By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The authorities Tuesday arrested former Prime Minsiter Imran Khan’s chief of staff Shehbaz Gill from the former’s Gala residence.
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TTP Commander Khorasani killed in Afghanistan roadside attack
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A top Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander, with a $3 million bounty on his head, has been killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan, the group said.
Stuff of legends: Arshad stuns the world with insane throw
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem scripted history as he created a new Commonwealth Games record and became the first ever Pakistani to breach the famed 90 meters mark on way to the gold medal on Sunday night.
Watchdog calls on political parties to reform election law
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A watchdog on Sunday asked political parties and the parliament to strengthen rules on political finance to curb the role of money in elections.
Imran Khan, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
The tiger is coming
Former Prime Minister’s Imran Khan’s idea of contesting by-polls from all nine constituencies that fell vacant after the National Assembly Speaker accepted resignations of lawmakers from the his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has galvanised his following. By Ahmer Kureishi
Rabbani urges Alvi to quit over unpresidential conduct
The veteran parliamentarian comes down hard on Imran Khan’s nominee to the presidency over his failure to attend the funeral of the martyrs of Balochistan chopper crash. By Naveed Naqvi
FIA probe against Khan fanning out across Pakistan
As an FIA probe into economic crimes of the former prime minister fans out across the provinces, the ECP is said to be ready to summon him for contempt of court after Ashura. By Naveed Naqvi
PMDC bill deferred until after Ashura
The delay means the Pakistani medical profession will remain in a regulatory limbo for the foreseeable future. By Naveed Naqvi.
Imran Khan to contest by-elections on all 9 vacant seats
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday announced to contest an election on all nine National Assembly seats that fell vacant after his party’s lawmakers resigned.
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CJP says elections, too, are accountability
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial said Friday elections too are a form of accountability, as voters get to hold their representatives accountable at the ballot.