ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday reserved its decision on the maintainability of a case filed by former minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader Faisal Vawda challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s lifelong exclusion from the parliament (ECP). IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the plea earlier today. Vawda’s counsel, Wasim Sajid, told […]
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Status quo opposes EVMs to manipulate elections, Says PM
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan declared the “status quo” was against the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) to “manipulate elections by rejecting opposition ballots.” The premier published a post regarding the first round of local government elections in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), which revealed that the number of rejected votes was more than the winning […]
Iconic Bollywood singer-composer Bappi Lahiri passes away at 69
Bappi Lahiri, a legendary Bollywood singer-composer best known for his infamous disco compositions, has died at the age of 69, according to PTI. Over the previous month, the artist had been having treatment for a variety of health difficulties. Rema, his daughter, and Bappa, his son, survive him. Dr. Deepak Namjoshi, director of Mumbai’s CritiCare […]
PTI stages protest over increasing incidents of assault, violence against women
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf conducted a rally in front of the Chief Minister House on Tuesday to protest the rise in attack and violence against female students in Sindh’s educational institutions. The demonstration was organized by Sindh Assembly Opposition Leader Haleem Adil Sheikh after the speaker refused to allow the combined opposition to table a […]
Government plans to move PSM employees to other institutions
KARACHI: Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) personnel would be transferred to other institutions by the government. Due to repeated violations of standard operating procedures and political intervention, the country’s lone steel manufacturing factory has been idle for nearly seven years. The government approved a layoff plan for more than 5,000 employees after the state institution reported […]
Government increases petrol prices to record level
ISLAMABAD: The federal government increased the price of petroleum products by up to Rs12.03 per litre on Tuesday, bringing the price of petrol to a new high of Rs159.86 a litre, effective February 16. (today). Petrol prices surpassed all previous records by reaching Rs160 per litre. However, the finance ministry stated in a statement that […]
Oil transporters give threat to cut fuel supplies across the country
KARACHI: Petroleum transporters have stated that from Wednesday, they will stage a peaceful protest and sit-in outside the headquarters of a state-owned oil marketing business, threatening to cut fuel supplies across the country. Israr Ahmed Shinwari, spokesman for the All Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association (APOTOA), told the local news media, “We have called for […]
Corrupt opposition leadership’s attempt at no trust will fail: Fawad
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Hussain has stated that the corrupt opposition leadership’s attempt at no-trust will fail because “they will end up in jail for their robbery and plunder of national wealth.” The Pakistan Democratic Party (PDM), the anti-government opposition alliance, declared last week at a press conference in Islamabad that it would file a […]