Pakistan

Police have registered a first information report (FIR) but failed to make any arrests a day after nearly a dozen people were killed in a massive fire at a commercial high-rise building in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar area. At least 11 people died while five others were injured after a blaze erupted inside the R.J. Shopping Mall at 6:20am yesterday because of a suspected …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was approached on Saturday seeking the removal of Dr Arif Alvi as President of Pakistan, allegedly for not acting in accordance with the responsibilities of the highest office and being biased. The petition, moved by Ghulam Murtaza Khan in person, alleged that the president has been evasive in performing his constitutional obligations. “He has violated the …

LAHORE: PTI central Punjab senior vice president Akmal Khan Bari on Friday strongly reacted to interior minister Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti’s statement, calling PTI Chairman Imran Khan as the ‘Laadla’ of the judiciary while the caretaker government had instituted around 300 fake cases against him. In a video message, Mr Bari said the caretaker governments in the centre, Punjab and Khyber were …

ISLAMABAD: The disclosure that many officers of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) are drawing monthly salaries higher than the two-year emoluments of a lawmaker irked senators on Friday, who called into question the performance of those overburdening the exchequer. Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar, during Question Hour in the Senate, informed the house that SBP officers in OG-8, the …

Ten people lost their lives and one was injured in a blaze at RJ Mall on Karachi’s Rashid Minhas Road on Saturday, hospital and police officials said. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab said, “I can so far confirm 10 casualties and 22 persons have been injured”. He stated that the fire had been …

QUETTA: Trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan via the Chaman border crossing remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day on Friday, as the participants of a sit-in being held against the strict visa regime continued to block the highway leading to Kandahar. Thousands of traders, workers of different political parties and members of civil society have been staging the sit-in on …

ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has informed the Supreme Court that trials by court martial do not curtail the rights guaranteed by the law. The chief secretary of Punjab while challenging the apex court’s Oct 23 unanimous decision on Friday also said that such trials do not prejudice or violate [the law], or are contrary to the principles of natural justice, …

GWADAR: Family members and workers of different political parties joined members of civil society in a protest at the Fida Shaheed Chowk on Friday, along with the corpse of Balaach Mola Bakhsh, whose body was handed over to his family the other day. Mr Bakhsh, along with three other people, was killed in what CTD claimed was an intelligence-based operation …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Syrus Qazi has called for a binding global framework to guarantee the responsible use of AI and cyberspace and war­ned against unfair restrictions on developing countries’ access to emerging techn­ologies. “Pakistan emphasises the need for international cooperation to develop a legally binding framework governing the responsible uses of cyberspace and artificial intelligence technologies,” the foreign secretary said …

An anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for PML-N leader Marriyum Aurangzeb due to her repeated absence from the court in a terror case registered against her last year. The case was registered against Aurangzeb and senior PML-N leader Javed Latif in Lahore on Sep 19, 2022 for allegedly “using religion to instill and spread hatred” against PTI …