• Karachi reports 11 deaths as fresh spells bring misery for citizens • Four killed in Balochistan, Hub Bridge among three washed away • Army, rescuers put on high alert in Pindi QUETTA / KARACHI: As authorities scrambled to mitigate the impacts of a torrential spell of monsoon rains, which …
Read More »Ruling alliance to boycott court proceedings
• Coalition leaders question impartiality of three-judge apex court bench, refuse to accept its verdict • Maryam says anti-PML-N judges repeatedly included in benches; court favours PTI despite their ‘repeated mockery of judiciary’ ISLAMABAD: In a late-night press conference following the Supreme Court’s refusal to constitute a full court to …
Read More »Election farce
THE winner of the election for the Punjab chief executive seemed apparent on the final count — 186 votes in favour of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi of the PML-Q, 179 in favour of the PML-N’s Hamza Shehbaz. Yet Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari’s bizarre decision to reject the PML-Q’s 10 votes from the …
Read More »Punjab CM election: Imran urges supporters to stage ‘peaceful protests’, says all eyes on SC
Former prime minister and PTI leader Imran Khan on Friday urged his workers and supporters — particularly the youth — to register their protests tonight, adding that he now expects the Supreme Court to play its role in light of Hamza Shehbaz’s shock win over Parvez Elahi in Punjab CM …
Read More »Records smashed as over 100 leave a mark on K2 summit
GILGIT: For the first time, more than 100 climbers summited the world’s second highest peak in a single day, with female mountaineers from Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Oman creating history by becoming the first-ever woman of their respective country to reach the top of 8,611-metre K2. Pakistani climber Samina …
Read More »Electricity base tariff increased by Rs7.91 a unit
ISLAMABAD: Moving swiftly to meet a pre-conditionof the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for an economic bailout, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday approved for notification Rs7.91 per unit increase in ‘uniform national tariff’ and its application in three phases. The Nepra had conducted the public hearing on …
Read More »Punjab governor administers oath to CM Hamza
Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman on Saturday administered the oath to newly re-elected Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz after a day of drama that ended with Chaudhry Parvez Elahi’s shock defeat in the contest for the slot as provincial assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mazari decided not to count the votes of PML-Q lawmakers. …
Read More »Dost Mazari seeks police cover for Punjab CM re-poll
LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari has sought security cover from the provincial chief secretary and the inspector general of police for peacefully holding the election to the office of chief minister as per court order on Friday. In a letter to the top Punjab officers on Thursday, …
Read More »Pakistan default
WILL Pakistan actually default if the IMF, Saudi Arabia and other donors do not disburse a few billion dollars? Some are sounding the alarm bell, but others — including the government — insist that our economic ship is not about to sink anytime soon. They tell us we will not become Sri Lanka. …
Read More »‘Record-breaking’ rain disrupts civic services in Lahore
LAHORE: A seven-hour long spell of monsoon rain played havoc with the city as it is said to have broken the record of the last 20 years with a maximum rain of 238mm. Heavy rain with thunderstorm in the city and its adjacent areas in the wee hours of Thursday …
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