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CM Afridi denied meeting with Imran

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi was not allowed on Thursday to meet Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan despite a court order. The Islamabad High Court directed the Adiala jail superintendent to implement a March 24 order that reinstated the twice-a-week meeting schedule for the former prime minister Imran Khan. … Read more

PM unveils power tariff cuts for industry, farms

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday announced a new electricity pricing plan for industrial and agricultural consumers, setting the rate at Rs23 per unit under a subsidy-neutral, cost-plus method. The benefit, however, will apply only to 25% additional consumption compared to the previous year. According to officials who negotiated with the International Monetary Fund … Read more

‘Extrajudicial killings intolerable in democracy’

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court judge Athar Minallah, in his dissenting opinion, has stated that individuals of law enforcement agencies involved in extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances and custodial torture deserve the severest punishment under the law. “Enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings, custodial torture and murders, and excessive use of force are the most intolerable crimes in a democratic … Read more

Cabinet proscribes TLP under anti-terror law

Federal govt endorses Punjab’s request Forum declares party as banned organisation Right-wing party has a histo ISLAMABAD: Endorsing a request from the Punjab government, the federal government on Thursday banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), declaring it a proscribed organisation under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The decision – taken during a federal cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister … Read more