LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested 14 suspected militants linked with banned outfits during operations in different areas of the province. According to the spokesman, the CTD Punjab conducted intelligence-based operations in different districts and took 147 suspected persons into custody for interrogation. The CTD arrested 14 alleged militants after interrogation and recovered weapons, …

LAHORE: The PML-N says it has no intention to roll back the 18th amendment rather it will meet its spirit of devolution of power. “There has been no proposal under discussion to roll back the 18th amendment. Rather this amendment is complete and we will meet its spirit (after coming to power after upcoming polls),” PML-N secretary general Ahsan Iqbal …

MARDAN: Former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser was re-arrested on Saturday by the police outside the Mardan prison soon after his release in cases related to the May 9 riots. District and Sessions Judge, Mardan, Mohammad Zaib Khan ordered his release after reserving the verdict a day earlier. The PTI leader was ordered to submit surety ponds of Rs1 million …

RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir on Saturday emphasised that the armed forces, with the support of the nation, are focused on defending the motherland’s frontiers against any threats. General Asim Munir visited the troops in Khairpur Tamewali to witness the field exercise of the Bahawalpur Corps, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa directed the auction of two high-end vehicles, allocated for his use by both the federal and Punjab governments. Terming this allocation an “inappropriate splurge of scarce public resources,” the CJP directed for the luxury vehicles to be auctioned and to redirect the funds generated from the auction towards much-needed public transportation. “It …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is set to conduct the crucial intra-party elections on Saturday (today) to fulfil the requirement of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to retain its party symbol ‘Bat;. Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, recently nominated for the role of party chairman as a temporary arrangement, formally submitted his nomination papers. In a statement released by PTI’s …

PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday released a list of women terrorists, who had been involved in different subversive activities in the province since 2014. According to the list issued here, 30 women were involved in incidents of terrorism, 13 in kidnapping, two in extortion and three each in target killing, terror financing. CTD Director General Imran Shahid …

ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited schedule for the upcoming general election will be announced 56 days before Feb 8, the date set for polling. “You can calculate the date yourself. It would be somewhere around Dec 14,” a senior official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). According to the official, all arrangements have been made for free and fair elections after …

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has filed a corruption reference in Lahore’s accountability court against PTI President Parvez Elahi and 12 others, alleging the receipt of Rs1.23 billion in bribes in connection with development project contracts in Gujrat, it emerged today. The watchdog has nominated Elahi, along with his son, Moonis, and 11 others in the reference. The father-son …

BEIRUT: Israeli shelling killed two people in south Lebanon on Friday, a Lebanese official said, as the collapse of a truce between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas prompted a resumption of hostilities at the frontier. The Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, said it had carried out several attacks on Israeli military positions at the border in …