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Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf resigns
Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf resigns

ISLAMABAD: Ashtar Ausaf Ali has resigned as Attorney General of Pakistan, Geo News reported Wednesday.

The resignation comes hours after the caretaker Punjab government removed Asma Hamid from the post of advocate general of the province.

Ausaf has forwarded his resignation to...

Woman among four 'terrorists' killed in Balochistan operation
Woman among four 'terrorists' killed in Balochistan operation

QUETTA: Four suspected terrorists including a woman were killed during an operation carried out by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday, according to Geo News.

A spokesman for the CTD said the operation was conducted at a residential compound...

ECP forms 20 tribunals to hear rejection appeals
ECP forms 20 tribunals to hear rejection appeals

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has constituted 20 tribunals to hear appeals on nomination papers rejected by the returning officers across the country.

According to the electoral body, high court judges will be part of the appellate tribunals.

It has set...

Imran seeks immediate removal of KP governor
Imran seeks immediate removal of KP governor

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has called for an immediate removal of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, arguing that the latter could influence the outcome of elections due to his affiliation with the PML-N.

In a letter to Prime Minister...

Video: Shehbaz Sharif goes viral for crossing London street with hastened speed

LONDON: Former Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif has taken over social media with a mere five second footage of him in London crossing the road with a hastened pace.

The PML-N president is in London to inquiry after the health of Begum...

Viral video shows another bus hostess facing harassment by security guard
Viral video shows another bus hostess facing harassment by security guard

KARACHI: Days after a bus hostess in Faisalabad was murdered for turning down a marriage proposal, a similar video has emerged on social media of a security guard harassing a female hostess in Karachi.

The security guard can be seen misbehaving...

Pakistan Army team wins Pace Sticking Competition in UK
Pakistan Army team wins Pace Sticking Competition in UK

Pakistan Army team won the drill competition commonly known as All Arms and International Pace Sticking Competition held at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK on 14 June 2018.

With as little time as two months for learning the drill exercise, the team from...

Man arrested after raping minor girl in Hafizabad
Man arrested after raping minor girl in Hafizabad

HAFIZABAD: A seven-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a man on Tuesday in Hafizabad’s Muhalla Tajpura, police said.

The suspect identified as Asad Sohail convinced the minor, residing in the same neighborhood as him, to escort him into his house while she was out...

Tourist harassing Kalash women in viral video traced: police

CHITRAL: A video making rounds on social media is showing a tourist in Chitral District’s Kalash Valley harassing local women.

The viral footage shows an unidentified man following Kalash women as they tread past him expressing their displeasure at the unwanted...

Next PM will be from Karachi: Miftah
Next PM will be from Karachi: Miftah

KARACHI: Former finance minister and PML-N leader Miftah Ismail has claimed that Pakistan’s next Prime Minister will be from Karachi.

“If Karachi is facing a water shortage crisis, the Sindh government is to blame,” said Ismail while addressing a press conference in Karachi on Tue...

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