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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Monday will take up a petition seeking new joint investigation team (JIT) to probe into the Model Town incident. According to the details, a two-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar, will hear the plea seeking formation of a new JIT to investigate the Model Town case. The apex court issued notices to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz among 139 nominated…

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Information and Culture, Fayaz-ul-Hassan Chohan, has said that said the Model Town tragedy is being re-investigated and legal action will be taken against those who were involved in it. Talking to the media here, Chohan said the bureaucracy had to work under law to follow the orders of the government and it should not accept orders which were against rules, regulations and laws. The minister said the bureaucracy should not accept any pressure and should work under the law. He claimed,…

KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari termed the Indian terrorism in held Kashmir as attack on humanity expressing distress over the silence of international community on Kashmiris’ carnage by Indian armed forces. “Barbarism has been let loose on Kashmiri people with the beginning of holy month of Ramadan. Kashmiris are targeted by state terrorism for seeking their inalienable right to self-determination,” he said in a press statement. Read More: India clamps curfew across held Kashmir on…

KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday apprehended a 'key facilitator' of Safoora bus carnage from Karachi, the suspect was said to be the chief executive at a private varsity, ARY News reported.

KARACHI: An eye-witness identified on Saturday Saad Aziz as the man who shot at the US national, Debra Lobo, who is also a member of Jinnah Medical and Dental College.

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli shelling killed at least 15 Palestinians sheltering in a school in Gaza's biggest refugee camp on Wednesday, the Health Ministry said, as Egyptian mediators prepared a revised proposal to try to halt more than three weeks of fighting.

LAHORE: The authorities on Monday submitted the mobile phone record of Punjab chief minister and other officials concerned before the judicial commission in connection to Model Town tragedy, ARY News reported.

LAHORE: The ‘All Party Conference’ convened by Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) on Model Town tragedy demanded resignation of the chief minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, ARY News reported Sunday. The APC also demanded formation of a 3-member judicial commission comprising Supreme Court judges to probe the incident. These demands were inscribed in a joint declaration that was unanimously approved by the APC. The conference was attended by representatives of different political parties including Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui of the MQM…