Pakistan

KASUR: Despite a slight reduction in the River Sutlej water levels on Sunday, an extremely high-level flood continued to devastate villages in Kasur and Chunian. As per the district administration’s report, the flood has impacted 186 villages so far—96 in Kasur and 84 in Chunian. The downstream water flow of the Sutlej at Ganda Singh registered 208,973 cusecs on Sunday, …

Advocate Haider Majeed, a PTI lawyer, has been handed over to the military for trial over his alleged involvement in May 9 vandalism at Lahore’s Jinnah House, the Lahore High Court (LHC) was told on Monday. The development comes days after Barrister Hassaan Niazi, the nephew of PTI chief Imran Khan, was handed over to the military for trial on the same …

A day after President Dr Arif Alvi’s allegation that his staff “undermined his will and command” regarding his assent to the Official Secrets Act and the Pakistan Army Act, the President’s Secretariat said the services of Secretary to President Waqar Ahmed were “no more required” and sought a replacement. “In view of the definite statement of yesterday, President’s Secretariat has written a …

An Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday granted police three-day physical remand of human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and former lawmaker Ali Wazir in a sedition case. Wazir was arrested on Saturday, while Imaan was picked up from her home in the early hours of Sunday. On Saturday, two first information reports (FIR) were registered against the two at Islamabad’s Tarnol …

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has directed district and sessions judges in the province to ensure that nominees in a case are not arrested by the police and other departments after they’re granted interim bail by a court of law. The directions were issued by PHC Inspection Team member Mohammad Zeb Khan in separate letters issued to the province’s all …

RAWALPINDI: The divisional administration on Saturday decided to revise the PC-I of the Rawalpindi Ring Road (R3) Project as the cost of construction material cost escalated many fold and the project’s construction cost will increase from Rs27 billion to Rs31 billion. A meeting of the Rawalpindi Division administration, Project Management Unit of R3, Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) and the representatives …

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court, on Saturday, ordered the release of 20 individuals after they were cleared of charges during an identification parade related to a case involving the burning of police vehicles during the May 9 riots. Judge Ejaz Ahmad Buttar, however, approved a 14-day physical remand for 12 other suspects, who had been identified, giving their custody to Sarwar Road …

KARACHI: Caretaker Chief Minister retired Justice Maqbool Baqar inducted 10 former members of civil-military bureaucracy, health professionals, businessmen and lawyer as members of his interim cabinet on Saturday. Governor Kamran Tessori administered oath to the province’s 10-member caretaker cabinet in a simple ceremony held at Governor House. The caretaker cabinet members, which will run the provincial affairs until new elected …

GILGIT: The body of the first climber from Afghanistan, who died at K2 camp 3 last year, has been recovered and repatriated to his native country. A six-member team of climbers from Skardu participated in the mission, marking the first instance of a body being brought back from K2. In July of last year, 34-year-old Ali Akbar Sakhi, the first …

ISLAMABAD: Representatives of civil society, media and minority and human rights organisations on Saturday deplored the plight of non-Muslims living in Pakistan as Chairman One-Man Commission on Minority Rights Dr Shoaib Suddle expressed his “helplessness” in the implementation of the 2014 Supreme Court’s decision regarding the rights of the minorities. Speaking as a chief guest at the National Advocacy Conference …