Pakistan

Polling is currently under way in the NA-75 Daska constituency with expectations of a close fight between the ruling PTI and the PML-N. According to Radio Pakistan, polling — which started at 8am — will continue till 5pm without any break. The PML-N has awarded the ticket to Nosheen Iftikhar while Ali Asjad Malhi is the candidate for the PTI. A …

Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa said on Friday that treachery with the Constitution was an action that would be punished in this world and the hereafter. Addressing a conference on “Fundamental Rights and [the] Constitution” organised by the Islamabad High Court Bar Association, Justice Isa said that a violation of the Constitution would fall into the category of …

RAWALPINDI: There was a sudden increase in the number of travellers at the Islamabad International Airport on Thursday who wanted to reach the United Kingdom before the deadline of April 9 as the Pakistan International Airlines completed its flight operations with 13 chartered planes to send about 3,000 Pakistanis. The PIA arranged chartered flights from different countries on short notice …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday censured PML-N MNA Javed Latif for making statements against the country and state institutions. LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan presided over a hearing on Latif’s petition asking the court to quash “illegal” cases against him. Latif had been booked by police in March on charges of committing treason and incitement against the state. A …

ISLAMABAD: Female teachers working in various schools of Islamabad under the wedlock policy have expressed reservations about a committee constituted to examine their service. A single-member bench of Islamabad High Court (IHC), comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah, took up petitions filed by the deputationst teachers for hearing on Thursday. The petitioners’ counsel argued before the court that Saqib Shahab director …

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday filed an intra-court appeal challenging the dismissal of a petition against the rejection of his seven votes in the election to the office of Senate chairman. Mr Gilani filed the appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the judgement of its single-judge bench. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah had …

LAHORE: Widening its probe into the multi-billion sugar scam, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has initiated action against two mills in which federal minister Khusro Bakhtiar and his family members have major shares. The Lahore FIA on Thursday summoned the heads of accounts and sales of the Two-Star Sugar Mills and Alliance Sugar Mills, owned by Rahim Yar Khan sugar …

ISLAMABAD: As many as 2,960 major crimes against children were reported in the four provinces, including Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) in 2020. According to data released by an NGO, eight children were abused every day in Pakistan in one form or the other while 51pc of the victims were girls and 49pc …

• Lays foundation stone of 4,000 low-cost flats • Pins hope on Ravi, Bundal projects for investment • Terms youths of D-8 countries key asset ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said several initiatives had been taken for wealth creation so that Pakistan could get rid of heavy foreign debts his government had inherited from previous ones. He was …

GUJRAT: To ensure a fair and peaceful re-election in NA-75, Daska constituency, the Punjab Election Commission has assigned Pakistan Rangers the task of safe transportation of presiding officers and the polling material to and back from the polling stations to the office of the returning officer, besides ordering other measures. To make the conduct of the April 10 re-poll transparent, …