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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman said Sunday the federal government had an August deadline to step down, warning, otherwise, that his party and allies would march to Islamabad. Speaking to the participants of the 'Million March' here in the provincial capital, Fazl termed today's march to be the last one and said the next one would be towards the federal capital. The JUI-F noted that if the federal government resigned by August, it would then be able to save themselves from the Opposition's march. However, if the leadership failed to do so, then, in October, Fazl and his allies would march to Islamabad alongside the entire country. He termed the potential demonstration as 'Azadi March'. Fazl spoke of how the 2018 general elections were rigged and he did not accept its results. All political parties desire fresh elections, he said, adding that one the one hand, there was "back-breaking" inflation, and, on the other, there ta...

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar on Sunday claimed that PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif had not initiated a case against British publication The Mail on Sunday and online news site Mail Online about an article published on July 14. Akbar, while addressing a press conference in Islamabad, recalled that Sharif had issued a formal legal complaint against the publication and had deemed the "gravely defamatory" news report to be part of a politically motivated campaign against him. Akbar claimed that the complaint issued via London-based legal firm Carter-Ruck Solicitors did not refute any specific allegation made against Sharif, nor did it say that a case had been filed against the publication. Akbar added that the journalist behind the report, David Rose, is sticking to his story, and also shared a tweet from him dated July 26: According to Akbar, although the complaint stated that the article did not include Sharif's version, it i...

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The British government is working on the assumption that the European Union will not renegotiate its Brexit deal and is ramping up preparations to leave the bloc on Oct 31 without an agreement, senior ministers said on Sunday. Boris Johnson, who took over as British prime minister on Wednesday with a promise to deliver Brexit by the end of October “no ifs or buts”, has said he plans to seek a new exit deal with the EU. The EU has said repeatedly that the deal cannot be reopened. Leading Brexit supporter Michael Gove, who Johnson has put in charge of 'no deal' preparations, wrote in the Sunday Times newspaper that the government would undertake “intensive efforts” to secure a better deal from the EU. “We still hope they will change their minds, but we must operate on the assumption that they will not ... No deal is now a very real prospect and we must make sure that we are ready,” Gove wrote. “Planning for no-deal is now this government's no. 1 priority,” he said, addi...

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A local magistrate approved the bail of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s close aide Irfan Siddiqui on Sunday. Police had arrested Siddiqui in violation of tenancy laws from the federal capital on Friday. According to sources, the magistrate informed Siddiqui’s son Noman about his father’s bail and issued an order in this regard. Read more:  Irfan Siddiqui arrested for ‘violating’ tenancy law Earlier, police said Siddiqui was arrested for violating tenancy laws and renting out his house without informing police. A case was registered under Section 188 at the Ramna police station. Another man named Javed Iqbal, said to be the tenant at the house, was arrested along with Siddiqui and presented before the court. from Latest Pakistan News - SUCH TV http://bit.ly/2Yv6L36