Pakistan

GILGIT: The month-long sectarian strife in Gilgit-Baltistan finally came to an end on Thursday after religious leaders belonging to the two opposing sides issued a joint declaration, vowing to help the regional government in the maintenance of law and order in the GB region. In the first week of September, the government suspended internet services and ramped up security measures in the wake of …

A medical report on the health of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, who is scheduled to return to Pakistan later this month after four years in self-imposed exile, was submitted to the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday. The report said that the ex-premier had “some residual anginal symptoms” which would require “frequent follow-up investigations” in London and Pakistan. Angina is …

GILGIT: Residents of Dahimal and surrounding villages kept the Gilgit-Shandur Road blocked on Tuesday and Wednesday against the murder of a schoolteacher in Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan. Niat Amin, 28, a resident of Gupis Valley and a teacher at Hamaran Bathrait Government School being run by Shining Light Community Development Organisation, was murdered on Tuesday by unknown people when he …

LAHORE: The expected return of Nawaz Sharif remains the talk of the town, but legal opinion on what he can and cannot do upon his return seems to be divided. Criminal lawyers believe that Mr Sharif would have to go straight to prison, while sources within the PML-N’s legal team suggest they have ‘a way out’ and that the three-time …

KARACHI: Four Paws — an international team of veterinary experts who have been assisting the local authorities in animal care since 2021 — in a detailed statement on their Facebook page has called upon the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) to let the organisation rescue and reunite zoo elephant Madhubala with her sisters at Safari Park. “It has been over a month since …

ISLAMABAD / QUETTA: A day after the federal government gave illegal immigrants the deadline to leave Pakistan by Nov 1, police in Islamabad and Quetta detained over 700 foreign nationals for allegedly living without legal documents. In a statement, an Islamabad police spokesperson said 1,126 people were interrogated during the operation, and 503 were allegedly found to be living illegally. They …

KARACHI: Unidentified persons attacked some policemen deputed outside the Karachi headquarters of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, called Insaf House, on Wednesday, police said. The PTI, however, distanced itself from any such act and said its workers had nothing to do with the attack. Tipu Sultan SHO Shoukat Ali said some 20-25 attackers on 10-12 motorcycles arrived at the PTI office …

LAHORE: PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday declared that party supremo Nawaz Sharif is coming back to Pakistan, not to settle scores with those who toppled his government, but to address the people’s problems. The former PM apparently took the driver’s seat to mobilise party workers for the much-anticipated Minar-i-Pakistan rally on Oct 21 after Maryam Nawaz could not put up an …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s domestic debt is estimated to have shot up by more than Rs7 trillion since January last year just because of an increase in the State Bank’s policy rate from less than 10 per cent to 22pc, a Senate panel was told on Wednesday. The Senate Standing Committee on Finance also sought separate reports from the State Bank of …

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that the ongoing operation against illegal immigrants in the country was not targeted at any particular nationality. FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch made the remarks while responding to questions during her weekly press briefing in Islamabad, according to state-run Radio Pakistan. On Tuesday, the caretaker government gave an ultimatum to all undocumented immigrants, including Afghan nationals, …