Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Police officials of the Criminal Intelligence Agency (CIA) along with their retired colleague were booked for kidnapping and illegally detaining a man, besides extorting money from him, sources told Dawn. The case was registered against the serving police officials stationed at the CIA and their retired colleague with Industrial Area police station under section 365, 342 and 506 ii of …

LAHORE: Nearly 10,000 acres owned by Pakistan Railways (PR) is in illegal occupation of people and most of them are using the land for residential purposes across the country. However, despite various issues, the railways hopes to achieve its land revenue collection target of Rs5bn in the current financial year ending on June 30, Dawn has learnt. “As much as 9,644 acres …

ISLAMABAD: While World Tuberculosis (TB) Day will be observed today with the theme ‘Yes We Can End TB’, the cases of drug-resistant TB in Pakistan are going to become a major challenge as “75pc of them are not identified”. With Pakistan ranking fifth among high-burden countries globally, the country witnesses approximately 608,000 new TB cases and 15,000 drug-resistant TB cases …

ISLAMABAD: Presi­dent Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday conferred military awards on officers and soldiers of the Army, Navy and Air Force. One Sitara-i-Basalat, 135 Tamgha-i-Basalat, 45 Imtiazi Asnad, 148 Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Commendation Cards, 23 Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), 109 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) and 137 Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Mili­tary) were awarded to officers and soldiers, said a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations …

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday conferred Pakistan’s highest civil awards on a number of Pakistani citizens as well as foreign nationals in recognition of their distinction, excellence, contributions, and show of valour in different fields, including Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Fawad Hasan Fawad, Qaim Ali Shah, and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. The awards were announced on Aug 14, 2023. …

ISLAMABAD: Former attorney general for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan on Saturday explained that he wanted a proper inquiry into the serious allegations levelled by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, though he was unaware of any previous government letter in this regard. Mr Khan said he, as the then first law officer, and not Anwar Mansoor, had furnished a letter dated June 10, …

QUETTA: Armed men kidnapped three coal miners in the Duki coal field area of Balochistan on Friday night, officials said. The officials said miners were identified as Johar Khan Ishaqzai, Shah Khan and Bacha Khan Yousafzai and two of them belonged to Shangla area of Swat while the third one hailed from Quetta. A heavy contingent of Levies Force and …

ISLAMABAD: Paki­stan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan on the occasion of Pakistan Day has vowed his party is committed to make Pakistan a truly sovereign Islamic welfare state, as the nation will not accept slavery. In his message issued by the PTI’s media wing on Saturday, Mr Khan vowed to continue struggle for the rule of law and ‘Haqeeqi Azadi’ …

LAHORE: Adding another layer of cruelty to the already vicious business of human trafficking, notorious human smugglers have started taking advantage of Pakistani immigrants trying to illegally reach Europe via Iran by holding them for ransom. The smugglers in Pakistan with the help of their sub-agents detain and torture immigrants aspiring to reach Europe, film the ordeal, and send it …

KARACHI: A few fishermen from Keti Bandar in Thatta hit the jackpot when they caught a huge haul of rare and priceless Golden Suwa fish in their nets in Kajar Creek the other day. The fish is extremely expensive because of the layer of fat fibres around its gut, which must be obtained from a live Suwa or a very …