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Petrol bombs and gunfire at Pakistani cops raiding former prime minister’s home

Officers responded with tear gas as they clashed with supporters of the politician armed with batons in the eastern city of Lahore, who had also blocked the lanes around the property with concrete blocks, felled trees, tents, and a parked vehicle. Police in Pakistan were pelted with petrol bombs and...

Karachi infant dies as “financially distressed” family tries suicide

According to the police, an infant perished in Karachi on Friday after a man and three other family members allegedly attempted suicide by ingesting a poisonous substance due to inflation. District West SSP Faisal Bashir Memon told that a 40-year-old Surjani Town resident self-administered a noxious substance to himself, his...

IHC suspends Imran’s arrest orders, gives him trial court chance tomorrow.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended Imran Khan's non-bailable arrest warrants until March 18, allowing him to appear before the trial court hearing the Toshakhana reference against the former prime minister. Aamer Farooq, chief justice of the IHC, also instructed the Islamabad district and sessions court. And the capital police...

Imran Khan: Former PM denounces arrest amid unrest.

Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan says the authorities are illegally trying to arrest him. He instructed, "They should all be subject to the law of the land." Police and supporters of Mr. Khan, a former prime minister, clashed outside his residence as they attempted to arrest him on a court order. He...

2022 survey: Lahore most polluted city, Chad worst country.

According to an annual global survey conducted by a Swiss manufacturer of air purifiers, Lahore gained more than 10 spots to become the city with the most polluted air in 2022. On Tuesday, IQAir reported that central African Chad replaced Bangladesh as the most polluted nation in 2014. IQAir measures air...

KP governor suggests May 28 poll date.

Tuesday, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali proposed May 28 as the date for provincial elections to the Election Commission of Pakistan. (ECP). The KP governor told reporters following a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja. "My job is to set the date for elections in the province....

PTI Sindh legislator arrested in assault on DC office

Arsalan Taj Ghumman, a provincial lawmaker and secretary general of the Karachi chapter of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), was purportedly abducted by policemen and "men in plainclothes" who broke into his home in Gulshan-i-Iqbal early on Sunday morning. In the late evening, it became known that the lawmaker had been...

Imran reschedules his rally to avoid a ‘trap.’

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday postponed the election rally until Monday (today) after the party failed to get relief either from the Election Commission or the Lahore High Court against caretaker Punjab government’s order of imposing Section 144 in the provincial capital. In response to a PSL...

BHC lifts Imran’s arrest warrant for criticising state entities.

The Balochistan High Court (BHC) on Friday suspended non-bailable arrest warrants issued for PTI chairman Imran Khan by a Quetta judicial magistrate in a case of hate speech against state institutions and officers. Based on a first information report (FIR) filed against Imran at the Bijli Road police station in...

Balochistan: Suicide attack kills nine security agents

A suicide attack in southwest Pakistan claimed the lives of nine security officers and injured at least thirteen others. After policing a festival in Balochistan province, the officers were returning to the provincial capital of Quetta when the explosion occurred. Images show a police truck crushed and inverted, with blood stains...

The Pakistani hockey star who died in Italy shipwreck

Shahida Raza, a Pakistani professional hockey player who perished when the boat she was on capsized off the coast of Italy on Sunday, was attempting to reach Italy so that her three-year-old son could receive medical treatment, according to her sister. Saadia Raza reported that her older sister called from...

SC says in a 3-2 decision that elections in Punjab and KP will be held in 90 days.

Wednesday, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled in a 3-2 decision that elections must be held within 90 days in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, both of which have been under caretaker governments since the provincial assemblies were dissolved in January. "Parliamentary democracy is a defining characteristic of the Constitution. The ruling...

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