Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to evict police officials illegally occupying 200 government flats since 2007. The court also ordered registration of criminal cases against the officials for encroaching on CDA’s properties. An IHC division bench comprising Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri while deciding an intra-court appeal of …

KHYBER: Over 800 goods vehicles crossed over to Afghanistan on Saturday as the bilateral trade resumed after six days hiatus due to the abrupt closure of the Torkham border by Afghan authorities late on Sunday. Customs officials told Dawn that as many as 500 vehicles loaded with transit goods and 380 vehicles of Pakistani export items were already cleared by …

BAHAWALPUR: In compliance with the orders of the Lahore High Court (LHC) Bahawalpur Bench, a medical board examined two jailed PTI leaders Senator Muhammad Azam Khan Swati and Muhammad Madni Khan at the Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) on Saturday. They were arrested during PTI’s “Jail Bharo Tehreek” in Lahore the other day. Talking to the media at the BVH, Senator …

KHUZDAR: Two police officers lost their lives and another two were critically injured when a magnetic bomb attached to their vehicle exploded in Khuzdar on Saturday. Police officials said the bomb exploded when the vehicle was on patrol near Jhalawan Complex. “It was a magnetic bomb that had been attached to the police vehicle by unidentified people and detonated with …

QUETTA: The police surgeon who conducted a medical check-up of Granaz and her five children said on Saturday that evidence showed the woman’s teenage daughter was not only tortured but was also sexually abused. The family of Khan Muhammad Marri was recovered two days ago from Barkhan and Duki areas of Balochistan by Levies and police officials and was taken to …

ISLAMABAD: Three parties from the ruling coalition on Saturday petitioned the Supreme Court for the formation of a full court — comprising all judges except Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi — to conduct suo motu proceedings on the delay in the announcement of a date for elections to the Punjab and KP assemblies. The joint petition, filed by …

LAHORE / RAWALPINDI: After holding a photo session inside prison vans and raising slogans against the government, leaders and supporters of the PTI in Multan dispersed and went back home without courting arrest. After demonstrations in Lahore, Peshawar, and Rawalpindi, the ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’ announced by PTI chief Imran Khan earlier this week was launched in the southern part of Punjab on the …

At least four people were killed and 14 wounded in an explosion inside the Rakhni market in Balochistan’s Barkhan on Sunday morning, police and health officials said. Barkhan District Health Officer Dr Abdul Hameed confirmed the death toll to Dawn.com, adding that the injured persons had been moved to the Rakhni Hospital. According to Barkhan Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Khoso, the blast …

Julianne Moore believes she’s had “good fortune” in Hollywood. The 62-year-old actress who began her career in the 80s and has won multiple awards, including an Oscar, a BAFTA, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Emmy Awards says she continues to enjoy it. Speaking to PEOPLE magazine, she said: “I look back, and I’m like, ‘I can’t believe I’ve actually been doing this …

CAPE TOWN: Tazmin Brits and Ayabonga Khaka inspired a shock six-run victory for South Africa against England in their Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday. Brits hit 68 in a South African total of 164 for four, then held four catches, two of them exceptional, as England were restricted to 158 for eight. South …