Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to “fully and forcefully” implement its resolutions on the Middle East conflict that give the right of self-determination to Palestinian people. Addressing a meeting of the 15-member UNSC on Thursday, Ambassador Munir Akram strongly condemned the recent large-scale Israeli military’s operations in Jenin in the Occupied West Bank, and called for …

Mourners across the country took out processions to observe Yaum-i-Ashura (Muharram 10) amid tight security arrangements on Saturday, with mobile phone services suspended in some areas to prevent any untoward incident. Yaum-i-Ashura is observed every year on Muharram 10 with solemnity to pay homage to Imam Husain — the grandson of Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and other martyrs of Karbala. …

ISLAMABAD: The capital police have added a new section to the maid torture case against the wife of a civil judge. Police officers confirmed to Dawn that section 328-A (cruelty to a child) had been added to the FIR. The section says: “Whoever willfully assaults, ill-treats, neglects, abandons or does an act of omission or commission, that results in or has, potential …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has temporarily suspended the arrest warrants for PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the contempt case and asked him to appear before the commission on August 2 to face indictment, it emerged on Saturday. In a written order of its July 25 hearing, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the ECP said it was suspending …

The PTI has decided to initiate a probe the role of its senators in the passing of amendments to the Pakistan Army Act, 1952, by the upper house of Parliament earlier this week. The amendments propose up to five years in jail for those who disclose sensitive information pertaining to the security of the country or the military and accord more powers …

Lahore continued to receive heavy rainfall on Saturday while the Met Office warned of urban and flashed flooding in Punjab’s provincial capital. According to rainfall figures shared by Lahore’s Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) late in the morning, maximum rainfall in the city on the day was recorded in Gulshan-i-Ravi’s at 155mm, followed by 146mm in Pani Wala Talab, 109mm …

By: Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada Houston, Texas: Across America, gatherings and mourning processions are being held with utmost devotion and respect in connection with Muharram-ul-Haram. In all the imambargahs and mosques of Houston and Dallas, including the Imambargah Al-Ghadir in Houston and the Imambargah Momin Sentar and Dar Hussain in Dallas, as well as other imambargahs and mosques, the mourning …

ISLAMABAD: A group of civil society activists approached the Supreme Court on Thursday to become interveners and help the court better adjudicate on the matter of civilians’ military trials against the backdrop of May 9 acts of violence and arson. The request from the activists comes as a six-judge Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, is set …

ISLAMABAD: Continuing its streak of hasty legislation, the National Assembly on Thursday passed 28 private member’s bills — 24 of them seeking establishment of private universities in different parts of the country — without quorum as Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf allowed lawmakers to move motions for the passage of the bills, even on behalf of those members who were absent …

The policy, presented by the Ministry of Narco­tics Control, proposed the establishment of a new body to oversee the cul­ti­v­ation, harvest, processing and sale of medicinal hemp. The policy was opposed by the Ministry of Science and Technology on the grounds that medicinal hemp was neither a kind of drug nor a toxic substance, thus it falls outside the purview …