ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Javed Latif has said the mastermind of May 9 violent acts should be arrested and punished. Addressing a news conference here in Islamabad on Tuesday, he said it was Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan who instigated his workers and supporters for violence. He said these acts were unprecedented and brought embarrassment to the country. The Minister was of view that God forbid, an incident like May 9 might happen again, if those who launched this plot were not arrested and punished. He said the top leadership of PML-N is preparing a roadmap for the economic development

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LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday arrested Muhammad Zaman, a close confidante of former Punjab chief minister and PTI President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, in Lahore and claimed to have obtained important evidence from his cellphone. Sources told 24News TV channel that the Agency had sent the audios of telephonic conversations between Pervaiz and Zaman obtained from the latter’s cellphone for forensic. In these audios, both could be clearly heard talking to each other about their business transactions. It is worth-reminding here that Islamabad Police, too, in the past had arrested Zaman for allegedly supplying wine to the former

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed Pakistan’s unwavering support and commitment to address common challenges and realize the shared dreams of peace, prosperity, stability and enhanced connectivity in the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) region. Addressing the 23rd meeting of SCO Council of Heads of State through video link on Tuesday, he asked the SCO countries to take concerted and immediate actions both in their national capacities as well as collectively to combat the three evils of terrorism, extremism and separatism. He stressed that terrorism and extremism whether committed by individuals, societies or states must be fought with full vigor

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ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Tuesday that that a permanent solution to the problem should be found. Speaking to the media here on Tuesday, he said the IMF agreement was for nine months. “It is not a permanent solution, the question persists; what will happen after nine months,” Qureshi asked. He said: “We must learn from the past. Agreements were made in the past as well, which could not be completed.” The PTI leader said that he was appearing before courts and wanted to proceed in a political, legal and peaceful way. The PTI

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HUNZA : Four tourists, including a woman, were killed and over a dozen were injured in two road accidents in Hunza on Tuesday. The first accident was reported from Nasirabad bridge while the second took place near Dong Das area. All the dead bodies and…

RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that agreement with IMF will increase poverty, inflation and unemployment. In a tweets on the social networking website Twitter, Rashid said the incumbent government, caretaker setup and the incoming government had to fulfill the IMF’s strict conditions within nine months. He said Pakistan had to repay loan seven times greater than that of current foreign exchange reserves the country had in national kitty. “Debt repayment is still at risk,” he said. The former federal minister said that if the IMF program was suspended, ruler would not

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