BEIJING: Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese foreign minister, held a phone conversation with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul on Tuesday. China has always regarded South Korea as an important partner, Wang said, expressing hope that South Korea will promote the return of relations between the two …
ISLAMABAD: In order to meet the IMF’s mid-February deadline, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) made significant concessions to the gas utilities — SNGPL and SSGC — to extract another Rs100 billion from consumers over the next four months through an increase of 9 to 35 per cent in tariffs. The decision comes as part of the government’s commitment …
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court indicted PTI’s Punjab President Dr Yasmin Rashid, Senator Ijaz Chaudhry, former provincial minister Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed and others on Tuesday in two cases of May 9 riots. A prosecutor presented the charge sheets in the court against the suspects in cases of attack on Shadman Police Station and burning vehicles near Rahat Bakery Chowk in the cantonment area. …
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the restructuring of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) but directed its specialised panel to sort out differences between the ministries of finance and privatisation over financial implications of the bifurcation of the airline for the budget. The cabinet gave the green light to invite interests from potential investors for selling 51% to 100% stake …
QUETTA: At least 24 people were killed and scores injured in twin bomb explosions in Balochistan’s Pishin and Qilla Saifullah districts on Wednesday, raising concerns over security in the lead-up to tomorrow’s elections. The blast in Pishin targeted the election campaign office of independent candidate Asfandyar Khan Kakar in the Khanozai Tehsil of Pishin district, in PB-47 constituency of Pishin …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed a review petition on Tuesday against the Supreme Court’s January 13 order declaring its intra-party elections illegal. The PTI prayed to the apex court to declare the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) verdict as “without jurisdiction, without lawful authority and illegal and liable to be set aside”. Senior lawyers Hamid Khan and Ali Zafar have filed …
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi said on Tuesday that the government has no directives yet to suspend mobile and internet services on election day. Emphasising the gravity of the security situation, Solangi maintained that no such directives have been passed yet and underscored the authority of local administrations to assess security conditions and make decisions accordingly, particularly in areas …
ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi on Tuesday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking the annulment of the notification to turn the former premier’s Banigala residence into a sub-jail for the former first lady and ordering her transfer to Adiala jail. Bushra following her 14-year conviction in the Toshakhana case and her detention at Banigala, requested in her …
PESHAWAR: As candidates geared up for last-ditch effort to woo voters on the last day of the campaigning on Tuesday (today), the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) dispatched on Monday the polling material to the districts for onward delivery to the polling stations. The nation will go to the polls on Thursday for which, the ECP had completed all arrangements. …
RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorist court (ATC) judge will hear today (Tuesday) the bail applications of former prime minister Imran Khan in twelve different cases related to May 9, 2023 incidents of rioting. Judge Malik Ejaz Asif will conduct this hearing inside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail where Imran Khan has been detained since September last year. The PTI founder has already been convicted …