Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday warned Afghan nationals residing in the country against supporting and funding electoral candidates. The interior ministry in a brief statement stressed that it was illegal for Afg­h­ans living in the country to support or be involved in any political or electoral activities ahead of the up­­coming general elections. It made it clear that those failing to …

Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Mansoor Usman Awan on Wednesday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that 22 allegedly missing Baloch students had been recovered while the whereabouts of 28 others were still unknown. The revelation was made as IHC’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani resumed hearing a petition regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry on …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is hearing PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s appeals against his convictions in the Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia references. In July 2018, Nawaz was handed 10 years in jail in the Avenfield properties corruption reference for owning assets beyond known income and one year for not cooperating with the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), both of which were to …

PTI’s Barrister Ali Zafar announced on Wednesday that Chairman Imran Khan would not be contesting intra-party polls scheduled for December 2 (Saturday) and Barrister Gohar Khan had been nominated for the slot of party chairman. His statement comes a day after the party found itself embroiled in fresh controversy after denying a statement by one of its own senior leaders, who had …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday directed the caretaker Punjab government to decide without a delay an application of fashion designer Khadija Shah against her 30-day preventive detention ordered by the deputy commissioner (DC). Justice Ali Baqar Najafi passed the order hearing a petition by the husband of Ms Shah, an activist of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and fashion designer. …

KARACHI: As provincial health authorities launched another anti-polio drive across the province on Monday, the caretaker health minister at a programme identified ‘unregulated’ people’s movement to and from Afghanistan as one of the major factors impeding progress in the fight against polio. The week-long campaign targets over 10m children across Sindh. Around 80,000 workers, assisted by 5,300 personnel of law …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan National Heart Association (Panah) has written a letter to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Zaka Ashraf, suggesting that he play his role to stop promotion of beverages by Pakistani players. “Sugary drinks are one of the major causes of many types of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including heart, diabetes, kidney disease and various types of cancer. Therefore, the …

ISLAMABAD: As barbs flew in the Senate over the issue of rupee devaluation, the PML-N blasted the previous PTI government for giving absolute autonomy to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Leader of the House in the Senate Ishaq Dar not only criticised the PTI’s decision to make SBP unanswerable to the government but also blamed a handful of speculators …

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sha­rif’s lawyer on Monday app­ri­sed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) of “irregularities” in the Avenfield Apart­ments ref­erence prepared by the prosecution and said the Nat­ional Accountability Bur­eau (NAB) did not even know who owned that property. An IHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb resumed hearing of Mr Sharif’s …

ISLAMABAD: The commission constituted to probe the TLP sit-in at Faizabad in 2017 has summoned ex-premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal, Dawn has learnt. According to official sources, Mr Ab­­basi has been summoned on Wednesday and the ex-interior minister on Thursday. The former prime minister assured the commission of his appearance, while confirmation from Mr Iqbal is awaited. …