By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Arshad Sharif shot dead last month was the victim of a targeted killing in Kenya, not an accidental shooting, interior minister said on Tuesday.
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Police book lone shooter in gun attack on Imran Khan
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.
Scramble to finish census in time for 2023 general election
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.
PTI’s long march to resume on Thursday
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.
SCP orders police to file FIR on gun attack on Imran Khan within 24 hours
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.
Probe into smuggling of dollars to Afghanistan
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.
Imran Khan says protest march to resume on Tuesday; welcomes probe into shooting
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.
PM Sharif demands full court commission to probe Imran Khan’s assassination allegations
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.
China, Saudi Arabia assure $13bn funding to Pakistan
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.
Imran Khan says he knew of assassination plot days before the attack
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.