Category: Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi on Monday issued special messages for the nation on the occasion of Eidul Azha, which is being celebrated across the country today, Radio Pakistan reported. Both, the president and prime minister stressed on the importance of sacrifice for the growth of the country. They further said that the “passion” […]

At least 11 people, including a child, lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Karachi, police said on Sunday as the megalopolis experienced heavy monsoon showers for a second consecutive day. Nine people died of electrocution, while two were killed in roof collapses in Qasbah Colony and Bhatta Village, Edhi sources and the Superintendent Police […]

Two suspects on Saturday turned approvers against PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif and his two sons in a money laundering case . The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is pursuing the case in an accountability court. The suspects, Aftab Mehmood and Shahid Rafique, recorded their statements before a judicial magistrate in Lahore today, confessing to have committed […]

ISLAMABAD: There is so far no evidence about the purported murder attempt on the deputy prosecutor general of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Dawn has learnt from police sources. The information mentioned in the FIR does not support the murder attempt story under which Section 324 (attempt to murder) has been invoked to register the case, said the sources. […]

KARACHI: As the Met office issued a forecast for a fresh spell of rain in Karachi, fears and concerns of the repeat of rain-related electrocution incidents have gripped the people of the metropolis. Although more than 20 people died of electrocution in the first spell of monsoon downpour in the city last week, such casualties […]

ISLAMABAD: The Sup­reme Court on Friday held that the amount of fine can still be recovered from a convict even if he has undergone additional sentence of imprisonment for non-payment of fine. “A sentence of imprisonment in default of payment of fine is only a punishment for non-payment of fine and it is not a […]

PESHAWAR: Ittehad Tanzeemat-i-Madaris Pakistan (ITMP) has declined to share data of religious seminaries with personnel of any law enforcement agency and warned to announce a protest movement in case the process of data collection is not stopped forthwith. This was announced by ITMP provincial representatives, including Maulana Hussain Ahmed, Dr Attaur Rehman, Mufti Fazal Jamil […]

Moderate to heavy rains have started to fall in the entire Sindh province since Friday night as a monsoon system from the Bay of Bengal entered Pakistan. According to the Met office, the system will unleash its fury mainly in Sindh and Balochistan in the next two days. In Karachi, a teenaged boy and four […]

An accountability court in Lahore on Friday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) physical remand of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz and her cousin Yousuf Abbas until August 21. The court had earlier reserved its verdict on NAB’s request for the duo’s 15-day physical remand. Following the hearing, Maryam was driven away from the court by […]

Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif on Friday accused the government of “pushing the opposition against the wall” as he condemned the arrest of his niece Maryam Nawaz and nephew Yousuf Abbas Sharif by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). During his speech on the floor of the National Assembly in an ongoing session […]