Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The pro­s­­ecution had “twisted fa­­cts” to convict PML-N lea­der Hanif Abbasi in the case related to misuse of contr­olled chemical ephe­drine, stated the Lahore High Court (LHC) while setting aside the conviction. A two-member LHC division comprising Justice Asjad Javaid Ghural and Justice Aalia Neelum had acquitted Mr Abbasi earlier this month after he filed an appeal against the conviction. Giving …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has put hospitals and other health centres in the province on alert after the reporting of the first case of mpox (previously known as monkeypox), according to a senior official. Director (public health) at the provincial directorate-general health services Dr Irshad Ali Roghani told Dawn that the zoonotic infection was detected in a 40-year-old male resident …

KURRAM: Three more people lost their lives and 12 others sustained injuries on the fifth day of the ongoing armed clashes between two religious groups in district Kurram on Saturday. The violent clashes, which claimed 18 lives and left 35 others wounded since Tuesday, erupted after a controversial video went viral on social media. Despite the fact that the video was strongly …

QUETTA: Coal supply to Punjab and other areas from Duki and other coal mine fields in parts of Balochistan was suspended amid a protest sit-in staged by mine workers and owners against the arson and gun attacks on miners and coal-laden trucks, on Saturday. The protesters blocked the main artery linking Duki and other coal field areas with Punjab and …

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has sought permission to call his sons on every Saturday. Through his counsel Shiraz Ranjha, Mr Khan filed an application with the special court (Official Secrets Act) seeking permission. The application said the judge on Oct 18, 2023, had ordered the superintendent of Adiala jail to arrange the telephone …

ISLAMABAD: Police on Saturday detained over 40 workers as well as three leaders of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) in two separate ‘clashes’ on Srinagar Highway in a bid to stop the political party from organising a rally in support of Palestine, allegedly without prior permission from the district administration. JI Information Secretary Sajjad Ahmad Abbasi told Dawn that JI Islamabad chief Nasarullah Randhawa, …

ISLAMABAD: As the PTI finalised its strategy to seek transparent polls as well as a level playing field in the lead-up to general elections, the party has decided to initiate contacts with other political parties next week to take them on board. According to a statement, the meeting of a sub-political committee of the PTI core committee was held on …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received a record 1,324 objections (representations) to the preliminary delimitations of the constituencies published on September 27 for the upcoming general elections. According to the data released by the ECP on Saturday, the commission received a total of 672 representations concerning the delimitation of constituencies in Punjab, followed by 293 for Khyber …

LAHORE: The Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) announced an ambitious manifesto focusing on economic and social reforms and struck a reconciliatory tone as it held its maiden public rally on Saturday. Addressing the rally in the Jahanian tehsil of Khanewal district, Jahangir Khan Tareen, once key PTI leader and now the IPP’s patron-in-chief, pointed out that he and some other party leaders …

ISLAMABAD: Amid reservations expressed by doctors who termed the move ‘unfortunate’, the caretaker government has decided to appoint serving officers of the Pakistan Army Medical Corps as the heads of the two largest state-run hospitals in Islamabad – the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and Polyclinic – on deputation for three years. However, the spokesperson of the Ministry of …