Seven cops injured, 15 activists held as TLP rally turns violent – Pakistan
(Top left) Fires burn during a protest demonstration staged by workers of the Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan at Regal Chowk; (bottom left) the road at Fawara Chowk is closed to traffic due to the protest; (right) and vehicles are caught in a traffic jam on M.A. Jinnah Road due to the closure of several thoroughfares in […]
CM criticises Rawadari March organisers for ‘lack of tolerance’ – Pakistan
KARACHI: Condemning the use of force against participants of the Sindh Rawadari March by law enforcers on Oct 13, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that the marchers should also have shown tolerance and obeyed the law as the provincial government has the authority to impose Section 144 of the criminal procedure code […]
Equities continue southward journey – Business
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its downward journey amid growing economic and political uncertainty, pulling the KSE 100 index further down on Friday. Ahsan Mehanti from Arif Habib Corporation said equity prices dropped sharply in the weekend session after the Large-Scale Manufacturing output contracted by 2.65pc in August. Additionally, the State Bank of […]
Oil suffers 8pc weekly fall on weak demand – Business
HOUSTON: Oil futures fell on Friday and were on track for a weekly drop of eight per cent after data showed China’s economic growth slowed and refinery output shrank for the sixth consecutive month. Brent crude futures fell $1.69, or 2.27pc, to $72.74 a barrel by 11:09am EDT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude was […]
The elected seek greater role in picking judges – Pakistan
Proposed changes include taking away SC’s suo motu powers, capping CJP’s term at three years, empowering special committee to name top judge from 3 senior-most ones. • Stakeholders claim ‘consensus achieved, unified draft approved’ by Khursheed Shah-led parliamentary body• Proposed changes include taking away SC’s suo motu powers, capping CJP’s term at three years, empowering […]
High phutti inflows rekindle hopes for a better total – Business
LAHORE: A nearly 10 per cent increase in phutti (raw cotton) arrivals in the first fortnight of October has given a pleasant shock to market watchers and rekindled hopes that total local lint production may touch the six million bales mark. The figures released by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) on Friday reveal that […]
Pakistan reports four polio cases, tally surges to 37 – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The regional reference laboratory for polio eradication at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, on Friday confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus type-1 in three children from Balochistan and one child from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The addition of these four cases has pushed the countrywide tally to 37 so far this year. The children affected […]
‘No vote under duress’, opposition tells govt – Pakistan
• JUI-F, PTI continue to decry lawmakers’ harassment• BAP miffed at Tarar’s ‘blame game’• Cabinet to meet again today to consider draft ISLAMABAD: In contrast with the government’s claim of reaching a consensus on a draft constitutional amendment bill, opposition members in both houses of parliament on Friday continued their protest over the alleged harassment […]
Warning of ‘brute majority’, Bilawal seeks opposition support for amendment – Pakistan
• Says govt believes it has waited long enough for ‘consensus’• Insists tweaks necessary to break ‘One Unit’ in judiciary• Maintains CJP Isa will be remembered for his courage; all chief justices before him were cowards HYDERABAD: In a hard-hitting speech on Friday, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari warned that if political parties in parliament do […]
LHC full bench to hear cases on girls’ harassment, fake videos – Pakistan
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Aalia Neelum on Friday expressed her deep displeasure over the failure of authorities to remove a viral video, based on ‘misinformation’ about an alleged rape involving a female student of a private college, from social media. “Why wasn’t the viral video stopped from circulating on social media,” the chief […]