KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman warned on Monday that his party could resume its protest campaign from Multan at any time if Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif fails to honour his commitment on relief from high fuel prices. Addressing a press conference in Karachi, Hafiz Naeem said the government’s fuel relief package was not…

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KARACHI: The judicial commission probing the death of young businessman Mir Raza Ali on Monday inspected the site where his body was found and a nearby guest house, with its head Justice Omar Sial saying the visit had provided a better understanding of the case and that several aspects of the investigation had already become…

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ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad expressed severe displeasure over the failure to produce the case record in the protest case against lawyer and activist Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali, summoning a police officer in person and warning that he could be arrested for providing incorrect information. ATC Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain summoned…

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary-General Salman Akram Raja said Monday that government-opposition talks broke down over two key issues — access to incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, including meetings with his lawyers, family, party colleagues and personal doctors, and disagreement over how counterterrorism operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa should be conducted. Speaking at a press conference…

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RAWALPINDI: Police have arrested a man after a senior Rawalpindi district administration officer accused him of physical and psychological abuse, wrongful confinement and death threats. The complainant, Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Maliha Sahar, alleged that her husband, Jawad Ali, subjected her to severe physical, emotional and psychological abuse and repeatedly threatened her life. The Women…

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Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan said on Sunday that work on the construction of a section of the motorway (M6), connecting Sukkur to Hyderabad, would get underway next month. The minister said that work on the project, which had been pending for the last 30 years, would now get underway. He expressed the…

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In connection with the negotiations that took place between the government and PTI on the party’s planned long march on Islamabad on October 4, KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Sunday put forward his suggestions so that a way out of the present impasse could be found out, while on the other hand, Interior Minister…

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Pakistani ambassadors in Djibouti and Ethiopia have dispatched the bodies of the deceased and injured Pakistani crew members of MT Honor 25. According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, the injured Pakistanis and the bodies of the deceased have been dispatched from Addis Ababa. The bodies of Rafiullah Khan, Syed Kashif Umar, and Mahmood Ahmed Ansari…

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After meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi had a telephonic conversation with President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday and briefed him on negotiations with the PTI. Earlier, PM Shehbaz Sharif met with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi at his residence after meeting with former prime minister and PML-N President Nawaz Sharif. …

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Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Central Spokesperson Shazia Marri has called for national unity and a joint strategy to combat terrorism, warning that unrest in any part of the country could affect Karachi and other regions. In a statement, Shazia Marri said Karachi is a “mini Pakistan” and the effects of instability anywhere in the…

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