WEB DESK, July 29(ABC): PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail was confirmed on Saturday in 10 cases registered against him over vandalism during the party’s May 25 “Azadi March”. The former premier appeared in District and Session Judge Kamran Basharat Mufti’s court to request bail in 11 cases. Bail was granted in 10 against surety bonds of Rs5,000 each. It …

WEB DESK, July 29(ABC): PML-N on Saturday challenged the election of Speaker Punjab Assembly held a day earlier, in the Lahore High Court, naming newly-elected speaker Sibtain Khan, and others as respondents in the petition. The petition was filed in the Lahore High Court through Mansoor Usman Awan. It states that “legal requirements were not fulfilled” during the elections. Later …

QUETTA, July 29(ABC): A grenade attack outside Turbat Stadium injured three people, including a policeman, said the law enforcement agency on Saturday. According to the police, a football match was going on when the explosion took place near the stadium located on the Airport Road of the provincial capital.

LAHORE, July 29(ABC): PTI’s Wasiq Qayyum, who was a joint candidate of his party and the PML-Q, was elected as Punjab Assembly’s deputy speaker unopposed on Saturday after the Opposition announced a boycott of the polls. The Punjab Assembly deputy speaker’s seat fell vacant after Dost Muhammad Mazari was removed through a no-confidence motion submitted by the PTI after his …

WEB DESK, July 30(ABC): A delegation of notable Pakistani religious scholars who returned home on Friday after “fruitful” meetings with top Afghan and Pakistani Taliban leaders in Afghanistan expressed hope that the Afghan girls will soon be allowed to attend schools in their country. Furthermore, Pakistani religious leaders were optimistic about their meetings with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), promising …

LAHORE, July 30(ABC): The main runway of Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport was opened for flights Friday night after two years of upgradation and renovation, reported. After renovation and repair work, Thai airways flight TG342 coming from Bangkok was the first that landed on the runway. According to the airport sources, the main runway of the Lahore airport R-36 was …

ISLAMABAD, July 29(ABC): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday appointed Dr Mukhtar Ahmed as the chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), reported. According to the details available, Ahmed has been appointed for two years. He has served as the HEC chairman before while Ahmed also held the office of the HEC executive director previously. “The prime minister has seen and, while …

WEB DESK, July 29(ABC): The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Friday could not sight the Muharram-ul-Haram moon, which will mark the beginning of the new Islamic year, 1444 AH. This means that Youm-e-Ashura will be observed on August 9 and the first of Muharram will be Sunday. Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Moulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad presided over the meeting, …

LAHORE, July 29(ABC): The Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Friday instructed to speed up relief activities for the people affected by flood in River Chenab. Pervaiz Elahi while directing to accelerate relief activities in Rajanpur, Rojhan and Taunsa said that providing relief to the affected people should be done on priority. “We will not leave victims alone in …

ISLAMABAD, July 29(ABC): The Met Office on Friday forecast more rain with wind and thundershower in Islamabad, upper and central Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, north and eastern Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir during the next twelve hours. However, isolated heavy falls are likely in Islamabad, upper Punjab, upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, north-eastern Balochistan and Kashmir. Furthermore, heavy and light rain continues intermittently in Azad Kashmir. …