Pakistan

GUJAR KHAN: A teacher of a seminary located in the jurisdiction of Dina police station in Jhelum district has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting three students and attempting to abuse seven others. On Friday night, a victim’s father, Mohammad Shahzad, reported to the police that his son, Abdul Rehman, 14, was a student of Jamia Darul Quran and …

QUETTA: Grand Heal­­th Alliance Balochistan staged a rally on Saturday against a plan to privatise government hospitals in the provincial capital. A large number of government hospital employees, including paramedics and nurses, gathered in the Civil Hospital and ma­­r­­ched on the main roads and streets of Quetta. The alliance leaders Salam Zehri, Jamal Shah Kakar, Haji Shafaa Men­gal, Lala Sultan …

DERA ISMAIL KHAN / LAKKI MARWAT: Six security personnel, including a DSP, were martyred and 12 militants killed in separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan on Friday night and Saturday. In one incident, eight militants were killed in a gun battle with security forces during an intelligence-based operation conducted in the Kot Sultan area of Kulachi tehsil, Dera Ismail …

Two terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire between security forces and militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military’s media affairs wing said on Sunday. A press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that a fire exchange took place between terrorists and security forces last night. “Own troops effectively engaged the terrorists’ location as a …

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Sunday censured the Sindh government over an increase in street crime in Karachi. Karachi has been facing an increase in street crime in recent months. Data presented before a high-level security meeting last week showed more than 250 Karachiites were shot dead and 1,052 others were wounded by street criminals between 2022 and March 28, 2024. …

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday rebutted former prime minister Imran Khan’s allegations against the senior military leadership in connection with the Toshakhana case, saying they were “false, fabricated and baseless”. The former premier had alleged that the senior military leadership “implicated” him and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana reference “in an attempt to stifle my spirits”. Imran and his spouse were sentenced to …

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly session has been summoned on April 15 at 5pm, according to a press release issued by the assembly secretariat. The third session of the 16th National Assembly was summoned by Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Friday.     President Asif Ali Zardari is also likely to address a joint session of both houses on April 16. …

GUJAR KHAN: Six suspects have been taken into custody by the Jhe­l­um police in connection with a desecration case registered at the Kala Gujran police station a few days ago. The case was registered on the complaint of a local resident, who claimed to have been handed over torched copies of the Holy Quran in the Mahmoo­dabad area. The case …

ISLAMABAD: Privatisation Minister Abdul Aleem Khan has resolved to execute road infrastructure projects in a transparent manner. Chairing the maiden meeting after assuming charge of the communication ministry on Friday, Mr Aleem laid down three principles to be strictly followed while realising public development schemes, including enhancing revenue potential, quality construction and maintaining transparency. “I joined politics with the sole …

QUETTA: Civil Lines Police have registered a case against provincial president of PTI and other party leaders for taking out a rally on Friday without permission of the Quetta deputy commissioner. The case was registered on the complaint of SHO of Civil Lines Police Station. Other party leaders who were booked along with Provincial President Dawood Shah Kakar includes Noor …