Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar interacts with students at GIK Institute, Topi, on Wednesday. — INP SWABI: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Wednesday said students should utilise their full potential to contribute to the country’s economic progress. He said this during an interaction with students during a visit to the Ghulam Ishaq […]

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday stopped the Election Commission of Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and other authorities from taking any “adverse action” against three former PTI lawmakers over the placing of their names in the Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act. A bench consisting of the Chief Justice Muhammad Ibrahim Kahn and Justice […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supre­­me Court has emphasised that postponing general elections to address constituency delimitation issues could lead to a vacuum in governance, and a potential crisis of legitimacy. “Such a situation would be antithetical to the principles of democracy and the larger good of the populace. Therefore, the principle of proportionality and the concept of […]

• Karachi residents to pay Rs1.72 extra under quarterly tariff adjustment• Discos to rake in Rs22.3bn; lifeline consumers exempted from hike ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday approved an additional across-the-board charge of Rs1.15 per unit for electricity consumers throughout the country, including K-Electric, and also concluded the process of imposing […]

ISLAMABAD: Days after the announcement of schedule for upcoming general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in yet another controversial move, enlisted a new faction of PTI, headed by former defence minister Pervez Khattak, allowing the change of name of a political party that does not exist. The ECP “has been pleased to allow […]

ISLAMABAD: After Lal Masjid started unauthorised construction on a plot adjacent to it in Sector G-6, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) swung into action on Wednesday and asked the mosque administration to halt the construction and remove the erected structure within 15 days. The land on which the construction is ongoing had once housed Jamia […]

LAHORE: Two police personnel were injured when unidentified attackers threw explosives into the house of former chief justice of the Supreme Court, Saqib Nisar, in Ahmad Block of Garden Town here on Wednesday night. The former CJP and his family members were in the house when the incident occurred, however, they remained unhurt. Shortly after […]

CHAKWAL: Former PML-N leader Ayaz Amir has been fielded by the beleaguered PTI as its candidate in Chakwal’s NA-58 constituency, as the former ruling party plans to nominate multiple candidates in each constituency to subvert potential attempts by its detractors to sideline its nominees in the electoral race. Though the veteran columnist is not officially […]

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday ordered the Punjab caretaker government to take action against doctors for observing strikes and submit compliance within a week. Justice Ali Baqar Najafi passed the order on a petition against the young doctors’ strike in hospitals. The judge asked the specialised health secretary why no action had been […]

LAHORE: Mother of Barrister Hassaan Niazi, a nephew of former prime minister Imran Khan, on Wednesday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, seeking permission for her son to file his nomination papers for the upcoming general election. Petitioner Ms Noreen Niazi contended through a lawyer that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has […]