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MUZAFFARABAD: At least Rs46 billion are required by the authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to complete 1,730 ongoing and yet-to-be-initiated projects in the earthquake-affected-areas, a senior official here said. Of these projects, 919 were in limbo despite being at different stages of execution due to unavailability of funds from Islamabad since April 2021 while the remaining 811 could …

At least nine people were killed while 18 others were injured after a coaster fell into a ravine in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) during the early hours of Monday, police said. The vehicle, bearing registration number, IOT-1493, was returning from Nairiyan, a remote village in AJK’s Sudhnoti district where the victims had gone to attend urs celebrations, to Gujranwala. …

LAHORE: As the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to elude Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shared the pessimism of his finance czar Ishaq Dar about dealings with the global moneylender, saying in case the deal with the Fund did not go as planned, he would take the nation into confidence and find a way forward. In the same …

ISLAMABAD: The Natio­nal Assembly will open the debate on the federal budget 2023-24 on Monday and it is expected to be passed by June 26 before Eidul Azha as several lawmakers will go to Saudi Arabia to perform Haj in a special flight. Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Raja Riaz, will open the debate on the budget with his …

ISLAMABAD: Five noted members of civil society from different parts of the country asked the Supreme Court on Saturday to disallow trials of civilians accused under the Pakistan Army Act, 1952 and the Official Secrets Act, 1923, in connection with the alleged offences of May 9 and 10. Such investigations and subsequent trials, the petition pleaded, are also in violation …

ISLAMABAD: The wife of slain journalist Arshad Sharif told the Supreme Court on Saturday that the federal government had allegedly not been exerting pressure on Kenyan officials and was extremely slow and ineffective in coordination to ensure a transparent investigation into the last year’s killing of Mr Sharif. In her application, Javeria Siddique argued that the investigative report issued by the …

The death toll from rain-related incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rose to 27 on Sunday. In a fresh report, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said that the 27 victims included 18 men, one woman and eight children. The report showed that 15 of the deaths occurred in Bannu, five took place in both Lakki Marwat and Karak while two occurred …

Three soldiers were martyred during a gun battle with terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that an exchange of fire took place between troops and terrorists in Miran Shah on the night of June 9/10. “Own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location …

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday urged people to stay away from shorelines as Cyclone Biparjoy, which is heading towards the coastal areas of Pakistan and India, lay at a distance of about 760 kilometres south of Karachi. According to state-run Radio Pakistan, the NDMA also called on people to follow local authorities’ guidance in any emergency situation. Over …

GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court on Friday gave Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan, who finally appeared before the three-member bench, until June 13 to file his reply to a petition seeking his disqualification for allegedly submitting a fake degree. Ghulam Shahzad Agha, a member of GB Assembly from PPP, has challenged CM Khan’s law degree and sought his disqualification under …