Pakistan

HYDERABAD: Three rustic but live hand grenades were found dumped in bushes near Hill Incline here on Tuesday. According to the GOR police, the bomb disposal squad (BDS) rushed to the specified spot after the information about the suspicious object was received. The BDS staff found the grenades wrapped in a plastic shopping bag. “The three hand grenades are in …

ISLAMABAD: In order to ensure that the orders of the Supreme Court are implemented in letter and spirit, a parliamentary committee has directed the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to provide relevant documents pertaining to charges against those PIA employees who have been dismissed from services for allegedly submitting fake degrees and to explain the …

KARACHI: While chemical experts at a Karachi University facility confirmed that the cause of death of five minor siblings and their aunt last week was caused by inhalation of a poisonous gas and not by the food they had consumed, police on Tuesday registered a case of the tragic incident and kept the investigation open in both directions. An FIR …

KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the provincial authorities to continue the ongoing operation against encroachments in the provincial capital and asked the chief secretary to monitor the drive. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam also ordered the removal of debris from Bagh Ibne Qasim in Clifton and other parts of the city …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday afternoon addressed the nation and decision makers in neighbouring India to reiterate his message of peace and offer for dialogue. The address came after Pakistan Air Force (PAF) successfully targeted non-military targets across the Line of Control earlier in the day to demonstrate Pakistan’s aggressive capabilities, and shot down two Indian Air Force jets …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered the authorities concerned to refund the amount charged from natural gas consumers through inflated bills. Presiding over a meeting on the issue of inflated gas bills on Tuesday, the prime minister also ordered strict action against the officials involved in sending the bills to the consumers. Finance Minister Asad Umar, Petroleum Minister Ghulam …

MANSEHRA: Villagers in Jabba were woken up by successive explosions in the early hours of Tuesday morning when Indian aircraft reportedly dropped bombs on a hill overlooking their small hamlet, thirty kilometres to the north-east of Balakot city that was devastated by a huge earthquake in 2005. “We were woken up by five big explosions,” said a local resident, followed by sounds …

PESHAWAR: The false information provided by the elementary and secondary education department to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday left members of the treasury benches red-faced. The house was also informed that two government girls’ schools on the outskirts of the provincial capital were occupied by security forces for ‘security reasons’, while the third one was vacated by them a …

ISLAMABAD: A posting of the 2018 election results on Facebook landed into trouble a covering candidate of a PPP lawmaker who was not only arrested but jailed on a complaint of the returning officer (RO) concerned. But luck was not on his side either since the appeal he instituted before the Supreme Court against the returning of his petition by …

KARAK: Latamber Qaumi Jirga has expressed concern over worsening law and order in the area and asked the district police officer to take measures to improve the situation. The demand was made at a meeting held here on Monday with its president Sawab Khan in the chair. Karak tehsil nazim Haji Abdul Wahab, Latamber Gharbi village nazim Ahmad Nawaz, and …