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Fearing the arrest of its party chairman Imran Khan by Islamabad police, the PTI and its allies on Tuesday said that Punjab police officers were being sent to take over security of Banigala — Imran’s residence in the capital. PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi, son of PTI-backed Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi, claimed that there was “some movement”…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday welcomed the recent announcement by the United Arab Emirates to invest US$ 1 billion in various economic and investment sectors in Pakistan. The prime minister expressed these views as he held a telephonic conversation with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Earlier on Sunday, the prime…

Following senior PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s arrest, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Tuesday said that his comments on the basis of which he has been taken into custody were a part of the planned conspiracy to create division within the military. Addressing a press conference flanked by Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, the interior…

Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said that the days of the imported government are numbered and there was no need to be afraid as the power of masses is with us. A meeting of the PTI leadership was held under the chairmanship of the former prime minister. During the meeting, Babar Awan, Shireen…

ISLAMABAD    -   Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday ruled that the tax tribunals must proceed ex-parte to decide the cases on the basis of available records rather than dismissing them on the basis of non-prosecution. It was declared in a seven-paged judgment authored by Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah while hearing an appeal in a tax matter and…

n Party’s political committee says decision taken after govt’s ‘insufficient’ plans for I-Day celebrations n TLP plans to protest at Faizabad Interchange also on Aug 13.   ISLAMABAD    -   Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to change the venue of its forthcoming August 13 power show from Islamabad’s Parade Ground to the Hockey Stadium…

ISLAMABAD   -   Youm-e-Ashur, the 10th of Muharram-ul-Haram, is being observed across the country today with due solemnity to pay homage to the supreme sacrifice rendered by Hazrat Imam Hussain Razi Allah ho Ta’ala Anho and his devoted companions in Karbala. Mourning processions will be taken out in all cities and towns of the country. Ulema and…

ISLAMABAD    -    Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Monday confirmed that Omar Khalid Khorasani, one of its top commander, who was behind some of deadliest attacks in recent years, was killed in a bombing in Afghanistan. Abdul Wali Mohmand, also known under the alias Omar Khalid Khorasani, was on the US State Department’s wanted list and was…

Says Fawad Chaudhry tried to mislead people by mixing accounts and audit details of PPP.

ISLAMABAD     -    The federal government has yet to appoint Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) despite passing three months mainly due to the differences of coalition government partners, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People Party (PPP) over the name of head of central bank. The coalition government could not take a decision…