Category: Pakistan

At least one policeman was martyred and four others injured in an attack in the Police Lines area in Balochistan’s Loralai on Wednesday. According to Balochistan Inspector General of Police Mohsin Hassan Butt, three attackers wearing suicide jackets ambushed the main gate of the Police Lines area. “Police and other law-enforcement agencies retaliated to the […]

WASHINGTON: Despite its reservations about the fairness of the jury which is to determine Pakistan’s performance against terror financing, the government is committed to implementing its action plan for dealing with this issue, says Islamabad’s Washington envoy Asad Majeed Khan. In a conversation with a prominent US scholar George Perkovich, recorded at the Carnegie Endowment […]

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has removed the khateeb of Lal Masjid and imposed a three-month ban on the entry of former khateeb Maulana Abdul Aziz in the mosque. The decision was taken after a meeting between Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat and Ulema, including Mufti Raees Ayubi from Azad Kashmir and Qazi Nisar from Gilgit-Baltistan. Former […]

KARACHI: Traffic authorities have marked 19 ‘black spots’ in the city, where a majority of fatal accidents occur, mainly due to overspeeding, rising number of vehicles, dilapidated roads, darkness, open manholes, violation of traffic rules and lack of road sense among pedestrians. According to recently compiled data and a senior official, fatal accidents continue to […]

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the National Accountability Bureau and federal government to file within a week comments about a petition challenging the powers of the NAB chairman to order the arrest of corruption suspects and an application about his ‘controversial’ conversation with a woman. A bench consisting of Justice Ikramullah Khan and Justice […]

LANDI KOTAL: Cross-border movement at Torkham remained suspended for some time on Tuesday after an exchange of hot words between the border guards of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Reason behind the verbal brawl could not be known as local officials refused to share details of the incident with media. Traffic, however, was restored after the intervention […]

Pakistan has proposed a six-point plan at the United Nations to counter increasing racism and faith-based hatred, particularly Islamophobia, around the world, Radio Pakistanreported on Tuesday. The plan was proposed by Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi at an event “Countering terrorism and other acts of violence based on religion or belie” that was […]

QUETTA: Former chief minister Jan Mohammad Jamali has called for a probe into spending of the funds received by Balochistan under the 7th NFC Award. While taking part in the general debate on the provincial budget, Mr Jamali said Balochistan had been receiving its share from NFC Awards for many years, but it was not […]

Sindh High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former provincial information minister Sharjeel Memon in a corruption reference pertaining to the award of advertisements at ‘exorbitant rates’ through the abuse of power. A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team had taken the PPP leader and 11 others into custody on Oct 23, 2017 after the Sindh High Court had rejected […]

ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the popular belief that the consent of first wife is the only requirement for second marriage, Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared that approval of Arbitration Council is even more compulsory for tying the knot with second wife. IHC Justice Athar Minallah, while accepting an appeal filed by Dilshad Bibi, upheld the […]