Category: Pakistan

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to “remove obstacles” that are hindering the transfer of donations by overseas Pakistanis for the dam fund and submit a report on the matter. “Overseas Pakistanis want to contribute to the dam fund but banks are not collecting [donations],” said Justice Ijazul Ahsan, […]

TAXILA: Federal Minis­ter for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that supreme leader of the PML-N Nawaz Sharif has been granted permission to go abroad for medical treatment and after recovery he will have to face his cases. Talking to journalists here on Tuesday, he said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership was not in favour […]

MUZAFFARBAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan on Tuesday said a war for the freedom of Kashmir had become inevitable, which the whole nation would fight with full determination, shoulder to shoulder with the armed forces of Pakistan. However, he stressed that before any such war “we will have to create unity […]

CHAKWAL: After a break of one year, Hindu pilgrims from different states of India would arrive at Katas Raj, one of their holiest sites on Dec 14. “Hindu pilgrims will cross Wagah Border on Dec 13 and will reach Katas Raj the next day,” Deputy Secretary Evacuee Property Trust Board (ETPB) Syed Faraz Abbas told Dawn. […]

An accountability court in Lahore on Wednesday confirmed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore’s orders to freeze properties owned by PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, his sons Hamza Shehbaz and Salman Shehbaz, and other family members in connection with an investigation involving them in the income beyond means and money laundering case. The court’s confirmation means […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday saw a rare consensus on lifting of a ban on student unions, but with certain conditions, as members from across the divide supported the opposition’s private member bill in this regard that was later sent to the relevant committee for further deliberations. An emotional speech by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz […]

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Javed Iqbal on Monday revealed that references had been made against those involved in alleged corruption in the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) and Malam Jabba resort projects. “People often ask as to what the NAB is doing on Peshawar BRT and Malam Jabba cases. For them, I want […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that its earlier observations — in which it held that the video clip concerning former accountability court judge Mohammad Arshad Malik will only benefit Nawaz Sharif if its genuineness is established — will not influence high court proceedings. The court made this statement while hearing the former […]

PML-N senior leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday walked out of the National Assembly after assailing Speaker Asad Qaiser for not issuing production orders of his fellow party leader Rana Sanaullah. Addressing the lower house, he claimed that he had been attending the sitting not because of the speaker’s production orders […]

National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) slapped a fine of Rs50 million on Karachi Electric Limited (KEL) after the regulator found that 19 deaths had occurred because of electrocution “due to lack of earthing of LT/HT poles and leakage of current from the distribution facilities of KEL”, a press release said on Wednesday. The regulator […]