Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Four policemen were injured when a group of terrorists attacked a checkpost with rockets and grenades in Kulachi tehsil here on Friday, an official said. District police spokesman Yaqoob Shah told Dawn that an unknown number of militants stormed the Takwarra checkpost early in the morning. He said the police personnel retaliated the attack, and after an …

ISLAMABAD: Another alleged land scam has emerged in the Capital Development Authority (CDA), as recently the deputy commissioner CDA added dubious updated mutations to award of C-15 sector. Sources in the civic body said some months ago, CDA Deputy Commissioner Sobia Toru added updated 13 mutations to award of C-15 sector, which was announced back in 2007. Through the said …

GWADAR / QUETTA: Some semblance of normalcy returned to Gwadar after five days of unrelenting protests and a shutter-down strike, as shops and business centres started opening on Friday and tra­ffic was restored betw­een the port city and Karachi as well as other areas. Though bazaars remai­n­­ed open in different areas of Gwadar town, the situat­i­­on was still tense and …

ISLAMABAD: Reviving a dec­i­sion taken by the government of his PML-N in 2017, Prime Mini­ster Shehbaz Sharif on Friday issued directives calling for initiating the process of outsourcing the management of three major airports in the country. In April 2017, the then prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif had approved the policy to outsource the management of the country’s three main …

Responding to criticism of a photograph of minors behind bars that went viral on social media recently, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon on Friday said 129 Afghan female illegal immigrants were jailed in the province — with 178 children — but insisted the minors were not under arrest. The media talk comes after a picture of jailed children, smiling behind …

ISLAMABAD: Even though the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has been opposing the purported plan to install a technocrat government to take ‘tough’ decisions to save the economy, PTI leader Asad Qaiser formally admitted that such a proposal was “informally” discussed with him by members of the federal government. Speaking during Geo News’ show Capital Talk on Thursday, Mr Qaiser claimed those who discussed …

ISLAMABAD: Winter vacation in the educational institutions of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have been extended till Jan 8. All institutions have been asked to restart classes on Jan 9. “Due to expected severity of weather, we have decided to extend winter holidays for one more week. “This shall be applicable to class prep – class 10 for …

A meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) — the principal decision-making forum on foreign policy and national security — concluded on Friday in Islamabad with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair as the country has seen a spate of terrorist attacks. Senior civilian and military leaders were part of the meeting. The decision to convene the meeting of …

ISLAMABAD: The National Press Club (NPC) management has restricted the entry of PTI leader Qasim Suri in the club, due to his statement against senior journalist Saleem Safi. The NPC management termed the statement by Mr Suri as “an attack on press freedom”. According to the statement issued by NPC President Anwar Raza, Secretary General Khalil Raja and Finance Secretary …