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PTM activists booked under terror charges after Sohrab Goth rally

KARACHI: Sindh police on Monday booked a number of Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) activists under charges of terrorism after the party organised a rally...

Plea seeks registration of case against Hashmi over anti-army tirade

LAHORE: A day after his controversial speech targeting state institutions, an application seeking the registration of a case against former senator Nehal Hashmi was...

President removes Justice Shaukat Siddiqui over anti-ISI speech

--Supreme Judicial Council had recommended IHC senior judge's removal 'for displaying conduct unbecoming of a high court judge' --Justice Siddiqui had accused judiciary and spy...

ATC dismisses bail plea of newly elected PML-N lawmaker, others

SARGODHA: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Sargodha has dismissed the bail pleas of 11 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers, including newly elected Member of National Assembly (MNA) Dr...

PTI prepares comprehensive plan to meet economic challenges

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister-in-waiting Asad Umar has said that his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has prepared a comprehensive plan to meet the economic challenges facing Pakistan. Talking...

Election watchdog denies pressure from any quarter

ECP secretary says all institutions, including military, judiciary, provincial govts cooperating for fair polls Says action will be taken against three Allah-o-Akbar Party...

Shehbaz rejects ‘double standards’ of state institutions

--Criticises political opponents for 'failing to serve masses'   LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said the "eagle eyes" of state institutions were only focused...

‘Justice means minding one’s own business’

--Outgoing Senate chairman says unfortunate that supremacy of parliament was facing an end in Pakistan --Babar says CJP Saqib Nisar had promised that he had...

Ridiculing judiciary totally undemocratic: JI chief

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief, Senator Sirajul Haq on Friday said that the practice of ridiculing the judiciary and obstructing the process of accountability was totally...

Despite being wronged, Nawaz safeguards state institutions’ secrets, says Maryam

ISLAMABAD: Maryam Nawaz, in a series of tweets, on Saturday said that no one guards state institutions' secrets like Nawaz Sharif. She further tweeted that the...

Nawaz decides to ‘go soft’ on state institutions ‘for now’

  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Mian Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday finally agreed to the advice of senior party leaders and has decided to...

Maryam not named in Dawn Leaks, court decisions should be respected:...

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Saturday that court decisions should be respected and that politics of opposition should stop. Addressing the...

Maryam rubbishes reports of having media cell

LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has said that she does not own any media cell presently and has denied the reports that five members...

PML-N hell-bent on destroying all state institutions, says Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has accused the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) of adopting destructive tactics against the judiciary to shun the...