Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry, has taken notice of orders allegedly issued by the interior ministry regarding the tracking and ‘sensitisation’ of a quintet of organisations that are suspected of running a social media campaign against the visit of a VVIP delegation to Pakistan. The communique, a copy of which made the rounds on social media on …

An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday extended the judicial remand of the Khawaja brothers in the Paragon Housing scam case till March 4. Accountability judge Syed Najamul Hassan directed that when the judicial remand ends, the two should be presented in court again. The court also asked the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file a report on the case …

According to provincial education department documents obtained by DawnNewsTV on Friday, 9,247 government-run schools in Balochistan have no facility for drinking water while 9,838 schools do not have toilet facilities. Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani has taken notice of the deteriorating condition of government schools and directed all concerned deputy commissioners to visit schools and basic health units with the …

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior Rehman Malik has accused the Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of carrying out the Pulwama attack on the Indian military convoy to weaken Pakistan’s stance against its spy commander Kulbhu­shan Jadhav in the International Court of Justice. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, …

PPP Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday congratulated PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif after the latter was releasedfrom the Ministers’ Enclave in Islamabad — which had been declared a sub-jail by the capital administration — the evening before. The PPP leader termed Sharif’s release a “good omen for democracy”, adding that “it is not reasonable to keep someone in jail merely on …

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said “violence is not the policy of the government” while referring to an attack on Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir on Thursday, in which 44 Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed. “Violence is not a [strategy] nor is it our government’s policy,” Qureshi said in a video shared by the PTI Official handle on Twitter today. …

LAHORE: Dozens of women gathered outside the Quaid-i-Azam Library in Lawrence Gardens on Tuesday to remember the iconic women’s demonstration of 1983. They raised slogans and sang songs, and formed a casual collective where various issues were discussed. The collective was led by members of Women’s Action Forum (WAF) as well as students. In Pakistan, Feb 12 is a milestone …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Sindh government seeking its reply on whether the Sukkur Press Club building has been built legally. Last month, an eviction notice had been served to the press club by the district administration, sparking a wave of anger among media personnel, who had taken to the streets and vowed to fight their case at …

GUJRAT: Police claim to have arrested a fugitive with a Rs500,000 head money after he escaped from Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail. The criminal was convicted by the anti-terrorism court (ATC) in the murder case of former Punjab law minister Chaudhry Muhammad Farooq. District Police Officer (DPO) Ali Mohsin told Dawn that Aurangzaib alias Ranga was wanted by the Gujrat, Gujranwala …

SAHIWAL: Arifwala city police booked four youths who publicly humiliated a boy by blackening his face with ink and making him ride a motorcycle rickshaw for a round in the streets to shame him. The police took action against the suspects after a footage of the incident was uploaded on social media. On the complaint of victim Muhammad Zargham, a …