Category: Pakistan

Human rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday said that the government’s “failure to protect people from exposure to hazardous air in Punjab risks violating their human rights to life and health”. In a statement, Amnesty International said that the Air Quality Index in Lahore had reached 484 at 10am today, adding that the threshold for “hazardous” levels of […]

Islamabad High Court on Wednesday issued contempt of court notice to Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, special assistant to the prime minister on information and broadcasting, for criticising the institution of judiciary. The show-cause notice, issued under Section 3 of Contempt of Court Ordinance 2003, said that Awan maligned the IHC while saying that hearing of a petition on […]

The business community on Wednesday called off the countrywide shutter-down strike after reaching an eleven-point agreement with the government. The strike, which started on Tuesday, was held against the imposition of taxes, and presenting a CNIC copy for buying and selling goods up to Rs50,000. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, […]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a judgment reviewing the meaning and scope of the term ‘terrorism’ as defined in the Anti Terrorism Act, 1997 and recommended that Parliament bring changes to the current understanding of the term, which is “too wide”. The 59-page judgment was authored by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa. The court […]

LAHORE: Expressing shock over children’s rap and pornography scams surfacing in Kasur and Chunian, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed the chief minister and senior officials to engage religious scholars, notables, schoolteachers and parents and offer them proper training and awareness to save children from falling a prey to criminals. The prime minister was […]

Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Muneebur Rehman announced on Tuesday evening that the Rabiul Awwal moon was sighted, therefore, the month of Rabiul Awwal is commencing from Wednesday, October 30, and Eid-i-Miladun Nabi would fall on November 10. The announcement was made after a meeting of the committee presided over by Mufti Muneeb, reported. Religious […]

Munir A. Malik, the counsel for Justice Qazi Faez Isa, on Tuesday argued that the administration bypassed the Supreme Judicial Counsel (SJC) and held an inquiry against Justice Isa, violating the mandate of the SJC. The counsel told the full court, consisting of 10 Supreme Court judges and headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, that […]

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended the sentence of former premier Nawaz Sharif on medical grounds for eight weeks in the Al Azizia case. A plea for bail had been filed by PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif for his brother Nawaz, who is under treatment at Lahore’s Services Hospital. The verdict had been reserved […]

Six soldiers and five civilians were injured during an exchange of fire at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border between security forces of both sides, a statement by the military’s media wing said on Tuesday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Afghan security forces fired mortars and heavy machine guns from Nari district in the Kunar province […]

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency and the National Accountability Bureau have yet to come up with compliance reports regarding action initiated against their respective investigating officers, who “deliberately spared and not implicated” a former chief of the federal anti-graft watchdog despite the court’s directives, it emerged on Sunday. The federal anti-graft watchdog had booked the […]