Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The treasury and opposition members of the National Assembly.on Monday joined hands to pass two human rights related bills for Islamabad. Both the Islamabad Capital Territory Senior Citizens Bill and the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill 2020 were moved by human rights minister Dr Shireen Mazari. The senior citizens bill also proposed the establishment of a senior citizens …

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday announced that the government will present a resolution on the expulsion of the French ambassador in the National Assembly later today. In a video statement, he said the decision was taken after another round of talks with the recently proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). On Monday, the NA session was adjourned to meet again on …

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan on Monday constituted a full bench to decide afresh a post-arrest bail petition of Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif after a division bench gave a split decision on it. Justice Ali Baqar Najafi would head the three-member full bench, with Justice Alia Neelum and Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali …

KARACHI: Police and Rangers on Monday claimed to have arrested five suspected militants, including two would-be suicide bombers, linked with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in an intelligence-based action in Jamshoro. Speaking at a press conference at his office in Karachi, Counter-Terrorism Department’s DIG Omar Shahid said that the CTD and Rangers jointly carried out a targeted raid in Jamshoro …

ISLAMABAD: After facing criticism from the medical fraternity and students, the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) issued a fact-sheet, detailing a number of reforms it had undertaken for the betterment of medical education and transparency. Moreover, during the last eight months, 43,198 licences were renewed, 6,685 new licences issued to doctors and dentists, 1,986 applications for registration of Postgraduate Clinical Qualification …

ISLAMABAD: The Natio­nal Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed an application in an accountability court here on Monday, seeking to dispose of the seized properties of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif through open auction. The application was filed by NAB Deputy Prosecutor General Sardar Muzaffar Khan Abbasi. Referring to the accountability court’s order declaring Mr Sharif a proclaimed offender in the Toshakhana …

ISLAMABAD: Lashing out at the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government over its “bad handling” of the protests held by the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the opposition members on Monday lodged a noisy protest in the National Assembly when Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, who had been directed by Speaker Asad Qaiser to make a policy statement on the situation after the …

Saad Hussain Rizvi, the chief of the recently proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), was released from Kot Lakhpat jail on Tuesday. The development was confirmed to Dawn.com by the public relations officer of the Punjab prisons department, Attiq Ahmed. Shortly after being released, Rizvi reached Yateem Khana Chowk, Ahmed added. TLP leader Faizan Ahmed also confirmed Rizvi’s release and said he is expected …

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet in its next week’s meeting is set to grant exemption to the Darbar Kartarpur Corridor Project from following the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules, shows agenda for the meeting issued by the Cabinet Secretariat. A summary seeking exemption under Section 21 of the PPRA Ordinance 2002 has been moved by the Ministry of Religious Affairs …

ISLAMABAD: A personal driver of former federal minister Sartaj Aziz has been missing for the last five days. The Banigala police have registered a kidnapping case on the complaint of the missing man’s brother-in-law Abrar Ahmed. The complainant said Habib Khan, 50, left home on April 12 for work but did not return. Mr Ahmed told Dawn that he lodged the complaint …