Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Setting a new precedent, the government has involved the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the process of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) members’ appointment as the deadline set by the Constitution for the purpose has already been missed earlier this month. Sources told Dawn that a letter had been sent to opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif by additional secretary Amna …

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi on Monday indicted former Malir SSP Rao Anwar for the murder of Waziristan native Naqeebullah Mehsud in a fake encounter in Karachi. Anwar, who was in court when charges were framed against him, pleaded not guilty. Take a look: Dawn Investigation — Rao Anwar and the killing fields of Karachi The court ordered the complainant and the …

An Islamabad accountability court on Friday summoned former president and co-chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur, Hussain Lawai, Anwar Majeed and others, to appear in court on April 8 in the fake accounts case. A banking court in Karachi had last week accepted the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) plea to transfer the fake bank …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to approach the National Accountability Bureau for action against suspended managing director of the public sector Elementary Education Foundation Zulfiqar Ahmad over the alleged Rs1.94 million corruption. A request in this respect will formally be submitted to the NAB on Monday. The decision was shared with journalists during a news conference here on …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court concluded on Friday that the process of appointment of a judge in the superior court would be considered complete only after he took the oath of his office as prescribed under the Constitution or the prestigious office would remain vacant. “A person can only enter the office of a judge when he makes oath in the …

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court three-judge full bench, with a majority decision of two to one, on Friday suspended the new Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed by the Punjab government to hold a fresh probe into the 2014 Model Town incident. Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan, who headed the full bench, dissented from the majority view of other two members — …

LARKANA: Pakistan Peoples Party Sindh president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has questioned the rationale behind transferring money-laundering cases filed against the party leadership to Rawalpindi courts and termed it an attempt to repeat PPP’s history vis-a-vis that city. Mr Khuhro said at a press conference after chairing a meeting of mazar committee at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto on Friday that when …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday decided to put off the launch of the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit for an indefinite period following the refusal of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan to inaugurate an incomplete project. The government had kept saying for weeks that the bus service would be launched on March 23. The information department phoned media outlets on …

ISLAMABAD: The absence of a bureaucrat from the meeting of a Senate committee on Friday so irked its chairman that he warned he would issue an arrest warrant for the official if he did not turn up for the panel’s next meeting. The director general for immigration and passports, Ishrat Ali, was supposed to brief the Senate Standing Committee on …

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court on Friday issued perpetual warrants of arrest for ex-prime minister Shaukat Aziz and his accomplice Arif Alauddin in a reference. He was accused of misusing authority and causing loss to the national exchequer. Accountability Court Judge Arshad Malik issued the arrest warrants against the accused due to his continuous absence from proceedings in a corruption scam. …