Pakistan

Two gunmen who allegedly shot at a police checkpoint in Islamabad late last night and succumbed to their injuries on Thursday morning were suspects in the F-9 park rape, the Islamabad Police said on Thursday. The brazen attack in a park in the capital shocked the nation and renewed questions over the safety of women in the country. This morning, the police said …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday warned of issuing a contempt notice against former prime minister Imran Khan on a petition seeking the PTI chief’s protective bail in a case pertaining to protests outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The remarks were passed by Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh after he noted that Imran’s signatures on the affidavit — …

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought a detailed report from Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja regarding the obstacles in the way of the Punjab elections, as it heard a petition against the transfer of Ghulam Mahmood Dogar as the Lahore capital city police officer (CCPO). A two-member bench consisting of Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar …

Former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday asked President Arif Alvi to “institute an immediate inquiry” against retired General Qamar Javed Bajwa for violating “his oath of office repeatedly” as the army chief. In a letter dated Feb 14, Imran listed four ways in which the former army chief allegedly violated the Constitution, while also referring to Gen Bajwa’s alleged …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has finally managed to convince the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to stay away from the upcoming by-polls on National Assembly seats, being held on at least 40 seats, while terming them an “exercise in futility”. These seats had fallen vacant after the acceptance of the resignations of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) lawmakers by National Assembly …

Kareena Kapoor talks about working in Hollywood, also reveals that she won’t mind working with actor Ryan Gosling. During an interview, she spoke about the collaboration between Hollywood and Bollywood. “People from here are going to Hollywood, hoping that a lot of actors from the west would come here, we would be equally honoured and excited.” She revealed: “I don’t …

ANTAKYA: Nine survivors were rescued from the rubble in Turkiye on Tuesday, more than a week after a massive earthquake struck, as the focus of the aid effort shifted to helping people now struggling without shelter or enough food in the bitter cold. The disaster — with a combined death toll in Turkiye and neighbouring Syria exceeding 41,000 — has ravaged cities …

NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Seven militants of the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pak­­istan (TTP) were killed when cops repulsed an attack on a police van carrying three detained militants to Bannu from North Waziristan, the Cou­n­t­er­terrorism Department (CTD) said on Tuesday. The three detained militants were also among those killed in the Monday night clash, the CTD said. The CTD said its officials were …

PESHAWAR: Former provincial health minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra on Tuesday said that he had stood by his words when he had written a letter to the incumbent federal government, in which he had hinted at withdrawing from a commitment his province had made with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the revival of the loan programme. The former finance minister …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada on Tuesday said the lynching of a man accused of blasphemy in Nankana Sahib was tragic and highly condemnable. “No one should be allowed to take law into their hands. Blasphemy laws are framed for deterrence and punishment is rigorous in such offences but the misuse of these laws can only be averted …