Former Punjab chief minister Parvez Elahi has claimed that his residence in Gujrat was raided by police in the early hours of Wednesday morning. “Police raided our house in Gujrat, the Zahoor Elahi Palace, at 4:30am today. They harassed our employees, including women, and then fled when a number of people gathered,” he said on Geo...
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January 31, 2023January 31, 2023Pakistan
Death toll from attack on mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines rises to 88
The death toll from the attack on a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area a day earlier rose to 88 on Tuesday after more bodies were recovered from the attack site, a spokesperson for the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) confirmed. On Friday, 59 people, mostly police officials, were martyred and over 150 were injured after an explosion...
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January 30, 2023January 30, 2023Pakistan
At least 30 martyred, over 90 injured in Peshawar mosque suicide blast
PESHAWAR: A powerful suicide blast inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area on Monday martyred 30 people while more than 90 others were injured, said security and health officials. Imam Masjid Police Line Qari Sahibzada Nurul Amin was also martyred. According to security officials, the suicide attacker was in the front row during the...
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January 30, 2023January 30, 2023Pakistan
Sheikh Rashid’s Lal Haveli residence sealed over ‘illegal occupation’
The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) on Monday sealed former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid’s Lal Haveli residence in Rawalpindi over “illegal occupation”. According to ETPB Deputy Commissioner Asif Khan, two units of the Lal Haveli and five adjoining units were sealed after teams of the board along with the...
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January 29, 2023January 29, 2023Pakistan
At least 41 dead as passenger coach falls into ravine in Balochistan’s Lasbela: official
At least 41 people were killed after a passenger coach fell into a ravine in Balochistan’s Lasbela on Sunday morning, according to officials. Lasbela Assistant Commissioner Hamza Anjum, while confirming the incident, told Dawn.com that the vehicle, with nearly 48 passengers on board, was travelling from Quetta to Karachi. “Due to speeding, the coach crashed into the...
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January 28, 2023January 28, 2023Pakistan
Imran claims Zardari behind new plot to assassinate him
PTI chief Imran Khan — in what can be termed an explosive claim — alleged on Friday that former president Asif Ali Zardari was behind a new plot to assassinate him for which the PPP co-chairman had “given money to a terrorist outfit”. In a televised address, the ex-premier said that plans had been hatched...
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January 27, 2023January 27, 2023Pakistan
Fawad Chaudhry remanded in 14-day judicial custody
An Islamabad district and sessions court on Friday sent PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry to Adiala jail on a 14-day judicial remand in a case over alleged incitement of violence against a constitutional institution. The court on Wednesday night had granted police an initial two-day remand of Fawad, hours after he was arrested. The former information minister was...
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January 26, 2023January 26, 2023Pakistan
PTI ‘secures’ Imran’s home amid arrest fears
LAHORE: As scores of supporters gathered outside his residence to resist a potential bid to arrest the PTI chairman on Wednesday, Imran Khan — in a televised address — claimed he was shocked to see the establishment was still backing his rivals, adding that he would continue to challenge those who orchestrated his ouster. As...
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January 25, 2023January 25, 2023Pakistan
‘Stop this madness’: Fawad’s arrest draws ire of journalists, analysts and politicians
The unexpected arrest of PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry in the early hours of Wednesday in Lahore triggered widespread condemnation from journalist circles, who clamoured for the government to release him. Soon after the news of Chaudhry’s arrest made the rounds on social media, a number of senior journalists, political analysts and civil society members took...
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January 25, 2023January 25, 2023Pakistan
ECP recommends holding Punjab Assembly elections between April 9-13
The Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday reached out to authorities in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, proposing to them dates for the elections — days after caretaker governments were installed in the two provinces. It suggested elections be held between April 9 and 13 in Punjab, and in KP between April 15 and 17....