LAHORE, May23(ABC): Punjab Police late Monday raided the houses of several PTI leaders, including former energy minister Hammad Azhar, Usman Dar, and Babar Awan, while a police constable was also shot dead during a raid in Lahore. The development comes hours after PTI’s Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry, in a press conference, warned the government against using force to stop …

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (ABC): Federal government has decided to fail Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) long march towards Islamabad, sources said on Monday. In a move to fail the PTI’s long march, the PML-N-led federal government has decided to seal the coming and outgoing ways towards Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Meanwhile, containers are also being shifted to the federal capital’s Red Zone. It …

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (ABC): Federal government has decided to restore two weekly-offs for government employees, more than a month after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced six working days in a week to improve working capacity of the government offices. According to sources privy to the matter, the two weekly offs in the government departments will be Saturday and Sunday. “A …

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (ABC): Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial on Monday was named among the top 100 most influential people of 2022, the list released by Times Magazine showed. Aitzaz Ahsan, while penning down the profile of CJP Bandial for the list, noted that he is “widely respected for his integrity”. The seasoned lawyer described CJP Bandial as …

  LAHORE, May 23 (ABC): Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PMLN) supremo and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that allies should be taken in full confidence on the PTI’s long march and in every decision Asif Ali Zardari should be kept in loop on Monday. Sources privy to the development said an important consultative meeting of PML-N …

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (ABC): The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a high alert to all the relevant federal and provincial agencies to tighten the surveillance of the Monkeypox virus in Pakistan. The NIH has said that there have been 92 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox virus in different countries. The NIH has declared on Monday that no case …

ISLAMABAD, May 23 (ABC):The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought report from secretary interior regarding the registration of cases across the country against TV anchors including Arshad Sharif, Sami Ibrahim and Moeed Pirzada. Chief Justice Athar Minallah, hearing the case, also stopped the provision of the custody of said TV anchors to other provinces without the approval of court …

BEIJING, May 23(ABC): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari observed Monday that the “harder” Beijing and Islamabad work, the more both countries can “unlock the true economic potential of the Pakistan-China relationship”. “We feel that the harder we work, the more we can unlock the true economic potential of the Pakistan-China relationship,” Bilawal said in an interview. The foreign minister emphasised that …

ISLAMABAD, May 23(ABC) : PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry Monday warned the government against using force to stop the “Azadi March” as the party prepares to head to Islamabad to seek early elections and send the coalition government packing. In a press conference flanked by party leaders, the former information minister told the government that it could arrest PTI …

GALIYAT, May 23(ABC): Eight people were killed while 20 others were injured in a bus collision in Khaira Gali. According to eye witnesses, the incident occurred due to race between the two busses. Both the busses collided and as a result one of the bus fell into a ravine. Rescue workers have shifted injured as well as bodies to the …