Category: Pakistan

Filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood on Thursday shared a legal notice on Twitter addressed to Hameed Haroon, calling for the retraction of an earlier defamation notice Haroon had sent the filmmaker through his lawyer. Last year in October, Jami came forward with the accusation that he was raped by a “media tycoon” 13 years ago and on […]

MUZAFFARABAD: A six-year-old survivor of an avalanche succumbed to her wounds in a hospital on Thursday, pushing the death toll in the Neelum Valley to 75 and 77 for Azad Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Safia, daughter of Tariq Shaikh, succumbed to her brain injuries in Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Naha­yan Hospital, also referred […]

ISLAMABAD: Wednesday proved to be another bad day for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) when Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed noted that the accused in NAB references had to wait for their entire life to see the conclusion of those cases. The Supreme Court also asked the federal government to decide at the earliest […]

Sandal Khattak, who shot to fame on the social media app Tik Tok, petitioned a sessions court in Punjab on Thursday to put a stop to a Federal Investigation Agency inquiry against her. In her petition, Khattak has asked the court to stop the FIA investigation against her. “The FIA has been harassing me. I was summoned […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said the consideration of the situation in occupied Kashmir by the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) “reflects a recognition of the seriousness of the prevailing situation”. The premier’s remarks follow a meeting of the UNSC on Wednesday during which the situation in occupied Kashmir was reviewed, the Foreign Office […]

LAHORE: As the fresh medical reports of former premier Nawaz Sharif are expected to be received by the Punjab home department on Thursday (today), the health department has notified a 14-member medical board to solicit its opinion on the matter to decide whether to give him extension in his stay abroad or not. “The earlier […]

The Sindh government has written to the establishment division regarding the repatriation of Sindh Inspector General of Police Dr Kaleem Imam. In the letter, written by Sindh Secretary of Services Navid Ahmed Shaikh, “compelling reasons” for the IGP’s transfer have been listed. According to the letter — a copy of which is available with Dawn.com — a […]

The Lahore High Court (LHC) directed the federal government on Wednesday to submit a written response to PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz’s request for the removal of her name from the no-fly list. A two-member bench was hearing a petition filed by Maryam on December 21, in which she has asked the LHC to return her […]

The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Wednesday petitioned the Supreme Court to set aside the Lahore High Court’s decision last month to grant PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah bail in a case regarding the illegal possession of drugs. According to the ANF’s petition in the SC, the LHC’s decision to grant Sanaullah bail is contrary to the […]

The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights raised seven legal objections over the Zainab Alert Bill on Wednesday and advised the relevant National Assembly committee to make further amendments before tabling it in the Senate. The Senate panel raised the objections despite Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari’s insistence that the bill be passed as soon […]