Pakistan

la KARACHI: A suspected militant who had been missing since last one year was found dead in the outskirts of the metropolis on Monday, according to police. Gulshan-i-Maymar police said that the body of the man later on identified as Luqman Khan, 32, was recovered from bushes near Sawan Mor off the Northern Bypass on Monday morning. The corpse was …

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid on Monday said three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif should fullfil his commitment to returning to the country as his health condition is now normal. “The former premier went abroad on court orders for medical treatment and now his condition is normal and he should come back,” she said. Dr Rashid was speaking …

LAHORE: The Punjab police department has appointed Deputy Inspector General (operations) Sohail Akhtar Sukhera as official spokesperson for the department under a newly-created information management and data sharing system. The seat was created under the Punjab Police InformationBranch (PPIB), a news wing madeon the pattern of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). According to a standing order issued by Inspector General …

PESHAWAR: Hundreds of teachers of government schools on Monday blocked one of the city’s main thoroughfares and plunged the provincial capital into the worst gridlock. The protesting teachers gathered on Khyber Road and blocked it to traffic to press the government to upgrade their pay scales. The blockade of Khyber Road, in the heart of the city, led to the …

ISLAMABAD: The maintainability of the presidential reference seeking an opinion on “open ballot” for the Senate elections came into question on Monday when Justice Yahya Afridi of the Supreme Court wondered why the court should jump into the controversy. “There is a question of maintainability. Why should the Supreme Court enter into the controversy when it should be kept away …

KOHAT: The police on Monday arrested a man for allegedly molesting his teenage daughter for four years and subjecting her to torture. SHO Cantonment Amjid Hussain said the victim, 14, along with her mother came to the police station and got registered a case against her father, Sultan Mehmood. The victim recalled that once when she was 10 years old …

ISLAMABAD: All records relating to the killing of 21-year-old Osama Satti early on Jan 2 have been sealed by the capital police under the directives of senior officers after contradictions were found in them, has learnt. Police officers on condition of anonymity told Dawn that the records were sealed as it contained contradictions. Two of the records showed that the police had …

• Vows to improve delivery of basic rights to masses • Says will follow SC guidelines about Senate polls ISLAMABAD: A day after the Bahawalpur rally of the opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Prime Minister Imran Khan’s team of spokespersons adopted an aggressive stance on Monday, following the premier’s line that the movement was all but over. Before heading to …

LAHORE: The Punjab government has taken up its longstanding claims amounting to over Rs143.61 billion with the federal government. The Punjab government presented its case to Prime Minister Imran Khan and following a nod, it convinced the federal government to pay back the outstanding dues. The Punjab government has listed its claims of Rs143.61 billion from the ministry of energy, …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Evacuee Property Trust Board (EPTB) to start the reconstruction of a century-old Samadhi (shrine) of a Hindu saint in the Karak district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that was damaged by a mob in December while also directing the board to submit in court details of all functional and non-functional temples and gurdwaras across the country. The …