RAWALPINDI: Four police officials, including Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kotli Sattian, were injured after their official vehicle plunged into a ravine while negotiating a turn on Friday. The accident happened when DSP Kotli Sattian Abdul Sattar Khan, operator Rizwan, gunman Yasir and driver Dildar were on their way to hold an open kutchery (public meeting) in Santh Anwali village. …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday sought arguments on the maintainability of a contempt of court petition against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for using derogatory remarks about judges. Justice Muhammad Waheed Khan heard the petition filed by a woman, Ashba Kamran. The judge asked an additional attorney general to explain whether the petition was maintainable. The law officer stated that the …

ANOTHER tournament starts, and with it, hope rises once more in Pakistani hearts. Can they do it, those magnificent men in green? The team of returning king Babar Azam — the team once known for its predictable unpredictability, famous for possessing talents of random genius. The format is short and modern; T20 cricket in the US, which is both an …

LONDON: With just a week to go before Pakistan take on co-hosts United States in their T20 World Cup opener, the Babar Azam-led side are still in a phase of “figuring things out”. Their lingering frailties were magnified once more in their seven-wicket drubbing by England in the fourth and final Twenty20 Interna­tional at The Oval on Thursday. Pakistan, as it …

ISLAMABAD: The Fed­eral Board of Revenue (FBR) exceeded its target for May by Rs15.21 billion, driven by higher income tax and import duties collection, according to provisional figures released on Friday. The FBR reduced the tax collection target by almost Rs66bn for May and Rs8 bn for April. The targets were reduced downward to account for the tax amount of last year’s …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged the automobile industry to start local manufacturing of vehicles and export a considerable ratio of their products to contribute to national development. The prime minister, talking to a delegation of automobile and auto parts manufacturers, asked them to implement the Auto Sector Deletion Policy and become a part of the global value …

PESHAWAR: As part of a plan to check power theft and reduce outages, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to ask consumers using illegal connections (kundas) and defaulters to pay two years of outstanding bills with a three-month upfront payment. The remaining amount will be collected in easy installments, according to officials. They told Dawn that as the federal government had approved …

KARACHI: As the federal government is busy giving finishing touches to its next year’s budget, Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Friday sought from the prime minister a comprehensive development package for the metropolis. Speaking at a press conference here, the mayor asked the Centre to come up with development schemes for the business capital of the country and execute them …

ROME: The United States and Italy are drawing up a plan to exchange a small number of refugees, a Rome source said on Friday, in a reported bid to deter illegal migration. “A reciprocal plan is currently being studied, according to which the US would host refugees present in Libya who want to go to Europe,” a source in Prime …

HODEIDA: The United States and Britain carried out air strikes on Yemen in what they said was a bid to degrade their maritime attack capabilities, with Houthi media on Friday reporting 16 killed. The Houthis have been targeting shipping around the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since November, citing solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Journalists heard loud explosions …