By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Punjab police booked lone shooter Naveed Mohammad Basheer as the prime accused in a failed assassination attempt on former prime minister Imran Khan, ignoring names of the three top officials who Khan had accused of hatching a plot to assassinate him.
The authorities are pulling out all the stops to complete the census in time to redraw electoral constituencies for the next general election, due in the second half of 2023. By Muhammad Ali.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s protest long march, suspended after a failed assassination attempt on party chief Imran Khan last week, will resume on Thursday instead of Tuesday, party officials said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Monday directed the Punjab police to register a first information report (FIR) of the gun attack on former prime minister Imran Khan within 24 hours.
Perturbed by the inexplicable upturn in the value of the greenback in the open market, the authorities have initiated a probe into illegal smuggling of dollars from Pakistan to Afghanistan. By Muhamad Ali.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan said the protest march to press for snap polls will resume on Tuesday from Wazirabad — the city where he came under an assassination attack last week.
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday demanded the setting up of a ‘full court commission’ by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to probe Imran Khan’s allegations that the premier, the interior minister, and a senior military official had plotted the failed assassination bid on him.
Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: China and Saudi Arabia have assured $13 billion in funding to Pakistan as the cash-strapped nation grapples with the aftermath of catastrophic floods, local media reported on Saturday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday said he had received information about the assassination attempt a day before it occurred, accusing three top figures in the country’s political establishment, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of a failed plot to kill him.
Revenue losses from slow rollout of PDL and import compression combined with higher spending needs threaten to break the government’s budget ahead of a crucial review meeting with the IMF. Can Dar keep the EFF afloat? By Muhammad Ali.
