Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: In addition to travel agents, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) airport employees have also been involved in stealing the travel data used by passengers to register new mobile phones, the agency’s cybercrime director told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday. “While travel agents were stealing the documents of passengers returning from Umrah, three FIA officials at […]

FAISALABAD: An associate of PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah was recently kidnapped and thrashed by masked men. Mirza Abdul Malik, who remained chairman of union council 106, claims in a video that has gone viral on social media that masked men had kidnapped and severely tortured him a few days ago and left him on the […]

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the plea for acquittal filed by an acid attack convict, saying he deserved no mercy despite the claim that his victim had forgiven him for the crime. “Acid attack offenders do not deserve any clemency,” Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa declared while hearing an application […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said the time has come to change the mindset of the society with regards to taxation. The prime minister, who was addressing a press conference at the Governor House in Karachi, said, “I appeal to everyone. It’s time to change our mindset. The segments of the society who don’t […]

ISLAMABAD: Major opposition parties on Tuesday lashed out at National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser over his order to suddenly cancel all standing committee meetings in the name of austerity and termed it “illegal” and another “attack” on the parliament. Commenting on the order that the speaker had issued late Monday night, the opposition parties questioned […]

ISLAMABAD: As the opposition submitted a no-trust motion against Senate chairman on Tuesday, Sadiq Sanjrani ruled out voluntarily resigning from the post. In an informal chat with reporters, Mr Sanjrani said he would not step down voluntarily. “Moving a motion of no-confidence is a democratic right. I have no reservations about the resolution being submitted. […]

Leader of the House in the Senate Shibli Faraz on Wednesday said that there might be surprise waiting for the opposition, which is pushing for a motion of no-confidence against Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani. “We are working on a strategy to ensure that the motion of no-confidence fails,” he said. “We are in contact with quite a […]

ISLAMABAD: Convener of the subcommittee of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly has proposed making clearance by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) mandatory for issuance of computerised national identity card (CNIC) and passport. The subcommittee headed by MNA Noor Alam Khan of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) was discussing on Tuesday […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif has said the latest report of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has exposed the “lies” of the present government regarding imposition of new taxes in the federal budget. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Mr Sharif said that the […]

Bol News anchorperson Mureed Abbas was gunned down on Tuesday night in Defence area of Karachi, police said. Police officials said, citing initial details, that he was killed during a fight over a personal dispute in Khayaban-e-Bukhari area. South DIG Sharjeel Kharal said that friends of the deceased informed the police that he had a monetary […]