ISLAMABAD: Justice Athar Minallah — the sole dissenting voice on a five-member bench that had declined a request to live-stream proceedings in the NAB amendments case — observed on Wednesday that the decision amounted to a violation of principles laid down in a case that was brought before it by the incumbent chief justice himself. “There is no substantive reason, nor [do] exceptional circumstances …

ISLAMABAD: A gang of robbers looted Rs1.8 million from an expatriate in capital, police said on Wednesday. The expatriate had returned from Saudi Arabia to participate in his sister’s marriage, they added. Police have registered a case against the robbers at Lohi Bher police station under section 392 of PPC in response to the complaint lodged by the expatriate, they …

ISLAMABAD: Polio­vir­­us has reached two new districts, Dukki and Killa Saifullah, taking the tally for current year to 44 districts. An embarrassing situation continues for the country as only a day ago it reported that the virus had been found in samples taken from Bahawalpur and Dera Ismail Khan districts. Besides, four environmental samples for polio have been reported due to which …

ISLAMABAD: The She­erani group of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Pakistan on Wednesday formally announced its decision to join a grand opposition alliance, led by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Earlier, a delegation of the JUI-Sheerani, led by Maulana Shuja-ul-Mulk, called on Opposition Lea­der in the National Asse­m­bly Omar Ayub Khan and former speaker Asad Qai­ser, and formally annou­nced their intention to join the PTI-led alliance, …

KARACHI: Telling his party members and legislators to stay away from the “politics of hatred in Islamabad”, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday asked them to focus on improving their performance and serving the people, for which they had been elected, and warned them that from now on he would personally review their performance after every six months. He said he had …

ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority has predicted above-normal rainfall during the monsoon season, which is likely to trigger floods in Punjab’s rivers, and flash floods in the northern part of the country due to as many as four expected Glof (glacial lake outburst flow) events. According to the NDMA, 40 to 60 per cent more rainfall than usual is likely throughout …

OKARA: Rape suspects facing court trial on Wednesday publicly beat up a widow and her rape survivor daughter for pursuing the case in Ahmadabad locality of the city. As per FIR, a widow, Manzooran Bibi, along with her rape survivor daughter (A) was returning home after attending case hearing in the court of additional session judge, when they were intercepted …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued show cause notices to 34 television channels, asking them to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them for airing the remarks of two lawmakers criticising the judiciary. “Reporting, broadcasting and telecast of the press conference also constitute contempt and, therefore, show cause notices be issued to all the televisions channels …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday asked PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and spokesperson Raoof Hasan to join an investigation into a ‘controversial’ social media post on party founder Imran Khan’s verified X account. However, it restrained the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from harassing the PTI leadership over the issue. Following the court order, both PTI leaders appeared before an …

At least three people died and 12 were injured early on Thursday morning when a passenger coach erupted into flames after colliding with a motorcycle in Balochistan’s Lasbela district, officials said. Lasbela Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) captain (rtd) Naveed Alam confirmed the casualties to Dawn.com. According to him, the coach was heading from Karachi to Quetta when the accident occurred …