LAHORE, July 5(ABC): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday issued a notice to Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz for violating the code of conduct. The ECP summoned Hamza Shahbaz on July 7 in response to the Punjab Chief Minister’s announcement of an electricity relief package ahead of Punjab by-elections. It is pertinent to mention that according to the …

KARACHI, July 5(ABC): Heavy rains lashed the port city on Tuesday, inundating low-lying areas and roads a day after light drizzle hit the metropolis. Intermittent rainfall was recorded in almost all the areas of the city, including, II Chundrigar Road, Gulistan-e-Johar, North Karachi, Surjani Town, Gadap Town, National Highway, Bahria Town, Malir, Shahrah-e-Faisal, among others. Moreover, the Met Office said …

KARACHI, July 5(ABC): An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday granted police a seven-day remand of former federal minister and MQM leader Babar Ghauri, who returned to the country last night. The police, who took Ghauri into custody last night, produced the ex-federal minister before the court today to seek his remand. Ghauri was brought to court amid tight security, seated …

KARACHI, July 5(ABC): The father of Dua Zahra, Mehdi Kazmi, has once again filed a plea in the Sindh High Court, seeking the recovery of the teenager who had gone missing from her Karachi residence in April but was later found to have married Zaheer Ahmed in Lahore. The plea has moved the court to take action against Zaheer if …

KARACHI, July 14 (ABC): Fresh monsoon system has entered in Eastern Sindh and present over Tharparkar, Umarkot and adjoining districts, quoting chief meteorologist. Karachi will feel fresh weather system’s impact in the night, Chief Meteorologist Sardar Sarfaraz has said. “The parts of city will likely to receive rainfall with thunderstorm in the night,” weather official said. A heavy fall is …

RAWALPINDI, Jul 05 (ABC):The citizens have been advised to adopt all possible precautionary measures to avoid Corona and Congo viruses on Eid ul Azha. According to a district administration spokesman, the district administration had set up 11 cattle markets for the sale of sacrificial animals in the Rawalpindi district. The administration on the directives of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rawalpindi Tahir …

KARACHI, July 14(ABC): The Sindh Health Department has declared a health emergency in the province as another, almost identical rain producing system as the previous one, is getting close to Karachi, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has warned. The Met department said that heavy to very heavy rains are likely to hit Karachi and different districts of Sindh under this …

  ISLAMABAD, July 14 (ABC): The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday, rejecting PTI supremo Imran Khan and PTI senior leader Shireen Mazari’s allegations of being part of a rigging plan in the upcoming Punjab by-polls, said that they don’t know any “Mr. X,Y” and there is no need to meet Hamza Shahbaz and Maryam Nawaz behind the curtains. Responding …

MULTAN, July 05 (ABC): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has rejected rumours regarding his inclusion in Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and meeting with Asif Ali Zardari. Addressing a corner meeting in connection with the upcoming by-poll in PP-217 Multan, the former foreign minister has denied a claim made by Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Raja …

ISLAMABAD, Jul 14 (ABC): The air quality of the federal capital after rain turned moderate as a recent spell of monsoon rainfalls lashed out various parts of the country have helped plummet scorching heat in the metropolis and subsided the pollution. The air quality of the federal capital on Thursday was reported healthy as suspended particles were recorded below permissible …