. An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore had sentenced the PTI leaders to 10 years […]

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has maintained that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Senate elections were conducted impartially in accordance with the Constitution and law. In a statement issued here, a ECP spokesperson said that no objections were raised by the polling agents of any of the candidates during the polling process for the […]

A man allegedly shot dead his daughter and nephew in Quetta on Tuesday in the name of ‘honour’, just days after the Degari case, in which a couple was gunned down in broad daylight, drawing widespread condemnation, according to the police. Shalkot Sub-Divisional Police Officer Athar Rashid told Dawn.com, “The daughter and the nephew died in the firing, while the suspect managed to escape after the incident.” The bodies were taken to the hospital for medicolegal formalities, after which they were handed over to the heirs. Rashid added that a team from Kechi Baig police station was conducting raids to arrest the suspect. “The suspect will be arrested soon, while further investigation into the incident is underway,” he said. The incident comes two days after the police arrested at least 14 suspects for their involvement in the killing of a man and a woman in Quetta’s Degari area, who were shot dead on the orders of a tribal jirga ahead of Eidul Azha for so-called ‘honour’. The arrests were made after a video of ...

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PTI condemns orders as mockery of justice

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PMD chief says another wet spell to follow current rains

Seeks PM's audience via JUI-F chief

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Raja says party leadership struck K-P accord; Imran yet to approve deal

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Audit reveals systematic scam to hide losses; dead, zero-use consumers also charged

KARACHI: Frustrated residents took to the streets on Tuesday to protest against a prolonged power outage in Liaquat Ashraf Colony (LAC) in Karachi. Demonstrators burned tyres and chanted slogans against K-Electric (KE), blocking the road at Mehmoodabad No. 6, which led to a traffic jam in the area. Protesters claimed that large parts of LAC […]

Former Punjab governor and PTI-backed MNA Mian Muhammad Azhar passed away on Tuesday, his party confirmed. The PTI announced the death in a post on X and extended its condolences to his son and party leader, Hammad Azhar. Communications Minister Abdul Aleem Khan praised him as a person of “noble character” whose “political and national services” would be remembered for a long time. Former Sindh governor and ex-PTI leader Imran Ismail said he was deeply saddened to hear of the death and praised the deceased as a “distinguished political figure”. He was the governor of Punjab from August 11, 1990, till April 10, 1993. He was also the founding president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid and joined the PTI in October 2011. He was the PTI-backed candidate in the February 2024 general elections for NA-129(Lahore-XIII) and joined the Sunni Ittehad Council later on. In January 2024, he was also taken into custody in Lahore only to be released after a few hours as police launched a crackdown on PTI-affiliated candid...