Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is among the 40 countries across the world where over 220 individuals and 25 organisations faced threats and retaliation from the state and non-state actors for cooperating with the United Nations on human rights, reveals a new report of the UN Secretary-General. The report titled, ‘Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of …

ISLAMABAD: One month on, the federal government and the interior ministry appear in no mood to implement a directive of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which had asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman to repatriate the board members appointed on deputation to ensure transparent elections. In the first week of September, Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja asked …

RAWALPINDI: Penalties recently increased by the National Highway and Motorway Police (NHMP) for drivers of motorcars, jeeps and sports utility vehicles (SUVs) came into effect from Sunday. A senior NHMP official told Dawn that the new penalties are now applicable on all motorways across the country, while their implementation on highways will occur gradually. The official noted that the majority of motorcars …

SAHIWAL: While calling PTI Chai­rman Imran Khan’s return to power “out of question”, JUI-F emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday raised questions over holding elections in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtun­khwa at a time when they remain grip­­ped by intense winter. “It is out of the question that Imran, who is a product of a fake and bogus election, will return …

KHYBER: Various groups from different tribal districts have announced the formation of an alliance in order to effectively raise their voice against the ‘forced’ merger of former Fata with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018. Tribal elders, former parliamentarians and representatives of Qabayal Tahaffuz Movement, Khyber Qaumi Jirga, Khyber Union, All Qabayal Loya Jirga, Qabayalistan Tahaffuz Movement and Ghairati Pakhtun Party held …

RAWALPINDI: In light of recommendations by the Special Branch and relevant departments following a survey of Adiala Jail where former prime minister Imran Khan is incarcerated, the police have ramped up security in the vicinity of the jail by deploying elite commandos and setting up additional security pickets to ensure foolproof measures. After the survey, the officials concerned recommended an increase …

LAHORE: Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday claimed that the police have apprehended gang members involved in conducting over 300 unlawful kidney operations. Mr Naqvi told a press conference that Fawad Mukhtar, who led the gang, and his co-accused had been arrested and the police team that did the job would be awarded a cash prize of …

LAHORE: PML-N Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said that Nawaz Sharif, who is expected to land in Lahore on October 21 after almost four years of self-imposed exile, was ousted many times in the past, but each time he returned to power corridors “stronger than before”. Her remarks that when Nawaz Sharif would go to Jati Umra to find his mother and …

The Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Monday gave the city police a week to recover Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid, whose lawyer has claimed that he had been arrested. The PTI ally was reportedly detained from his residence by “plain clothes men”, his lawyer Sardar Abdul Raziq Khan had said on September 17. Rashid’s nephew Sheikh Shakir and houseworker Sheikh …

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that an open hearing of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s bail plea in the cipher case could pose a “risk of deteriorating relations with other countries”. 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 …