Pakistan

GILGIT: Police on Wednesday registered a case against former Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) chief minister Khalid Khurshid Khan for allegedly possessing a fake law degree. Soon after the registration of the FIR (first information report) at a Gilgit police station, a sessions court in Astore granted him bail before arrest till September 11. The FIR has been registered on the complaint of …

LAHORE: Doctors have successfully performed plastic surgery on a victim of domestic violence at the Lahore General Hospital. Postgraduate Medical Institute Principal Prof Alfreed Zafar stated that Rizwana [tortured by a judge’s wife in Islamabad] has undergone a successful plastic surgery. He said the surgical procedure involved grafting to address wounds on both her cheeks and eye. He emphasised the complexity of …

KARACHI: Global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Pakistan government to repeal “several draconian laws supposedly designed to combat ‘disinformation’, ‘cybercrimes’ and ‘spying’ that it [previous government] forced through parliament shortly before its [assembly] dissolution”. “The government should instead work with civil society on real reforms that would preserve press freedom and the right to information,” …

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a webinar on Wednesday said humanitarian assistance, unfreezing of financial assets pivotal to buildinga sustainable economy in Afghanistan and prosperous Afghanistan was in the interest of Pakistan. The webinar titled “Interim Afghan Government in Power – Two Years On”, hosted by the Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East and Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISSI). …

The Islamabad police on Thursday formed a “Minority Protection Unit” (MPU) comprising 70 policemen for the “protection of minority places of worship and communities”. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the police said, “Seventy jawans (policemen) have been posted in the ‘Minority Protection Unit’.” The move comes a day after a violent mob of hundreds ransacked and torched at least five …

ISLAMABAD: Police have arrested a woman from Islamabad’s G-15 sector for allegedly torturing her 13-year-old maid. According to the police, the accused woman, who is associated with an online business firm, was arrested over the allegation levelled by the housemaid’s mother, Khalida Bibi, who is a native of Chiniot in Punjab. The accused was presented before a magistrate’s court and …

ISLAMABAD: On his second day in office, caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Wednesday held several meetings, mostly with Baloch leaders, as well as ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Former provincial ministers Mir Sarfraz Chakar Domki, Agha Shakeel Durrani and Nawab Jangayz Khan Marri and ex-senator Saif Magsi met the caretaker PM separately. A delegation …

The Jaranwala police of the Faisalabad District have filed two terror cases against more than 600 people for ransacking and “torching Christians’ homes and a church building” a day ago, it emerged on Thursday. A day earlier, a violent mob of hundreds had ransacked and torched five churches while also attacking the residences of members of the Christian community. A Christian cemetery …

MUZAFFARABAD: Kashmiri activists staged rallies in different parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Tuesday to mark India’s Independence Day as ‘black day’ as part of their consistent campaign to draw the attention of the international community towards the denial of their fundamental right to self-determination by the so-called largest democracy. In state capital Muzaffarabad, Pasban-i-Hurriyat Jammu Kashmir (PHJK), …

ISLAMABAD: Less than a week after the dissolution of the National Assembly to pave for general elections, PML-N Senior Vice President and Chief Organiser Maryam Nawaz has sprung into action, galvanising supporters to prepare for polls which “will not take too long”. She had kept a low profile for the past couple of months and instead kept herself busy in …