Pakistan

SAHIWAL: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the Sahiwal killings on Tuesday postponed the identification parade of six Counter Terrorism Depart­ment (CTD) officials who are on seven-day judicial remand in the central jail. The identification parade was expected on the premises of the jail in the afternoon but none of the family members of deceased Mohammad Khalil or any eyewitness …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday regretted that the Lahore High Court (LHC) while deciding the case of Khadija Siddiqui — a survivor who was stabbed 23 times by a fellow student — had failed to demonstrate the requisite care in examining the case record, which resulted in a glaring misreading of the record. “We expect the high court to do better …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Monday said her ministry has drafted a bill that amends the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) to declare ‘enforced disappearances’ a criminal offence. The draft has been prepared in consultation with all stakeholders and sent to the law ministry. “We are committed to ensuring rule of law and protection of fundamental rights of our …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will on Tuesday hear objections to petitions seeking disqualification of former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for holding public office. The IHC registrar office has raised administrative objections over the petitions filed by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Mohammad Usman Dar and Khurram Sher Zaman, …

ISLAMABAD: The drought situation in Sindh and Balochistan is rapidly developing into one of the worst disasters in the country. To mitigate the situation, the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is setting up a Disaster Emergency Relief Fund. Take a look: How a prolonged drought is damaging …

The Supreme Court of Pakistan will begin a review of the acquittal of a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, a verdict that sparked days of protests, death threats and chaos across the country. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a petition against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi, who spent eight years on death row for blasphemy before being released last October. Blasphemy against Islam is …

The Sindh High Court on Monday told the Director General Schools to continue taking action against private schools that fail to implement its previous order restraining schools from increasing their tuition fee by more than five per cent per annum. The high court on December 3 also ordered private schools to restore the fee structure in place on September 20, 2017, and reimburse …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday issued notices to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, Election Commission and others on a suit filed by disgruntled leader Dr Farooq Sattar against his expulsion from the party and from the post of its convener. An SHC bench headed by Justice Mohammad Junaid Ghaffar issued notices for Feb 7 and asked the lawyer for …

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly was told on Monday that 2,401 schools were functioning across the province under the public-private partnership programme through the Sindh Education Foundation. Giving replies to the lawmakers’ queries during Question Hour in the provincial assembly, Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah said that 23 schools — 15 in Khairpur and eight in Sukkur — had so …

KARACHI: Although thanking the Supreme Court judges for their judgements aimed at regaining the past glory of Karachi, the provincial local government minister on Monday told the Sindh Assembly that the SC order to demolish hundreds of buildings standing on amenity and “illegally converted” plots “is not possible for our government, and will not be possible for any government in …