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The Punjab government has announced the closure of schools three days a week across Lahore in view of aggravated levels of smog. A notification to this effect was issued last night by the provincial government. “In compliance with the directions of honourable Lahore High Court, Lahore, in writ petition No. 227807/ 2018 vide order dated 02-12-2022, it is notified that …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government to constitute a new special joint investigation team (JIT) comprising intelligence officials to probe the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya. The apex court issued the directives while hearing the suo motu case on Sharif’s killing. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said the JIT should include officials from …

MUZAFFARABAD: PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Mon­day extended felicitations to his party’s AJK chapter for its success in the first two phases of local government (LG) elections “against all odds”. “Congratulations to AJK PTI & Sardar [Tanveer] Ilyas for PTI’s success in LG elections against all odds,” Mr Khan wrote in a tweet.   AJK Election Commission Secretary Sardar Mohammad …

ISLAMABAD / RAWALPINDI: While PTI Secretary General Asad Umar on Monday pleaded before the Supreme Court that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has no business to punish someone under contempt of court rules since it’s neither a court nor a tribunal, the Lahore High Court summoned him over his contemptuous speech. “The preliminary questions requiring consideration and the decision …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed high courts hearing petitions filed by the PTI pertaining to the alleged contempt of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to quickly decide on the matter. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Ayesha Malik and Justice Athar Minallah issued these directives while hearing the case. The ECP had during …

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on Monday censured Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for “not mentioning the sacrifices of Kashmiri people” during a speech. Addressing a press conference, Mr Ilyas said the omission was tantamount to “insulting” the Kashmiri people. On Monday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated the refurbishment project of units 5 and 6 …

Traders and PTI leaders on Tuesday denounced Islamabad authorities’ move to seal Centaurus Mall — a high-rise shopping centre located in the capital’s F-8 sector on the confluence of Jinnah and Faisal avenues — overnight, claiming that it was an act of “political revenge”. However, a notice pasted outside the mall states: “The premises has been sealed on account of …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while taking suo notice of the “brutal killing” of journalist Arshad Sharif, directed the government to register a first information report (FIR) by tonight. A larger bench, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Jamal Mandokhail, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Mohammad Ali …

KARACHI: Hundreds of people, mostly women, were robbed of around Rs420 million allegedly by a Karachi-based social media influencer and businesswoman, who ran a monthly ballot committee system — an age-old method of interest-free savings and pooling money commonly known as BC or committees — without keeping any written records of depositors/contributors ending the whole scheme in total fraud. Sidra …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has partly delivered on promises to protect its journalist community, mostly through efforts by civil society, media and the UN since 2012, but needs to effectively implement new laws to ensure perpetrators of attacks on journalists are held to account, a new research report said. The report, ‘UN plan of action on the safety of journalists and the …