Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Sunday conducted a mega operation in Bheka Syedan F-11, demolishing around 100 houses/structures. The area falls in sector F-11, right in front of the markaz but due to various reasons, the CDA could not get it cleared, as locals had been claiming that their compensation cases were pending. Officials said that since 2011, …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police have penalised at least 21 station house officers out of a total of 25 after they failed to implement an “unreasonable” order issued by their high-ups directing officials to stay at police stations during off-duty hours and mark their attendance via biometric machines. The SHOs, whose promotions have been withheld for one year, argued that the …

QUETTA / KARACHI: Health authorities were alerted on Sunday after two deaths from the Congo virus were reported in Karachi and Quetta. The first victim was a 20-year-old pregnant Afghan woman, according to the health authorities. Gul Naz was brought from Kuchlak with symptoms of the virus and admitted to Quetta’s Fatima Jinnah Chest Hospital. She was bleeding from mouth …

Police said on Monday that a police constable was martyred in a late-night terrorist attack on a police checkpost in Bara tehsil of Khyber tribal district. “Constable Nasim Khan stationed at the Al-Hajj checkpost in Bara embraced martyrdom in a terrorist attack,” a tweet by KP police said. Speaking to Dawn.com, Khyber District Police Officer (DPO) Saleem Abbas Kulachi said that …

Unofficial results on Monday of by-elections held on 63 local body seats in five divisions of Sindh showed the PPP emerging victorious in Karachi. According to Radio Pakistan, the PPP emerged as the single largest party in the by-polls. Quoting unofficial results, the report said that the PPP bagged seven out of the 11 union committees in Karachi while the remaining …

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Monday hit back at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for accusing him of “maligning” the Pakistan Army, asking if military officers were above the law. A day earlier, PM Shehbaz had criticised the former premier and said: “Imran Niazi’s act of routinely maligning and threatening the Pakistan Army and Intelligence Agency for the sake of petty …

KURRAM: Protests erupted in Parachinar on Friday after the burial of seven people, including teachers, who were killed by unidentified gunmen at a school on Thursday. The town remained closed to mourn the deaths. Another teacher, who was killed before the mass shooting of teachers, was buried in Teri Mangal area of the district. The protesters were also joined by …

ISLAMABAD: Experts at a discussion warned that banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was forging nexus with Baloch separatists and local militant groups based in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, a development which will likely exacerbate the already precarious security situation in the country. Unlike the past, this is for the first time that TTP has started carrying out terrorist attacks in Pashtoon …

Amid the ongoing tussle between parliament and the judiciary, a crucial bill regarding the right of appeal in the suo motu cases sailed through the Senate on Friday, just days after the National Assembly had adopted it via a supplementary agenda. The bill, titled the Supreme Court (Review of Judgements and Orders) Bill, 2023, was tabled by PML-N’s Irfan Siddiqui and was …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial cautioned on Friday that the court was exercising restraint and that no one should “misunderstand our intentions” but insisted that an “appropriate order” would be issued in the election schedule case. Though Justice Bandial did not me­ntion or explain what he meant by this, his remarks apparently came against the backdrop …