ISLAMABAD: Capital IGP Dr Akbar Nasir has written a letter to the Interior Ministry to seek an advice on presence of law-enforces belonging to the other parts of the country in Islamabad. Sources say the IGP has sought an official word on the stay of ‘alien’ law-enforcers from the provinces …

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) de-seated members of the assembly have started efforts to get PMLN tickets while the party’s former ticket holders are also trying to get tickets for the same constituencies of the provincial metropolis. By-polls on 20 seats of the provincial assembly are scheduled to take place on …

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman and former Foreign Affairs minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday apprised PA Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi of the obstacles the government created for the PTI Azadi March. Talking to media after a meeting with Pervaiz Elahi and Moonis Elahi along with his son Zain …

PESHAWAR: A 50-member jirga of prominent tribal elders is due to fly to Kabul tomorrow for meaningful talks with the Afghanistan-based Pakistani Taliban in Kabul, members of the jirga told The News. Former Senator Maulana Saleh Shah will lead the jirga members. The jirga comprises tribal elders from all the …

ISLAMABAD: The government categorically assured the Senate on Monday there was no shift in Pakistan’s policy towards Israel. Leader of the House and Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar gave the assurance when Jamaat-e-Islami Senator Mushtaq Ahmad from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa raised the issue on a point of public importance. He pointed …

KARACHI: Top health authorities in Pakistan on Tuesday said no suspected case of the Monkeypox viral disease had so far been diagnosed anywhere in Pakistan after two children were found with skin rashes and blisters at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), Karachi, who were shifted to an isolated …

NOWSHERA: Barriers and barricades erected at several points on the Grand Trunk (GT) Road and Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway to block the ‘Azadi March’ of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf towards the capital city for a sit-in against the incumbent federal government. All the land routes between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab have been blocked with …

ISLAMABAD: In an alarming development, the total water inflows into the country’s system here on Tuesday further plummeted to 145,000 cusecs from 157,000 cusecs just in one day, owing to which water deficit has swelled up to 40 percent from the earlier 27 percent. However, at canal heads, the provinces …

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said there are contacts between PTI Chairman Imran Khan and the army leadership. Addressing media at his residence here on Tuesday, he said: “We were with Imran Khan and InshaAllah will remain with him. The army has always stood by Pakistan in …

The police on Tuesday arrested PTI’s Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, Punjab senior leader Mian Mehmood ur Rasheed and other party workers ahead of ‘Azadi March’ set to begin today (May 25). The government has decided to stop PTI’s “Azadi March” however, the PTI chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders have …