Pakistan

LAHORE: The caretaker government in Punjab has transferred prematurely City Police Officer (CPO) Faisalabad Usman Akram Gondal allegedly to please a leading politician of a mainstream political party, making the city a tough station to serve for the officers known for their neutrality. Mr Gondal (BPS-20), who was posted some six months back as CPO Faisalabad, has been facing a …

RAWALPINDI: A delegation of Pakistan International Airlines and the Aviation Division will depart for Malaysia on Tuesday to resolve a dispute over two aircraft. The delegation, led by Secretary Aviation, will also include PIA’s Chief Executive Officer Amir Hayat, technical officer and chief financial officer. The dispute is over two Airbus A320 aircraft that PIA leased from AirAsia in 2012. …

KHYBER: Return of unregistered Afghan nationals gained further momentum as at least 8,000 of them crossed the Torkham border on Sunday while police also started profiling of Afghans living in different parts of Khyber district. Immigration officials at Torkham border told that over 150 families, mostly unregistered but in possession of the Proof of Registration (POR) card or the Afghan …

ISLAMABAD: The sense of insecurity among residents of the capital is increasing, as street crimes alone accounted for 81 per cent of felonies during September despite vigilance and monitoring of the Safe City Authority. The citizens are not even secure in their houses and commercial centres, as criminals looted cash and valuables worth over Rs213 million. According to the data …

QUETTA: The Wadh town of Khuzdar district continues to be a hotspot for violent confrontations between two factions of the Mengal tribe for months, as armed men from both sides remain in trenches equipped with heavy automatic weapons. Officials said on Sunday that 10 people have been killed and several others were injured so far in the heavy exchange of …

LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif has once again reiterated that her father is coming home to join his people and not to settle accounts with political rivals. She was addressing a public meeting at Thokar Niaz Beg on Thursday to mobilise supporters to welcome the PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif upon his return after a self-imposed four-year exile on Oct …

QUETTA: Pakistan has suggested the interim Afghanistan government establish a sub-consulate in Chaman, as efforts are underway to devise a mechanism for the issuance of an on-arrival visa to Afghan citizens at the border town on the basis of their identification documents. The authorities concerned would also approach the federal government seeking the installation of a passport reader in the …

LAHORE: In a bid to seek a level playing field in the run-up to elections likely to be held in January, PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari has approached the quarters concerned to relay ‘serious concerns’ expressed by his party, particularly the so-called preferential treatment meted out to the PML-N allegedly by the caretaker governments in Punjab and Centre. On the …

Former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi are to be indicted in the cipher case on October 17, the special court decided on Monday. The cipher case pertains to a diplomatic document which reportedly went missing from Imran’s possession. The PTI alleges that it contained a threat from the United States to oust the party chairman from office. Imran was shifted to Attock jail …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Qazi Faez Isa on Monday remarked that Parliament should not be hampered from doing good just because it lacked the two-thirds majority required for passing a constitutional amendment. He made the remarks as a full court resumed hearing a set of petitions challenging the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act 2023 — which requires …