Pakistan

SHANGLA / ISLAMABAD: China has demanded a thorough probe into the deadly blast and security for its citizens after five Chinese nationals working on the Dasu dam project perished in a suicide bombing in Bisham on Tuesday. In response, Islamabad has announced a swift probe to hold the “perpetrators and accomplices” accountable for the attack. Besides five Chinese citizens, one …

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan has once again call­ed for a judicial inquiry into the May 9 violence and the Feb 8 elections. He also urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan to hear the petitions filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI). Mr Khan made the appeals while speaking to journalists after attending a court hearing in the 190 million pound …

PPP Central Information Secretary Faisal Karim Kundi on Tuesday asserted that opposition parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would spring a “surprise” in the upcoming Senate elections. He made the remarks while addressing a press conference in Islamabad with PPP General Secretary Nayyer Bukhari and former Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) senator Talha Mahmood — who announced that he would be joining the party. …

A Balochistan Frontier Corps soldier was martyred while four terrorists were killed as security forces thwarted an attack on a naval base in Turbat last night, the military’s media affairs wing said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that terrorists attempted to attack PNS Siddique in Turbat last night. It said that the attempt was …

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Monday granted post-arrest bail to three suspects allegedly involved in harassment of a woman in Ichhra bazaar for wearing a shirt with Arabic script print. The police arrested the suspects, Muhammad Nadeem, Adil Sarwar and Altimash Saqlain. Last week, the court sent the suspects to jail on judicial remand after denying their further custody to the police. The lawyers …

RAWALPINDI: The divisional administration on Monday claimed that encroachments on main roads were the primary reason for traffic jams and ordered an indiscriminate operation to build deterrence against this practice. “As many as 3,800 cameras of the Safe City project are being installed across the city, which will help identify encroachments and traffic jams caused by them immediately,” the official …

ISLAMABAD: Residents of the federal capital, including the traders’ community, have threatened to stage protests and contest the decision in court after the local administration made an exorbitant increase in property taxes. The Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) recently got the new property taxes published in the gazette of Pakistan. “Traders have decided to meet on Wednesday to chalk out a …

PESHAWAR: More than a dozen candidates belonging to the main opposition parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who were notified by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on reserved seats, have urged the Peshawar High Court (PHC) to ensure they are administered oath of office before the upcoming Senate elections. Six women MPAs-elect of the JUI-F on Monday filed a writ petition asking …

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Khyber Pakhtun­khwa chief minister on finance Muzzammil Aslam on Monday raised an alarm, warning that the new IMF bailout package, laced with “harsh conditions”, would unleash a tsunami of inflation and exacerbate public suffering. The PTI leader suggested the government refrain from hastily signing an agreement with the lender and instead involve the federating units to negotiate …

ISLAMABAD: The counsel for former premier Imran Khan on Monday termed the cipher case “one of the most expensive cases in Pakistan’s history” as witnesses were even brought in from abroad at every hearing. Barrister Salman Safdar stated this as he continued his arguments in the appeal against the conviction of Mr Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi for 6th day …