Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took notice of Dr Wardah’s murder on Wednesday and sought a detailed report from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police chief. He expressed deep sorrow over the incident and assured the family of full legal support during the investigation. The prime minister said the government would closely monitor the case. He added that […]
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IHC serves notices in Azam Swati’s bail petition
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday served notices to respondents on the post-arrest bail petition of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) leader Azam Khan Swati. Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the case filed by Azam Swati seeking bail in the controversial tweet case registered by FIA. Earlier, a local court had rejected the bail petition […]
CEC orders probe into firing incident in PP-167 by-poll
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja has directed Inspector General Police Punjab to conduct an impartial inquiry of firing incident in PP-167 by- election (Lahore) and to take strict action against all those responsible for the violence and submit a report to the Election Commission. Taking notice about the firing and violence incident […]
CM takes notice of clash between student organizations at PU
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz has sought a report from Capital city Police Officer Lahore about the clash between students’ bodies in the Punjab University and ordered indiscriminate legal action against those responsible. He said that such incidents in educational institutions are unbearable and no one would be allowed to spoil the peaceful atmosphere […]
NEPRA takes serious notice of ongoing power outage
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Thursday took serious notice of ongoing unscheduled power load-shedding in various parts of the country. The Authority summoned the heads of power plants closed due to technical or shortage of fuel on Friday at the NEPRA Headquarters, said a statement issued here. The Authority also summoned […]
IGP takes notice of three persons murder in Mandi Bahauddin
LAHORE: Inspector General of Police Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan took notice of the murder of three persons in a firing incident on a car at Mandi Bahauddin and sought a report from RPO Gujranwala. The IG Punjab directed the DPO Mandi Bahauddin to form special teams for the arrest of accused. He directed that […]
Sherry submits ‘calling attention’ notice on ‘water crisis’ in Sindh
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party leader in Senate Senator Sherry Rehman has said that she has submitted a ‘calling attention’ notice in the upper house of the parliament on the ‘water crisis’ in Sindh. “It is alarming that the government has reopened the Taunsa-Panjnad link canal despite a vote-based (3-1) decision against its opening during recent […]
PM takes notice of reported extortion at highways check-posts
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday taking serious notice of extortion by deputed official agents at check-posts along the National Highways directed strict action and effective supervisory role to check rampant corruption. The directive was conveyed to the relevant officials via a letter by Secretary to Prime Minister Muhammad Azam Khan addressed to Secretary […]
Punjab Govt takes notice of fake calls on Usman Buzdar’s name
LAHORE: The Punjab Government has taken notice of fake calls and orders being made on the name of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. The Punjab government has issued a notification to all the government departments directing them to verify the calls which are being made in the name of CM Usman Buzdar or from CM […]
ECP issues notices to Imran, others over code of conduct violation
LODHRAN: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday issued a notice to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spearhead Imran Khan over a code of conduct violation. PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Murad Saeed, Ali Tareen and Awami Muslim League (AML) Chairman Shaikh Rasheed were also issued notices by the ECP for addressing a rally in Lodhran’s NA-145 […]