Pakistan

Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir has called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to rally the international community for the prompt cessation of hostilities in Gaza, emphasising that the lasting solution to the crises lies in a “two-state solution,” according to the military’s media affairs wing. The remarks were conveyed by the army chief during a meeting with …

LAHORE: PML-N sup­remo Nawaz Sharif has once again called out the character who he claimed “orchestrated” his ouster as prime minister in 2017. In an address to the nation on Thursday, the PML-N leader explicitly named former chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa, but didn’t mention the former army chief, or his spymaster — whom he has named on several previous occasions. …

GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution, urging the government to bestow a civil award to the 28-year-old woman who took six bullets as she protected her two children and husband during a recent terrorist attack on a passenger bus in Chilas. The resolution, jointly moved by six women assembly members, pays tribute to Roshan Bibi for …

ISLAMABAD: Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, a former judge of the Islamabad High Court, on Thursday named a number of retired army generals, as well as some former judges, as parties in the case against his removal. Senior counsel Hamid Khan, on behalf of the ex-judge, moved an amended application before the Supreme Court to name as respondents in his petition former …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued notices to the deputy commissioner and police on a petition challenging the detention of PTI Senior Vice President Sher Afzal Marwat under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). Marwat was arres­ted from outside the LHC on Thursday, where he had arrived to join a protest. Footage of his arrest shared by the PTI on …

Three policemen were martyred while another two were injured after the local police headquarters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district came under attack, police said on Friday. Tank District Police Officer Iftikhar Ali Shah confirmed the casualties. He told Dawn.com that a sub-inspector was among those killed. According to the official, one of several militants first exploded himself at the main entrance of …

MUZAFFARABAD: Saying that the title of world’s largest democracy was a misnomer, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Thursday called India “the world’s largest hypocrisy”, where hollow slogans of secularism, democracy and diversity are raised to cover up caste-based societal operations, systematic intimidation, marginalisation of minorities, state-sponsored killings and terrorism. In a near 50-minute address at a special session …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued notices to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on former prime minister Imran Khan’s plea challenging his five-year disqualification in the Toshakhana case. On August 8, the ECP had disqualified the ex-premier, presently confined at Adiala Jail, for five years following his conviction in the Toshakhana case for concealing details of the gifts he received as …

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir — who is in the US on a visit — held meetings with top officials and underscored the importance of understanding the countries’ perspectives on regional security issues and developments affecting strategic stability in South Asia, the military’s media affairs wing said on Friday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army chief …

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to four people, including former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director-general Faiz Hamid, in a case related to the removal of Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui as a judge of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The notices were issued by a five-member bench led by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, which included Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Jamal …