Maulana Abdul Aziz, cleric of Lal Masjid, along with four others has been booked over terrorism charges after they opened fire on police in the country's capital, Islamabad, The Express Tribune reported.
Pakistan's Former Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan was arrested in relation to the May 9 incident on Wednesday, according to a Police official, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.
An Islamabad district and sessions court on Tuesday dismissed the bail petitions of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leaders Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar and Asad Qaisern in connection with two separate cases related to May 9 violence, Dawn reported on Tuesday.
After Murtaza Wahab won a close race for mayor of Karachi last week, the JI and PPP have been at odds. In contrast, the JI had the backing of 61 PTI members, bringing the predicted number of votes for Rehman to 192. The PPP had joined forces with the PML-N and JUI-F, increasing their combine
A complaint has been filed against the bus driver and its owner in the bus accident case that killed 13 people and left more than 30 people injured on the Islamabad-Lahore motorway near Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday, Dawn reported.
Zardari while addressing an event at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, said that abandoning Afghanistan or its 40 million people during this critical phase could lead to "unimaginable consequences."
Speaking on a Pakistani private news channel, Firdous Ashiq Awan, Central Secretary of Information of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP), has ruled out an 'electoral alliance' with Shehbaz Sharif-led PML-N and said supporting it was tantamount to 'political disaster'.
At least 12 people, including women and children, were killed after a passenger bus turned on the Islamabad-Lahore motorway near Pakistan's Punjab province on Saturday, Geo News reported.
The district and sessions court in Islamabad announced on Saturday that former Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry will be charged with making threatening comments to members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) next week, Geo News reported.