Pakistan

The Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court disqualified Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan — PTI’s regional president — on Tuesday for allegedly obtaining a license from the GB Bar Council on the basis of a fake degree. The order was passed by a three-member bench comprising Judge Malik Anayatur Rehman, Judge Johar Ali, and Judge Mohammad Mushtaq on a petition seeking the CM’s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston family got miraculous news over the weekend, eight years after a 17-year-old went missing in northwest Houston. Now, the mystery surrounding his reappearance is making national headlines as questions remain about where he had been for all those years. Rudy Farias, now 25 years old, is recovering in the hospital. In an update on Monday, …

Pakistan has been grappling with persistent challenges in meeting the demand for natural gas, resulting from increasing energy needs, infrastructure limitations, and supply-demand gaps. Last year, domestic natural gas production in Pakistan experienced a decrease of approximately five per cent. Around 25pc of the country’s natural gas consumption is being met through imported LNG. The government’s provision of subsidised gas …

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has called a report from the Sindh inspector general of prisons about non-provision of facilities to the outlawed Peoples Amn Committee chief Uzair Baloch at the Mitha Ram Hostel. The detention facility is being maintained by Sindh Rangers and Uzair has been kept there following his conviction by a military court in April 2020 in …

LAHORE: After a low profile presence for the past six weeks since the May 9 violence incidents, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has launched a “PTI-flag hoisting campaign”. A number of parliamentarians, party leaders, workers and supporters are actively participating in the campaign. The PTI’s official twitter handle has posted several videos on the social networking site showing even elderly and children …

GUJRAT: A 15-year-old student of matric died after being hit by two other students during a fight in the play area of a shopping plaza along the Court Road in the precincts of Civil Lines police on Saturday night. Reports said Hashim Raza, a resident of the Noorpur Sharqi locality of the city, had come to the ‘joyland’ at Abdullah …

ISLAMABAD: The first half of the current year has witnessed a steady and alarming rise in terror and suicide attacks claiming the lives of 389 people across the country, according to a report released by think tank Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS). The report reveals that a total of 271 attacks occurred during the period under review, …

QUETTA: Initial investigation into the Chaman jailbreak has identified serious security lapses as only three personnel were guarding 17 prisoners who escaped on Thursday. Meanwhile, the forces remained unsuccessful in their efforts to re-arrest 13 of those prisoners despite the passage of four days since the jailbreak. According to officials, seventeen prisoners who were undergoing trials for allegedly committing heinous crimes were …

LAHORE: PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain once again met PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in the camp jail on Sunday to convince him to join his previous party. While PML-Q leaders suggest that Mr Elahi seemed convinced to return to PML-Q, his son Moonis Elahi was adamant about not to join the party again. Mr Hussain, who was accompanied by …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday lifted a stay order on the election of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman. Justice Anwar Hussain withdrew the injunctive order while hearing a petition filed by the PCB through its counsel Advocate Imtiaz Rasheed Siddiqui. Last week, the LHC had stayed the election of the PCB chairman and sought replies from the federal government …