2 min readAug 25, 2026 07:11 AM IST First published on: Aug 25, 2026 at 06:40 AM ISTThe Pakistani government warned that it would resort to “drastic action” unless opposition groups end their drive to oust President Zia-ul-Haq and force early elections. But the leaders of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy said they would not abandon the campaign. Security officials said the country was quiet and there had been no clashes between anti-government activists and security forces.Revolt against Benazir BhuttoTwo senior associates of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Benazir Bhutto, have broken ranks to set up a rival opposition party in Pakistan, accusing Bhutto of being an “autocrat out of touch with the people”. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, a former chief minister of Sindh province, and Ghulam Mustafa Khar, a former chief minister and governor of Punjab province, will join forces to formally launch a new party at a convention at Lahore.Three gunned down in PunjabAdvertisementSuspected terrorists killed three people and looted a petrol pump in different parts of Punjab during the last 24 hours. Two suspected terrorists gunned down three passengers in a car near the village of Budhsinghwala in Faridkot district. The terrorists wielding sten guns stopped the car and shot their victims. The police and the CRPF rushed to the spot immediately and started combing operations.India fined for CWG boycottIndia has been asked to pay £245,000, about Rs 4.4 million, for having boycotted the 13th Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh last month. The 32 entrants who boycotted the games have been asked to pay £2.7 million the newspaper publisher Robert Maxwell said. The boycott was in protest against the British government’s refusal to impose wide-ranging economic sanctions against South Africa.