Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary committee on electoral reforms, which met for the third day in a row on Thursday, has completed almost all of its work, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said, hoping that a consensus proposal would be ready by the next week. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Mr Tarar said that 99 per cent of the work had …

The Cybercrime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday said it has arrested nine suspects and booked 19 others for allegedly blackmailing citizens through loan-giving mobile applications (apps). The development comes a day after the agency launched an investigation into the death of a man in Rawalpindi — who purportedly ended his life — due to “threats” made by loan apps over …

GUJRAT: Many of the Pakistani nationals intending to enter Europe illegally via sea route have started returning home from Libya after fleeing the safe houses of human traffickers in the wake of the boat tragedy occurring off the Greece coast in June. At least 40 to 50 such persons have returned from Libya to their homes only in Gujrat and …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that it was the duty of a court or a tribunal to remedy any injustice or harm suffered by a litigant due to their mistake. “It is the foremost duty of the court and the tribunal to do complete justice,” observed Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar in a judgement on Wednesday. “A patent and …

QUETTA: As many as 12 soldiers of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom in separate military operations in the Zhob and Sui areas of Balochistan, while seven “heavily armed” militants who reportedly attacked the security forces were also killed, the military’s media wing said in multiple statements on Wednesday. This was the military’s highest single-day death toll from terrorist attacks reported …

KARACHI: A newly-married young man was gunned down and his friend riding with him wounded by personnel of the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC) apparently for not stopping their motorcycle in Manghopir on Tuesday night when they were returning from the shrine of Shah Noorani, police and relatives said on Wednesday. SSP-West Faisal Bashir Memon confirmed to Dawn that the AVLC police were …

An Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday issued bailable arrest warrants for PTI Chairman Imran Khan in three cases pertaining to violence outside the Federal Judicial Complex (FJC) and the Islamabad High Court (IHC) earlier this year. In early March, the former premier had been booked by the capital’s Ramna police in two cases accusing him of leading mobs to the FJC …

ISLAMABAD: After the capital police interrogated former prime minister Imran Khan in eight cases registered against him in two separate sessions lasting hours, the PTI chairman is still required for questioning in at least five more cases. On Sunday, Mr Khan, who had arrived at the G-11/4 office of the police, had asked the police to postpone questioning in the …

KURRAM: The belligerent tribes engaged in a land dispute in the sectarian-sensitive Kurram tribal district found some common ground on Wednesday, agreeing to a year-long cessation of hostilities and allowing the government-appointed land commission to resolve the long-simmering issue, a provincial government official told Dawn on Wednesday. The official of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home and Tribal Affairs Department also confirmed that the …

RAWALPINDI: Jazeera Airways’ first flight arrived at Islamabad International Airport (IIAP) from Kuwait on Wednesday, commencing a new chapter in the airline’s operations. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said the Kuwaiti airline’s flight J9-511 had 163 passengers onboard when it landed at IIAP around 4.30am. Jazeera Airways will operate two weekly flights — one on Wednesday and the other …