An employee of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Friday wrote a letter to the head of the agency seeking permission to bring a donkey cart to work after the government’s recent fuel price hike rendered him unable to use personal transport. In a letter addressed to the director-general of CAA, available with Dawn.com, Raja Asif Iqbal — who says he …

A special committee of the federal cabinet has deliberated filing a sedition case against former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan and the chief ministers of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for allegedly planning an “attack” on the federation during the party’s ‘Azadi March’. According to an Interior Ministry statement reported by state-run APP yesterday, the meeting was chaired by Interior …

A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred during an exchange of fire with terrorists who attacked a military post in the Datta Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district on the night between June 1 and June 2, the military’s media affairs wing said. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) late Thursday night, Pakistan Army …

LAHORE / HYDE­RABAD: As the canal system in Punjab faces a 49 per cent water shortage, Sindh also observes a major dip in its water flows that is apparently impacting its barrages, showing an overall 49.5pc shortage till Thursday. Thus, the Sindh irrigation ministry has again urged the Indus River System Autho­rity (Irsa) to release extra water to the province, …

Continuing its selling momentum from the previous day, the stock market registered a decline of over 925 points on Friday, a day after the government raised fuel prices. By 4:11pm, the KSE-100 index shed 925.80 points against the previous day’s close of 42,237.91 to fall to 41,312.11 — down 2.19 per cent. The benchmark index closed at 41,339.11 points, down by 898.8 …

State Minister for Petroleum Musadik Malik on Friday said raising the fuel prices by Rs30 was a “difficult decision”, but taken to “save the country from bankruptcy and destruction” a day after the government instituted the measure to revive a stalled IMF bailout programme. “We made a difficult decision to save the country from destruction and bankruptcy and to bring stability,” Malik …

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the federal government to bring the recent changes in the rules of the Exit Control List (ECL) within the “ambit of the law” within a week, cautioning that it would issue an order if its directive was not followed. On April 22, the government introduced significant changes to the rules controlling citizens’ exit from the country …

Amber Heard lawyer is speaking loud and clear for the star after Johnny Depp wins defamation suit. Elaine Bredehoft spoke about her client’s liability for $10million damages and a further $5million (£4million) in punitive damages on Wednesday and confessed that Heard will ‘absolutely not’ be able to pay the whopping amount to Depp. Speaking further of the trial, Elaine declared …

Amber Heard’s attorney Elaine Bredehoft has accused Johnny Depp of having “suppressed” some vital evidence that could have turned the tides in the case. She began by explaining how key aspects of the libel case with The Sun were deemed ‘off-limits’ despite being ‘key’ to understanding the case as a whole. “It’s a tale of two trials,” Bredehoft began the …

Johnny Depp admitted that he was ‘blown away’ during his wildlife rescue visit  shortly after winning the infamous lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. According to Daily Mail, the Pirates of the Caribbean star’s picture of cradling a badger from his visit to the care and vet units by Folly Wildlife Rescue along with the musician Jeff Beck. The rescue shelter shared …