Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani expressed opposition to the passage of the Foreign Investment (Promotion and Protection) Bill, 2022 which paved the way for the signing of a settlement deal on Reko Diq mining project as he termed the legislation an “attempt to rollback 18th Amendment”. Mr Rabbani, who is a senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party, observed that parliament …

The Lahore High Court ordered on Wednesday the closure of all markets and restaurants in Punjab’s provincial capital by 10pm on weekdays and seal any schools that opened on Fridays, as part of measures to curb smog in the city. The directives were issued by Justice Shahid Karim as the court took up public interest petitions on several issues relating …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday fixed for hearing a petition seeking the disqualification of former premier Imran Khan as a lawmaker for “concealing” his putative daughter in his nomination papers. The IHC’s Registrar Office also issued a list of cases slated for hearing on Dec 20 with the aforementioned plea a part of it. IHC Chief Justice Aamer …

One person was left dead and nine were injured in a blast on the Datta Khel road in North Waziristan’s Miranshah, according to a health official. The medical superintendent of the Miranshah District Headquarters Hospital, while confirming the incident, told Dawn.com that the deceased and wounded persons have been moved to the hospital. “They are being provided medical aid,” Dr Wali Zaman …

ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers belonging to south Punjab on Tuesday expressed their serious concerns over the alleged wrongdoings in the surveys conducted in three flood-hit districts to assess the damages, alleging that the lists carrying the names of the affected persons had been compiled on the basis of political affiliations. Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Javed Abbasi, responding to the allegations in …

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar said on Wednesday that “no country had used terrorism better than India” as she called on the international community to take note of New Delhi’s attempts to destabilise Pakistan. During a press conference in Islamabad, the minister said that India’s objective was to undermine Pakistan’s peace and security through terrorism, saying …

Nawazuddin Siddiqui has recently dropped his transformation video from the sets of Haddi.  In the film, Nawaz will be playing the role of a trans-woman. Haddi is going to be a revenge thriller drama. The actor dropped a video on his Twitter account which is a 38 seconds snippet. The video showed his complete look transformation; starting from the eye makeup and lipstick …

The line of thunderstorms that produced tornadoes and widespread damage Tuesday morning has moved out of North Texas. The weather pattern for the next several days will be quieter and much cooler. There may be a few showers that develop overnight into early Wednesday morning, but nothing severe. Wednesday will feature decreasing clouds with a seasonably cool afternoon in the …

SWABI: The police have issued an alert about the plans of the banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan to attack ‘soft targets’ in Swabi and Nowshera district and ordered measures to protect the people’s lives. A police letter issued by the provisional and regional police on Sunday and available with Dawn reads, “Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has detailed a terrorist tashkeel [group] to Swabi and …

I first met Imran Aslam when Hameed Haroon took me across to his flat at Sidco Centre (near the Karachi Press Club) with the promise of introducing me to a writer I would love to have as a columnist for The Star Weekend that I was editing in the eighties. I must confess to being somewhat sceptical as Imran’s last job, I …