Pakistan

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 …

HYDERABAD: Suman Kumari has become the country’s first Hindu woman to have been appointed a civil judge after passing an examination for induction of judicial officers. Ms Kumari, who hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot, will serve in her native district. Suman Kumari passed her LL.B. examination from Hyderabad and did her masters in law from Karachi’s Szabist University. She then worked for …

ISLAMABAD: The Islam­abad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought the medical report of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif while hearing his petition seeking his release from jail on medical grounds. An IHC division bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani also issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) chairman and the Kot Lakhpat jail’s superintendent and adjourned the …

SHIKARPUR: A jirga (tribal court) presided over by Dr Mohammad Ibrahim Jatoi — a highly influential and respectable feudal lord and former member of the National Assembly — late on Friday evening fixed Rs1 million compensation against the loss of one life while settling a 24-year-old feud between the Bijarani and Teghani tribes that has claimed 36 lives and left …

KARACHI: Two Japanese Naval P3C aircraft of Deployed Maritime Force for Anti-Piracy Enforcement (DAPE) visited PNS Mehran recently for a pre-Aman-19 exercise. The Japanese aircrew participated in various events, including Search & Rescue (SAR) and Counter Piracy (CP) Exercises, along with Pakistan Navy aircrew. The Japanese contingent also visited the Maritime and Pakistan Air Force museums to learn about the …

GUJRAT: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Amjad Javed Saleemi has suspended Kharian Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mian Arshad, who was booked in the murder case of a brick kiln owner allegedly in police custody on Friday. However, Arshad’s replacement has not been announced and no arrests made so far. The 55-year-old brick kiln owner, Arshad, was laid to …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday arrived in Mianwali to attend the 6th Namal College convocation ceremony as the chief guest. Upon his arrival, the prime minister — who will spend the day in Mianwali — was received in his hometown by Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar, Radio Pakistan reported. Management of the university was also present at the time of the …