Afghan forces have captured four Taliban fighters including a militant commander for carrying out this week’s rocket attack targeting the presidential palace in Kabul during the Eidul Azha prayers, officials said on Sunday. At least three rockets landed near the palace on Tuesday as President Ashraf Ghani and his top officials performed outdoor prayers to mark the start of Eid. The interior …

ISLAMABAD: The 20-year-old recommendation of the Supreme Court in the Asfandyar Wali case regarding appointment of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman by the President in consultation with the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) still holds the field, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) noted at its last meeting before adjourning the proceedings till September. The SJC said the apex court …

ISLAMABAD: The alleged killer, Zahir Jaffer, tortured Noor Mukadam with a knuckleduster before beheading her in Islamabad’s F-7/4 sector, the investigating officer revealed before the court of the duty magistrate on Saturday. The police had produced the accused in the court to seek extension in his physical remand. In another development, the police investigation wing has sent a request to the …

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has finalised the digital policy for newspaper websites having given in to the long-held demands of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE). According to a CPNE press release issued on Saturday, the minister expressed his condolences over the death of the council’s president Arif Nizami while talking to members of …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) vice-president Senator Sherry Rehman on Saturday “condemned the barbaric and gruesome murder of a girl, Noor Mukadam, in the capital and called for provision of speedy justice to all the victims of domestic violence in the country. “In a span of two weeks, there have been multiple cases of violence against women. With such incidents …

TAXILA: Punjab Inspector General of Police Inam Ghani has ordered an inquiry into alleged encounter by the Hazro police on Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway in which one person was killed and another injured. According to a notification, an inquiry committee headed by SSP Internal Accountability Bureau (AIB) Abid Shah has been constituted to “ascertain the genuineness or otherwise of the police encounter”. …

LAHORE: Citizens from all walks of life and various age groups gathered at Liberty Roundabout on Saturday to protest the rising incidents of violence against women across the country and demand safety for women and gender minorities. Organised jointly by the Aurat March, the Haqooq-i-Khalq Movement and the Progressive Students Collective, the protest was held to press the state to …

RAWALPINDI: As Covid-19 cases surge, the local authorities will be launching community-based vaccination campaign in Rawalpindi district from tomorrow (Monday) to achieve 100pc coverage. Islamabad, on the other hand, witnessed a jump in positivity rate as 121 more people contracted the virus. According to data, 8 per cent ratio was recorded in the capital on Saturday. One patient each, however, …

At least two PTI workers were killed in a clash with PPP activists at a polling station in the Kotli district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir as polling for 45 seats of the AJK Legislative Assembly started on Sunday. The two PTI activists were shot dead by unidentified persons at a polling station in the jurisdiction of Naarr police station …

ISLAMABAD: The Natio­nal Command and Opera­tion Centre (NCOC) has decided that unvaccinated people, over the age of 18, cannot be allowed to undertake domestic air travel. Besides, Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa and his wife Sarina Isa have tested positive for coronavirus. Federal Minister for Pla­n­ning, Development and Spe­cial Initiatives Asad Umar, who also heads the NCOC, said …