Pakistan

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has announced Rs10 million reward for any person providing information leading to the arrest of those involved in a suicide attack inside the police headquarters. “The militant [images of the suspected militant before and after the suicide attack] carried out a suicide attack inside the police lines mosque which claimed lives of many worshipers …

Filmmaker Nabeel Qureshi says that he and his crew were “attacked by [a] mo[b]” in Jamshed Quarters, Martin Road in Karachi’s PIB Colony on Monday night. He tweeted that along with him, the cast — Hira Mani, Salman Saquib (Mani) and Gul-e-Rana — and crew were robbed at their film set and mobile phones, wallets and filming gear was stolen. …

An Islamabad sessions court on Tuesday accepted PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s request for temporary exemption from appearing in court over medical grounds, hence deferring his indictment in the Toshakhana reference. The court in its last hearing on January 31 had announced that charges against the PTI chief — who is recuperating after sustaining a gunshot wound following an assassination bid during a …

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has prohibited all television channels from airing news or reports on the F-9 Park rape case in order to protect the victim’s identity, it emerged on Tuesday. On Feb 2, a first information report (FIR) was registered at Islamabad’s Margalla police station under Section 376 (punishment for rape). According to the complainant, she had gone …

Former army chief and military ruler retired General Pervez Musharraf’s funeral prayers were offered at a mosque in Karachi’s Malir Cantonment on Tuesday afternoon. The ex-president, who passed away in Dubai on Feb 5, will be laid to rest at an army graveyard near Kala Pull, All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) spokesperson Tahir Hussain said in a statement to Dawn.com. Former army chiefs …

The United States has reiterated its support to Pakistan in the fight against terrorism, saying the latter will continue to be a “stalwart partner” of the US in the face of recent terrorist attacks. US State Department spokesperson Ned Price made this statement in response to a query at a weekly press briefing on Monday. On Jan 30, a powerful …

An Islamabad district and sessions court rejected on Tuesday Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid’s post-arrest bail petition in a case pertaining to his remarks against former president Asif Ali Zardari. The Islamabad police had arrested the PTI ally on Feb 2 for allegedly making defamatory remarks against the PPP leadership after which the court had granted the police his two-day physical remand. …

LAHORE: In a significant verdict, the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday set aside the levy of fuel price adjustment, the quarterly tariff adjustment and change in status of tariff from industrial to commercial by Nepra for the period when its composition was not complete under the law. The court directed the Nat­ional Electric Power Reg­ulatory Authority to explore cheap …

The All Parties Conference (APC) — called by the incumbent government to discuss important security and economic challenges being faced by Pakistan — has been postponed for the second time this week. The multi-party moot was first slated for Feb 7 (today). However, in a tweet yesterday, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb had rescheduled the conference to Feb 9, Thursday. She did not …

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that ‘imported government’ is massively increasing the inflation by accepting all terms of International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reach an agreement with it. Speaking to journalists after inaugurating reconstruction of the famous Sheedi Lal Bridge in Multan on Sunday, the PTI leader said the PML-N-led coalition government had raised …