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The federal cabinet has introduced a fresh policy on presents given to government functionaries by foreign dignitaries, among which include a $300 ceiling on gifts that could be retained, it emerged on Tuesday. The new ‘Toshakhana Procedure for the Acceptance and Disposal of Gifts, 2023’, dated March 8, includes a fresh set of guidelines for ministries and divisions to adhere …

Islamabad Deputy Inspector General (DIG) (Operations) Shahzad Bukhari was injured as police used a water cannon and tear gas to disperse PTI workers gathered outside party chief Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence in Lahore. Shortly after 2pm, armoured police vehicles had arrived outside Zaman Park residence in Lahore with the intention of arresting Imran but a senior Islamabad police official …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It was a big night for newly awarded Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan. Quan took home the Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” In a post-Oscars interview, Quan talked about his acting journey, how he almost gave up on his acting career and fulfilling his American dream thanks to …

The Sindh Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Monday to have killed the “mastermind” of the audacious attack on the Karachi Police Office (KPO) on Feb 17. Last month, hours-long combat between terrorists and law-enforcement agencies — comprising Pak Army Special Service Group (SSG), Pakistan Rangers Sindh and Sindh Police — at the KPO located at Sharea Faisal had left five people …

Two non-bailable arrest warrants were issued for PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday after he failed to appear in courts in cases linked to the Toshakhana reference and threatening a woman additional district and sessions judge. The 70-year-old ex-premier has been recovering from a gunshot injury from an assassination attempt in Wazirabad last year and has …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the federal government on Monday to submit the records of Toshakhana gifts received by public office holders from foreign governments and dignitaries since 1947. The Tosha­khana is a department under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division and stores precious gifts given to rulers, parliamentarians, bureaucrats, and officials by heads of other governments and …

A day after the government made public the details of foreign gifts retained by public office holders from 2002 to 2022, the PTI demanded on Monday that details of the Toshakhana gifts received by military generals and judges should also be disclosed. Established in 1974, the Tosha­khana is a department under the administrative control of the Cabinetand stores precious gifts given to …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of the prime suspect, Zahir Jaffer, in the Noor Mukadam murder case. A two-member division bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan announced the verdict today which was earlier reserved on Dec 21. In its judgement today, the IHC rejected Zahir’s plea and …

KARACHI: Flour miller owners in Sindh have refused to cooperate with the provincial government for its intended ‘Ramazan package,’ calling it impractical and political gimmickry. In a letter to Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, the Sindh chapter of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) said it has always been opposed to impractical campaigns, which do not serve the objective of …

US Congressman Brad Sherman has raised concerns over what he said was the continuous violation of human rights and democracy in Pakistan and called on the government to ensure freedom of speech and the application of rule of law in the country. Sherman is a Democrat representing California’s 32nd congressional district. Earlier, he tweeted that he spoke over the phone …