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Received new notice whenever addressed rally or press conference: Bilawal

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Wednesday that he always received a notice from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after addressing a rally or press conference.

Fawad calls attack of ‘few dozen PPP members’ on police 'sad'

Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that a few dozen Pakistan Peoples Party members attacking police was quite ‘sad’.

New Zealand begins funerals for mosque shooting victims, PM visits school

The bodies of victims from New Zealand’s mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners into a large tent at Christchurch’s Memorial Park Cemetery on Wednesday - the first burials of the 50 victims.

Supreme Court orders legal proceedings under perjury against false testimony

The Supreme Court on Wednesday released its detailed judgement over the legal status of false testimony, ordering legal proceedings under perjury against any witness found to have resorted to deliberate falsehood.

Police arrest PPP workers outside NAB headquarters

Dozens of workers of the Pakistan Peoples Party were arrested by the police ahead of the scheduled appearance of party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and former president Asif Ali Zardari before the National Accountability Bureau headquarters on Wednesday.

Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad to arrive in Pakistan on Thursday

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will arrive in Pakistan on March 21 (Thursday) on a three-day visit.

Bilawal, Zardari questioned by NAB in three cases

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and former president Asif Ali Zardari appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday to record their statements.

Kazakh President Nazarbayev announces shock resignation after 30 years in power

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev shocked the nation on Tuesday by resigning after nearly three decades in power that transformed the Central Asian republic.

Model Town JIT records Nawaz Sharif’s statement at Kot Lakhpat jail

The joint investigation team (JIT) formed to probe the 2014 Model Town tragedy on Wednesday recorded the statement of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif at the Kot Lakhpat jail.

PPP's fault that it did not change NAB law: Bilawal

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday said the National Accountability Bureau was created for political engineering and that it was his party's fault that it did not change NAB's "black law" during its tenure in government.

Lahore court sentences Czech woman to over 8 years in prison for smuggling heroin

A sessions court in Lahore on Wednesday sentenced Czech national Tereza Hluskova to eight years and eight months in prison and fined Rs 113,000 after she was found carrying eight and a half kilogrammes of heroin last year from Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport.

US lawmakers ask tech leaders to explain viral Christchurch video

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday called for a global response to the dangers of social media as the Muslim community began burying their dead five days after the twin-mosques massacre.