Turkiye issued rebuilding regulations on Friday for a region devastated by earthquakes this month to enable companies or charities to help in the urgent task of building new homes for the millions who need rehousing after the devastating tremors. More than 160,000 buildings, containing 520,000 apartments, collapsed or were severely damaged in Turkiye in the earthquakes. The Turkish death toll …

PESHAWAR: President Dr Arif Alvi was briefed here on Thursday on the state of security and law and order in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Officials told Dawn that the president was briefed during a meeting attended by Caretaker Chief Minister Mohammad Azam Khan, Chief Secretary Imdadullah Bosal, Police Chief Akhtar Hayat and other officials at the chief minister’s house. Various aspects of …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday sought a report about the service record, recruitment process and qualification of five brothers working on different posts in the Sindh Assembly secretariat. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Iqbal Kalhoro sought such details while hearing a petition filed in April 2022 against their alleged illegal appointments in the assembly secretariat and …

KARACHI: The University Road on Thursday became a nightmare for commuters as hundreds of vehicles got stuck in a traffic jam after dozens of people, protesting against extended power outages, blocked the road near old Sabzi Mandi. The blockade affected the already slow movement of traffic on the road, due to security arrangements for PSL matches and the construction of …

KHYBER: The closure of the Torkham border for the fifth consecutive day intensified the financial and physical woes of traders, transporters and pedestrians as confusion prevailed on Thursday as Afghan authorities reopened their side of the border and Pakistani authorities insisted that they would follow suit after a formal meeting between officials of both countries. Assistant Commissioner Irshad Momand told Dawn that …

ISLAMABAD: Pakis­tan on Thursday expressed concern over the continuing Ukraine war that is entering its second year and urged the parties to the conflict to seek its resolution through dialogue. “We have always advocated for peaceful settlement of disputes and believe that peace and dialogue are important in resolution of this conflict as well,” Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch …

ISLAMABAD: A Lahore-based lawyer has filed a reference against Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) seeking an inquiry into his assets. Mian Dawood, the complainant, requested the SJC to initiate proceedings against the Supreme Court judge under Article 209 of the Constitution. The reference alleged that the judge used his “influence to facilitate” his sons …

An anti-terrorism court in Gujrat issued bailable arrest warrants for Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Friday for allegedly threatening the judiciary and government officials in his public speeches. The directives were issued by Accountability Judge Rana Zahid. A terrorism case was registered against Sanaullah in August last year. The first information report (FIR) stated that during his speeches on April 15, 2021, …

Shahid Kapoor’s Amazon Prime series Farzi tops the chart, fans are demanding another season now. Taking to his Instagram, Shahid shared the photo of the rankings chart and wrote: “And then this happened. #farzi number 1 worldwide on @primevideo #micdrop.”   The actor received love from mother Neliima Azeem. She wrote: “Congratulations to you and the whole team.. great job.” Meanwhile, wife …

Singer Kumar Sanu recalled how he had to sing one of his song Main Duniya Bhula Doonga 16 in Patna at gunpoint. At The Kapil Sharma Show, he stated that he was performing live on stage and the audience was enjoying. This is when he noticed a few men sitting in the front with guns. “After a while, I saw that some of …