Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The wife of slain journalist Arshad Sharif told the Supreme Court on Saturday that the federal government had allegedly not been exerting pressure on Kenyan officials and was extremely slow and ineffective in coordination to ensure a transparent investigation into the last year’s killing of Mr Sharif. In her application, Javeria Siddique argued that the investigative report issued by the …

The death toll from rain-related incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rose to 27 on Sunday. In a fresh report, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said that the 27 victims included 18 men, one woman and eight children. The report showed that 15 of the deaths occurred in Bannu, five took place in both Lakki Marwat and Karak while two occurred …

Three soldiers were martyred during a gun battle with terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that an exchange of fire took place between troops and terrorists in Miran Shah on the night of June 9/10. “Own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location …

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday urged people to stay away from shorelines as Cyclone Biparjoy, which is heading towards the coastal areas of Pakistan and India, lay at a distance of about 760 kilometres south of Karachi. According to state-run Radio Pakistan, the NDMA also called on people to follow local authorities’ guidance in any emergency situation. Over …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Friday said that its Karachi chapter president and former MNA Akram Cheema had gone missing since Thursday night, fearing he might have been picked up by law enforcement agencies. A statement issued by the party said that Mr Cheema, along with PTI’s Shah Faisal Town’s president Abdi Jillani, went missing on Thursday night after …

RAWALPINDI: The Senate Sub-Committee on Aviation at its meeting held on Friday to discuss and resolve the issue of alleged false pilot licences, gave several recommendations to resolve the matter, including separating the case of student pilots from the alleged fake licence holders for a fair assessment of the matter. MNA Asim Nazir told the meeting, presided over by Senator …

KARACHI: There is a potential threat of flooding in Pakistan’s coastal areas in the coming days after Biparjoy — a very severe cyclonic storm over the east-central Arabian Sea — changed its direction on the night between June 8 and June 9. The storm is likely to keep moving in the north/northeastward direction during the next 36-48 hours, Pakistan Meteorological …

ISLAMABAD: The government aims to spend Rs1.804 trillion on defence over the next year, which is around 13 per cent higher than the revised allocation for the outgoing year. The defence budget makes up nearly 1.7pc of the GDP and 12.5pc of the total expenditure planned by the government for the next year, the budget documents for the 2023-24 fiscal …

ISLAMABAD: Terming it an “Instagrammable budget” and accusing Finance Minister Ishaq Dar of figure fudging of Rs1 trillion in the amount of interest payments, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has claimed that first time in Pakistan’s history the amount of interest on loans has surpassed the expected revenue of the government due to which nation should anticipate a series of mini and micro …

GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court on Friday gave Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan, who finally appeared before the three-member bench, until June 13 to file his reply to a petition seeking his disqualification for allegedly submitting a fake degree. Ghulam Shahzad Agha, a member of GB Assembly from PPP, has challenged CM Khan’s law degree and sought his disqualification under …