Pakistan

LAHORE: Former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Jawwad S Khawaja said he never cared about how his judgements were received, as a judge should not write verdicts according to the wishes of the people. “I have written a lot that was controversial. But what’s a controversy? If I write something that’s not liked by someone, it would become a controversy,” …

PESHAWAR: Amid fears over the new Covid-19 variant, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has begun random screening at the Peshawar airport and on Afghan border crossings in the province. The development comes as the health department recorded six new coronavirus patients on Saturday. Provincial chief secretary Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash had directed the health department to stay alert in light …

ISLAMABAD: Some voters, mostly belonging to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), reached polling stations on Saturday, only to find the gates of educational institutions, in which polling stations had to be set up, locked. They criticised the coalition government and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not holding the elections. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday had directed …

KARACHI: The year 2022 has ended with the killing of another young student by armed muggers as Karachiites continue to lose their loved ones to ruthless criminals operating in the metropolis with complete impunity. The latest victim, 25-year-old Jahangir Sohail, was a BBA student at a private university. The young man was standing outside his home in Sector 8, North …

At least 37 people were injured in aerial firing on New Year’s Eve in Karachi, police and hospital officials said on Sunday. The injured include four women and two infants. Karachi police also arrested 19 suspects in connection with the firing. “New year’s [eve] aerial firing [injury] incidents reported at medicolegal centres of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Abbasi Shaheed …

Pakistani politicians rang in the new year with messages of solidarity as some figures reflected on the intense politicking that took place in the outgoing year while others spoke about the human toll of the catastrophic floods. President Arif Alvi said the nation faced various challenges last year but overcame difficult situations with “hard work, sacrifice, determination and resilience”. In …

A “key terrorist” was killed and a police constable martyred in the early hours of Sunday when gunmen attacked a police checkpost in the Shahbaz Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat District, a local police official said. “The terrorists attacked the police [checkpost] with heavy and automatic weapons and tried to break in,” Lakki Marwat police spokesperson Shahid Hameed …

KARACHI: A number of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leaders on Saturday parted ways with the ruling party in Balochistan and joined the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) after weeks of talks spearheaded by former president Asif Ali Zardari. The announcement to join Sindh’s ruling party was made after a meeting with Mr Zardari at Bilawal House in Karachi. A brief statement …

President Arif Alvi on Sunday refused to sign off on an amendment bill that would raise the number of existing union councils in Islamabad, saying the move would “further delay local government elections”. The move comes a day after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) flouted court orders to hold local government elections on Dec 31, triggering a fresh round of litigation. In …

Netflix revealed the first look at young Lady Danburry in the upcoming Bridgerton spinoff, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. Ringing in the new year, the streaming giant released a still from the limited series by Shonda Rhimes, which shows young Lady Danbury, played by Arsema Thomas. According to Netflix, the snapshot comes from Episode 6 of the series. In the image, Arsema’s Lady …