Pakistan

  By Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada FORT WORTH TEXAS : Clive Stafford Smith, the lawyer of Pakistani Dr. Aafia imprisoned in the United States, has alleged that Dr. Aafia was sexually assaulted and raped twice at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The government of Pakistan is also aware of this, he told Geo/Jang in a special interview …

KARACHI/LARKANA/ISLAMABAD: The Sindh chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Monday joined the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) in their criticism against the final delimitation of electoral constituencies and demanded that the Sindh election commissioner be removed forthwith. All the major parties in Sindh, except the Pakistan Peoples Party, have expressed …

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided in principle not to launch a probe against civil servants on ‘anonymous complains’ and without taking the chief secretary on board. NAB Chairman retired Lt-Gen Nazir Ahmad Butt said this during an interaction with officers at the Punjab Civil Secretariat here on Monday. “The inquiry against any bureaucrat will be kept secret …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi once again approached the Supreme Court on Monday, expressing his intent to pursue the constitutional petition he moved earlier seeking to quash the revised show-cause notice (SCN) issued by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). The fresh application was filed in response to a Nov 30 notice from the registrar’s office, requiring information on whether the …

At least six people, including four children, were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on Peshawar’s Warsak Road on Tuesday morning, officials said. Warsak Superintendent of Police Arshad Khan confirmed the number of injuries to Dawn.com. He said the wounded persons had been moved to Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital. Two children are in critical condition, LRH spokesperson Mohammad Asim …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday was requested to initiate contempt proceedings against Defence Secretary Hamooduz Zaman Khan for allegedly disregarding the Oct 23 unanimous decision which had declared unconstitutional military trials of 103 civilians allegedly involved in May 9 violence. The contempt petition was fil­ed by senior counsel Faisal Sid­diqui on behalf of Fahim Zaman Khan, Mahnaz Rahman, Prof Dr A. …

RAWALPINDI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Deputy Chairman Sohail Nasir on Monday said Rs600 million had been recovered from Arain City Housing Society and cheques distributed among 40 affected people in the first phase. He stated this at a function organised to distribute cheques among the victims of Arain City Housing Society, Fatehjang. NAB Rawalpindi Director General Mirza Irfan Baig and …

ISLAMABAD: A current and a former Supreme Court judge have been appointed to a committee tasked with devising criteria for appointing judges to the superior courts. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and former judge Manzoor Malik will be the committee’s chairman and co-chairman, respectively. The unanimous decision was made on Monday in the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) meeting chaired …

PPP Senator Mian Raza Rabbani on Tuesday “strongly condemned” malpractices by the country’s power distribution companies (Discos), saying that it amounted to criminal activity and action should be initiated against them. The statement comes after, in one of the most damning indictments of over-billing in the provision of electricity, Discos across Pakistan were accused of fleecing customers and overcharging them as much …

LAHORE: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday held a second meeting with PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif in two weeks, where both pledged to move ahead together to take on their rivals in the Feb 8 polls. The PML-N is largely banking on JUI-F in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is considered a stronghold of Imran Khan’s PTI, and believes its position will …