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A day after President Dr Arif Alvi’s allegation that his staff “undermined his will and command” regarding his assent to the Official Secrets Act and the Pakistan Army Act, the President’s Secretariat said the services of Secretary to President Waqar Ahmed were “no more required” and sought a replacement. “In view of the definite statement of yesterday, President’s Secretariat has written a …

An Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday granted police three-day physical remand of human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and former lawmaker Ali Wazir in a sedition case. Wazir was arrested on Saturday, while Imaan was picked up from her home in the early hours of Sunday. On Saturday, two first information reports (FIR) were registered against the two at Islamabad’s Tarnol …

Singer Sonu Nigam Shatters Records in Dallas with Historic Sold-Out Concert, Entertaining 8k Audience By Raja Zahid Khanzada Dallas: In Dallas, more than eight thousand people were entertained to a splendid performance by Sonu Nigam. Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam, who has been a prominent figure in the Bollywood music industry for over four decades, graced the stage in Dallas on …

ISLAMABAD: Representatives of civil society, media and minority and human rights organisations on Saturday deplored the plight of non-Muslims living in Pakistan as Chairman One-Man Commission on Minority Rights Dr Shoaib Suddle expressed his “helplessness” in the implementation of the 2014 Supreme Court’s decision regarding the rights of the minorities. Speaking as a chief guest at the National Advocacy Conference …

At least 16 people were killed on Sunday after an passenger bus caught fire after colliding with a pick-up laden with drums of diesel on the motorway near Pindi Bhattian. Hafizabad District Police Officer (DPO) Dr Fahad Ahmad told Dawn.com that the passenger bus was headed to Islamabad from Karachi, adding that the accident occurred at 4:30am. The DPO said that the …

TOBA TEK SINGH: Some semblance of normalcy started to return to the blighted town of Jaranwala, whose streets are still littered with debris and ashes left behind by the mob violence perpetrated against Christian churches and homes earlier this week. Meanwhile, two Christian brothers accused of desecrating the pages of the Holy Quran were remanded into police custody, even as Supreme Court …

The Islamabad Capital Police on Sunday said that human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and former lawmaker Ali Wazir were arrested “for investigation” hours after the activist posted on social media platform X that unidentified people were breaking into her home. “Islamabad Capital Police has arrested Ali Wazir and Imaan Mazari,” the police said on X (formerly Twitter). “Both suspects …

In a startling turn of events, President Arif Alvi said on Sunday that he did not sign the bills amending the Official Secrets Act and the Pakistan Army Act into law as he “disagreed with these laws”. He alleged that his staff “undermined” his will and command. In a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Alvi said: “As …

“WE were all still sleeping when the announcements were made in mosque loudspeakers at about 5am, inciting the people against us (Christians). As soon as we heard the announcements, we ran for our lives,” Parveen Bibi tells Dawn in between sobs. Her house was situated behind the Catholic Church — one of the oldest churches in the Christian Colony of Jaranwala — …

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet at its maiden meeting on Friday decided to reduce the caretaker government’s spending in view of the prevailing economic conditions, and acknowledged that it was also its responsibility not to waste the taxpayers’ money. Addressing the meeting, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar noted that while Pakistan’s economic challenges were considerable, the interim government would try …