Speaker of the National Assembly, Raja Pervez Ashraf. PHOTO: APP/FILE- LAHORE: With its footprint in Punjab continuing to fade, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is turning to new local leadership and street mobilization in a bid to reclaim political space, even as its central leadership is sending mixed signals about its alliance with the PML-N, […]
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In this file photo, lawyers arrive to cast their votes in the Rawalpindi Bar Association elections. NNI RAWALPINDI: Members of Insaf Lawyers Wing (ILF), Rawalpindi High Court Bar and District Bar Associations reached Central Jail Adiala on Saturday evening and submitted a written request to Superintendent Jail Adiala for the medical report of PTI founder
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. ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday hiked high speed diesel (HSD) prices by Rs 11.30 per liter while keeping petrol price unchanged in line with fluctuations in global oil prices, with effect from February 1 (today). According to a report, the government has maintained the prices of petrol. The government revised the prices following the
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92 terrorists killed as troops fight attacks in Balochistan; 15 security personnel, 18 civilians were also martyred Security personnel inspect the blast site in Quetta. Photo: AFP RAWALPINDI: 92 terrorists were killed as security forces battled a series of coordinated attacks in several places in Balochistan on Saturday, while 15 security personnel also embraced martyrdom
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. MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry has passed away at the age of 71 after prolonged illness. According to a statement issued by the media office of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Chaudhry died in Islamabad. His funeral prayer will be offered on Sunday (today) at 4:00 PM at the
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Conference on the rights of Tirah victims held in Bara Bazaar on January 31 under the aegis of Khyber National Jirga. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB SHELTER: A jirga convened on Saturday by the Bara Siyasi Ittehad, an alliance of various political parties in Bara, on Saturday demanded the immediate implementation of its unanimously adopted declaration calling for
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. QUETTA: As Balochistan reeled from a new wave of violence, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday blamed India for a coordinated terror campaign in the province. Speaking to the media along with Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti late on Saturday night, Naqvi said the attacks bore the hallmarks of external planning and support. “These
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Says India provided support to militants and assistance in planning and strategy Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday directly held India responsible for the latest attacks in Balochistan, claiming New Delhi was involved in planning and supporting the incidents and vowing to reveal what he described as its role to the international community. At least
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. RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and an anti-terrorism court on Saturday approved bail for 146 arrested workers of the banned TLP who had been remanded after the Murree incident. The arrested activists were detained from the jurisdictions of nine police stations after the Murree tragedy and had been detained
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: The National Dialogue Committee (NDC) on Saturday expressed “serious concern” over PTI founder Imran Khan’s health and called for the immediate formation of an independent medical board to assess the former prime minister’s condition and to arrange a meeting with his personal doctor. The move comes two
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