ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecution in the £190 million corruption reference admitted before the Islamabad High Court that the order of the National Crimes Agency (NCA) that confiscated the amount sent by property tycoon Malik Riaz was not brought into the judicial record. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahan­giri resumed hearing on the petitions. …

PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said here on Thursday that the army should leave merged districts and put an end to its role in politics. He was addressing a big public gathering arranged by JUI-F on Dalazak Road to protest the alleged rigging in February 8 general elections. He subjected military and its political role to harsh criticism. The …

NORTH WAZIRIS­TAN: A private girls’ school was blown up by unidentified militants in Tehsil Shewa of North Waziristan district on Wednesday night, police sources said. They said the militants first tortured the school watchman and later blew up two rooms of the school. There was, however, no loss of life in the explosion. Similar attacks took place in May of …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court Aamer Farooq on Thursday issued notices to the PTI, Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), Election Commission of Pakistan and federal and provincial governments on a petition that challenged the ECP’s power to deprive election symbol and deny reserved seats to political parties. The petitioner, Amna Ameer Abdullah, a lawyer, contended before the court that ECP …

RAWALPINDI: As a small number of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) supporters took to the streets in Rawalpindi to mark the first anniversary of the May 9 riots triggered by the arrest of its founder Imran Khan, the police rounded over a dozen, including two local leaders, for violation of Section 144. The protesters demanded the release of Imran Khan, who is imprisoned …

ISLAMABAD: As the PTI seemingly failed to draw out large crowds across the country to mark the first anniversary of the May 9 violence, former president and party leader Arif Alvi was given an “important responsibility” by party chief Imran Khan to “resolve things” through dialogue apparently with the powers that be. This was revealed during a press conference held by …

Prince Harry garnered his late mother, Princess Diana’s family’s support after his father, King Charles, refused to meet his son during his trip to the UK. For the unversed, the Duke of Sussex visited London for three days to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games at St Cathedral. It was reported that the former working royal expressed his …

JoJo Siwa is confronting her experience of being a child star in Hollywood – and that of so many others like her. In an interview with Nova’s Smallzy’s Surgery on Thursday, Siwa, now 20, admitted that she felt she was exploited by the industry. “I had shady deals and yes, I got f***** over as a kid and taken advantage of …

Pakis­tan’s inaugural lunar satellite iCube-Qamar on Friday transmitted the first-ever images captured by it from the lunar orbit, the national space agency said. The satellite, part of China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission, was launched from the Hainan province on May 3 and had successfully entered the moon’s orbit at 1:14pm on May 8. The moon is at an average distance of 384,400km from earth. The lunar …

Prince Harry has seemingly responded to King Charles’s surprising announcement of giving Prince William a new military honour with his latest moves. The Duke of Sussex appeared to continue his defying tactics to tease his own people instead of easing tension with his kind words for his cancer-stricken royal relatives. Before kick starting his Nigerian trip with Meghan Markle, Harry …