• Boat meant for 45 people was carrying over 90 people when it capsized • Survivor says plank fell out of the hull DADU/RAHIM YAR KHAN: At least 26 people were laid to rest in their native village Hussain Bakhsh Solangi near Machke in Sindh and 27 remained missing despite …
Read More »mran vs the CEC
IT was a perplexing victory speech and one which is bound to leave a bad taste. Despite the PTI upending the assessments of nearly every observer watching the Punjab by-polls with its unexpected sweep of 15 of the 20 seats up for grabs, party chairman Imran Khan continued to attack Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar …
Read More »FO rejects Gill’s claims that ex-PM Imran was kept in dark about cypher
The Foreign Office on Tuesday rejected PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s claims that the cypher — at the centre of PTI’s foreign conspiracy claims — received from the Pakistani embassy in Washington was initially hidden from then-prime minister Imran Khan and then-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. In a short statement issued …
Read More »Nepra gets nod for Rs11 per unit hike
ISLAMABAD: The government has asked the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to allow increasing electricity rates by up to Rs11 per unit for high-end residential consumers across the country to bear the additional burden of consumers with lower consumption. The rate approved by the federal government under the “tariff …
Read More »Coalition vows to do all it takes to ‘salvage’ Punjab govt
• Top leadership to go to polls after assembly completes term, will give ‘tough time’ to PTI • PTI to lodge MPAs in hotel to thwart PML-N’s bid to influence them ahead of CM’s election • Zardari apparently seeks Shujaat’s help to save Hamza Shehbaz’s office LAHORE: Following a crushing …
Read More »Imran’s bail extended in 10 cases till 21st
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court on Monday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan till July 21 in 10 cases pertaining to violence and damage to public property during the party’s long march in May, while another court confirmed the pre-arrest bail in five cases. …
Read More »Early elections likely if Punjab, KP assemblies dissolved: PML-N leader
LAHORE: Federal Minister Mian Javed Latif of the PML-N announced that the coalition government was ready to announce early elections, provided PTI chairman Imran Khan dissolved the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies where his party was in power. “I am in favour of fresh elections. If Imran announces dissolution of …
Read More »PTI’s triumph
IT is indeed a moment of joy for Imran Khan and his followers. The PTI has won 15 out of 20 provincial seats that were up for grabs in Punjab. Its main rival in the province, the ruling PML-N, could secure only four seats. Clearly, inflation-stricken voters facing long blackouts appear to …
Read More »Undeterred coalition resolves not to rush into election
• ‘N’, PPP hold separate meetings, agree to complete term and go to polls after fixing economy, making election reforms • Nawaz speaks to PDM heads; Shehbaz invites chiefs of all coalition partners to join heads for post-by-poll strategy LAHORE / KARACHI: Amid the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) fresh demand …
Read More »7 die as fresh spell of rain plays havoc with Karachi
KARACHI: Seven people were killed in the metropolis on Sunday as the second spell of torrential rain under the current monsoon season wreaked havoc on the ill-maintained municipal and civic infrastructure inundating roads that led to crippling traffic jams on key arteries. By 8pm, Gulshan-i-Hadeed received highest amount of rainfall …
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