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World-renowned Qari Shakir Qasmi passed away in Canada, his funeral prayers were offered at Burnett Ford Mosque. Canada: Renowned Qari Shakir Qasmi, who had gained worldwide fame, passed away in Canada. His funeral prayers were held at Burnette Ford Mosque. According to his nephew, Qari Saeed Qasmi, the grandson of Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi, founder of Darul Uloom Deoband, Qari …

PARIS: One of the largest black holes ever recorded has been discovered using a new technique that could spot thousands more of the insatiable celestial monsters in the coming years, according to astronomers. The ultramassive black hole, one of just four ever observed, is more than 30 billion times the mass of the sun, a new study said. It is …

ISLAMABAD: The March 1 Supreme Court judgement regarding elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab seems to have become a bone of contention among top judges, as Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, while sticking to his guns, wondered about the “order of the court” in the suo motu proceedings. The short order has two parts, one relates to the administrative authority with which …

The Supreme Court bench hearing the PTI’s petition against the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision to postpone polls to the Punjab Assembly till Oct 8 dissolved on Thursday after Justice Aminuddin Khan recused himself from hearing the matter. “After yesterday’s judgement, I recuse myself from hearing the case,” Justice Khan said. He referred to a judgement, authored by himself and Justice …

A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and three constables were martyred when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off on the Pirwala Road in Lakki Marwat on Thursday, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police said. According to the police, the blast occurred as the personnel were en route to the Saddar police station, where policemen were fending off an attack under way. …

LAHORE: PTI chief Imran Khan on Wednesday lashed out at the coalition government for allegedly attempting to attack the Supreme Court, undermining its powers and taking the country towards fascism by breaking into the homes of party workers and social media activists. “Cabal of crooks attempts to attack the Supreme Court of Pakistan as well as undermine its powers is …

LAHORE/KARACHI: A lawyers’ convention on Wednesday backed the Chief Justice of Pakistan-led bench’s interpretation of constitution regarding elections, resolving that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has no power to postpone the elections beyond the timeframe set by the constitution and expressing concern over differences within the judiciary coming out publicly. On the other hand, the Sindh Bar Council (SBC) …

KASUR: Elections will be held on time, but the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz would not let anyone “snatch the level playing field” this time in contrast to 2018 when “Nawaz Sharif was victimised during the run-up to elections”, Maryam Nawaz, the party’s vice president, said on Wednesday. She was addressing a rally at Railway Station ground in Khudian, some 25 kilometres …

In light of arguments made by the Elections Commission of Pakistan (ECP) regarding security threats in holding timely polls, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday noted that the country has been facing terrorism for the past 20 years but elections were still held throughout the years. The chief justice made these remarks as a five-member bench …

ISLAMABAD: In the coming Kharif season, beginning on April 1, the country is heading towards a ‘massive water shortage’, somewhere between 27 per cent and 35 per cent, only months after unprecedented floods submerged large swathes of lands across Sindh and southern Punjab, Irsa sources told Dawn. In view of the higher shortage, the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) would be …