Pakistan

KARACHI: As dengue has started rearing its head and creating fear that the vector-borne illness is likely to affect a large segment of population in coming weeks, mosquitoes carrying malaria pathogens seemed to have expanded their range with reports of more than a hundred cases in a day being reported at one major tertiary care public sector hospital of the …

KHYBER: The Tribal Areas Electric Supply Company has initiated a crackdown against illegal use of electricity in Malagori area of Jamrud and disconnected power supply to a number of marble units registering of FIRs against at least ten power thieves. Tesco officials said that the ‘operation’ was launched after a high-level meeting at the Peshawar commissioner’s office which was also …

PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested two people over the illegal hundi-hawala trade and recovered Rs10.031 million cash from their possession, officials said on Friday. They told Dawn that Sher Zaman and Mohammad Saleem were taken into custody by a team of the FIA’s Commercial Banking Circle during a raid in Nowshera district as intelligence reports disclosed their …

ISLAMABAD: US Am­­bassador in Pakistan Don­ald Blome said on Friday that the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) was eager to make large-scale investments in Pakistan. During a meeting with Shahid Ashraf Tarar, the caretaker minister for communications, railways and maritime affairs, Mr Blome said the United Sta­tes was ready to help Pak­istan create a business-friendly environment to boost investments. …

LONDON: After months of speculations and several timeframes, for the first time it appears that PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif will return to Pakistan next month, ending his more than four years’ self-imposed exile from the country. Sources present at a meeting where Mr Nawaz was speaking to party workers said the PML-N supreme leader spoke about his return, but a clear …

MUZAFFARABAD: An activist formerly associated with the proscribed Jamaatud Dawa was gunned down in a mosque in Azad Kashmir’s Rawalakot town on Friday, according to police. Muhammad Riaz alias Abu Qasim Kashmiri was offering Fajr prayer in Al-Quds mosque near Sabir Shaheed Stadium when assailants fired four bullets at him. He died on the spot. He was laid to rest …

PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari emphasised on Saturday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was obligated to conduct the delimitation of constituencies following the census results, stressing the importance of the electoral watchdog adhering to the Constitution in holding polls. The statement from the key PPP figure comes a day after party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari called for timely elections and …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) was surprised when it learnt on Friday about an agreement purportedly reached bet­ween the district commissioner of Sargodha and a private organisation to check blasphemous content by monitoring areas dominated by the Christian community. Subsequently a three-judge SC bench headed by Justice Ijazul Ahsan ordered the deputy commissioner concerned to appear in person with the …

Former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan on Saturday petitioned the Supreme Court to declare “null and void” the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act 2023 and Official Secrets (Amendment) Act 2023, contending that since both lack the presidential assent, they remain bills and have not become law. In late July, both houses of Parliament passed the bill to amend the …

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have submitted an incomplete challan in housemaid torture case in a trial court citing various reasons for the delay in the completion of investigations. Sources in the police told Dawn that the statement of 13-year old housemaid Rizwana under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) is yet to be recorded in front of a magistrate as she is …