Afghanistan says it carried out coordinated air operations on Pakistani military facilities, escalating tensions days after cross-border clashes and retaliatory strikes between the two neighbours.
Denied permission to meet Imran Khan at Adiala jail, his sisters led a Rawalpindi sit-in, joined by PTI leaders, as security was tightened amid rising political tensions.
This was the crux of the analysis put forward by a number of legal and political experts who spoke to Dawn following Khan's "surprise" announcement during the public meeting in Rawalpindi on Saturday night.
Protesters took to the streets and "held traffic hostage" while Islamabad Police requested them to not set fire to vehicles.
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The court had on December 4 constituted a medical board to examine Zardari's health condition and directed it to submit its report.
Reports suggest that at least 750 dengue patients are currently undergoing treatment at different hospitals in the twin cities, where the health staff taking care of the numbers only 35.
The NDMA chief briefed the Prime Minister on the latest situation in Mirpur in the wake of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks.
The tremor came as rescuers continued to pick through toppled buildings to reach victims from Tuesday's earthquake which also injured nearly 600 others.
Zardari questioned on the rostrum why he wasn't allowed to meet his daughter Aseefa Bhutto Zardari despite the court's permission.
