police( IGP), advocate general and an additional prosecutor general for Nov 4. Petitioner Wazeer Ahmed

ISLAMABAD: Ulema and scholars of Ahl-i-Sunnat Wal Jamaat on Friday offered their cooperation in ending the government-Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan( TLP) standoff and urged both sides to settle the issue through dialogue.A group of Ulema of the specific sect from all over the country met President Dr Arif Alvi when the TLP’s long march, started from Lahore, reached Wazirabad. Media reports said the government engaged TLP chief Saad Rivzi for talks but no breakthrough has so far been made.... Accor

KARACHI: An antiterrorism court on Monday while declaring that the murder of Nazim Jokhio was not an act of ‘terrorism’ sent the case to a sessions court for trial. The ATC-XV judge, who conducted the trial in the judicial complex inside the central prison, pronounced his order on the charge sheet after hearing arguments from state prosecutor, counsel for complainant Afzal Jokhio, interned PPP lawmaker Jam Awais and his brother Jam Abul Karim and victim’s widow Shireen. Police had already exclud

Barrister Fayyaz, meanwhile, has served as a former president of the Malir Bar Association. The names of Syed Tariq Shah and Rashid Mustafa had also come under consideration before the JCP in March last year, but were dropped due to various reasons. The head of the SHC constitutional ben-ches Justice Mohammad Karim Khan Agha has also sent the names of district sessions judge Tasneem Sultana( who is fourth on the seniority list); PPP leader Syed Na--v-eed Qamar’s brother Sindh additional adv-o--c