KARACHI: An 18-year-old boy succumbed to injuries of a dog bite on Sunday, revealed Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC). The deceased identified as Zakir Khan had been a resident of Karachi’s Nooriabad, as revealed further by the medical facility. Head of the JPMC, Seemi Jamali said that the victim, who had been admitted to the hospital after getting bitten …

ISLAMABAD: The Azadi March participants in the federal capital are observing ‘Seerat-un-Nabi’ Conference on Saturday at the H-9 venue. The event is being commemorated in the honour of 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) birthday. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazl and other ulema were present at the occasion. Thousands of protesters have converged on Pakistan’s federal capital, under the banner …

  As the country celebrated Eid Miladun Nabi on Sunday, Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) marked the end of a history of inhumanity, oppression, tyranny, ignorance, injustice and deviation from the right path, Radio Pakistan reported. In his message on the occasion, the premier added that Prophet Muhammad’s birth “purified civilisation by inculcating characteristics like …

QUETTA: Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Suri has said that the no-confidence motion against him will face the same fate as it did in Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani’s case. Speaking to reporters after attending a private school event in Quetta, Mr Suri said that the protest in Islamabad was a constitutional right of the participants and the government was fully …

ISLAMABAD: Opp­osition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday challenged in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) presidential ordinances promulgated by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government on Nov 7. The ordinances were re­lated to conversion of the Pakistan Medical and Den­tal Council into the Pak­istan Medical Commission, the protection of whistleblo­wers informing about any benami property and asset, rights of ownership of women …

ISLAMABAD: Special Assis­tant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broad­casting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Saturday submitted another written unconditional apology to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for her allegedly contemptuous press conference. In response to a notice issued to her by the court for committing the contempt of court, Dr Awan has tendered the unconditional apology and left …

KARACHI: As the case pertaining to the mysterious death of Nimrita Chandani, a final-year BDS student of Larkana, remained unsolved despite the passage of two months, civil society and rights activists said that she was subjected to criminal assault and demanded that her killers be arrested forthwith. Nimrita was studying in the Bibi Aseefa Dental College, Larkana, and was found …

A man suspected of wounding his girlfriend with a shotgun remains at large after the early Saturday morning shooting in Fort Worth. Officers responded about 3 a.m. to a shooting call in the 4900 block of Lovell Avenue, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. There, they found the victim suffering from “shotgun birdshot” wounds, the newspaper said. She was hospitalized with non-critical injuries. …

A teenage boy was found shot to death Saturday morning outside an elementary school in Singing Hills, Dallas police said. Officers were called to Robert L. Thornton Elementary School in the 6000 block of Old Ox Road around 7 a.m., after someone noticed the teen’s body. Police found the victim in the blacktop area of the school, officials said. KXAS-TV …

A 21-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with the death of a 20-year-old mother who was found stabbed to death last week near Denton Creek. Tanner Lane Brock faces a murder charge in the death of Jade Harris. Harris’ family reported her missing Sunday, after her husband found her car abandoned in Carrollton, according to KTVT-TV (Channel 11). The couple had …