LAHORE, May 26(ABC): PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz Thursday berated PTI Chairman Imran Khan and his party for being “responsible” for the martyrdom of a policeman, who laid his life in the line of duty a few days back in Lahore. Maryam was speaking to the press outside of the house of the martyred policeman, identified as Kamal Ahmed. She …

ISLAMABAD, May 26(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday ruled out the notion of receiving “dictation” from PTI Chairman Imran Khan and stressed that the National Assembly would make decisions regarding the date of the next general elections. Although the prime minister said he “refuses to be dictated” during his hard-hitting speech in the NA, he did not rule out holding …

ISLAMABAD: Following the conclusion of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail Wednesday termed the discussions “useful and constructive”. Sharing details of the parleys with the Fund, where both sides failed to reach a staff-level agreement for the revival of the $6 billion programme due to the government’s reluctance to remove fuel subsidies, Miftah …

KARACHI, May 26(ABC): Pakistan’s rupee hit a record low on Thursday of 202.50 in intraday trading against the US dollar, below the previous close of 201.92, after the failure of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Pakistan and the IMF have failed to reach a staff-level agreement for the revival of the $6 billion programme as the Fund emphasised …

ISLAMABAD, May 26(ABC): The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday disposed of the federal government’s contempt of court plea against PTI Chairman Imran Khan over his violation of the apex court’s orders during PTI’s ‘Azadi March’. The government had filed the plea this morning after the PTI openly defied the SC’s directives, announcing to hold a rally at D-Chowk in …

LAHORE, May 26(ABC): Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has risen to 1,530,064. The nationwide tally of fatalities stands at 30,379 on Thursday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 76 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across the country …

ISLAMABAD, May 26(ABC): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday said that the whole nation has rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan after his call for long march towards Islamabad. She said that the person who was giving ultimatum from yesterday has gone to Bani Gala to sleep. “Elections will only be held whenever government and its …

ISLAMABAD, May 26(ABC): The federal government on Thursday filed a contempt of court plea against PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the Supreme Court (SC) over violation of the apex court’s orders during PTI’s ‘Azadi March’. The move came after the PTI openly defied the SC’s directives, announcing to hold a rally at D-Chowk in Islamabad’s prohibited Red Zone. The SC …

ISLAMABAD, May 26(ABC): Pakistan reported its fourth case of polio this year after the Pakistan National Polio Laboratory confirmed that a 13-month-old boy in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was paralysed by wild polio virus. The child, a resident of Mir Ali, developed paralysis on May 5. This is Mir Ali’s third case of the year. Initial inquiries revealed that the …

LAHORE, May 26(ABC): PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz Wednesday said that PTI Chairman Imran Khan assured the Supreme Court of a peaceful protest but violated its directions. Talking to journalists in Lahore, Maryam said that the SC will see how the “PTI trampled the court’s orders under its feet.” She said that the party had a “safe passage for them …