Pakistan

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has decided to book Pakistan Democratic Movement leaders for their “hateful statements” against state institutions, Special Adviser to the Chief Minister on Information Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif said on Tuesday. “The cases are being registered on the basis of hateful and provocative statements made against the army, judiciary and other state institutions in the past,” …

An Islamabad district and sessions court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a police request for an extension in the physical remand of Bol TV anchor and YouTuber Jameel Farooqui. Farooqui was arrested from Karachi a day earlier for “falsely accusing” Islamabad police of physically and sexually assaulting PTI leader Shahbaz Gill. Subsequently, a Karachi judge had given Islamabad police Farooqui’s custody after granting …

The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to PTI chief Imran Khan and summoned him in his personal capacity on August 31 in contempt proceedings against him for his controversial remarks about additional district and sessions judge Zeba Chaudhry, who approved the remand of his chief of staff Shahbaz Gill in a sedition case. The notice was …

Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday offered thinly veiled criticism of PTI chief Imran Khan, referring to him as “mad for power” as he said the judiciary must see “whether this person is above the law”. “All provinces are looking to us in this emergency situation, but there is a man whose lust for power is driving him mad …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported three coronavirus-related deaths and 416 fresh Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours, quoting the National Institute of Health (NIH). According to the statistics issued by National Institute of Health (NIH), a total of 16,764 Covid-19 diagnostic tests were conducted, of which 416 samples came back positive. COVID-19 STATISTICS 22 AUGUST 2022 TOTAL TESTS IN LAST …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Health has launched a week-long national anti-polio campaign across the country. According to details, children under the age of five years will be administered polio drops during the drive. In Punjab, 22 million children will be administered anti-polio vaccines during the campaign. Meanwhile, Sindh Health Department said nine million children will receive anti-polio drops in the …

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on Sunday came down hard on the PML-N-led federal government and accused it of “malevolently” treating the liberated territory by denying it its due share in fiscal grants. “Ever since the PML-N government has come to power [in Islamabad], it has been treating us chintzily and selfishly. While the …

QUETTA: A local woman leader of the PTI was shot dead by unknown armed men in the provincial capital. Armed men on a motorcycle opened fire at Nargis Mengal near Shaheen Bunga­lows, killing her on the spot. According to the police, the incident took place late on Saturday night near her house. “Ms Mengal suffered multiple bullet injuries which caused …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded the formation of a judicial commission to investigate the April 16 mayhem in the Punjab Assembly being used by the provincial government as an excuse to arrest its leaders. At a press conference here on Sunday, PML-N chief whip Khalil Tahir Sindhu said the commission was needed to probe the clash during the Punjab Assembly …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has directed a prosecutor of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh to inform it under which provision of law the paramilitary force has detained a man, said to be Rangers personnel who allegedly went missing last year. A woman had filed a petition in the SHC stating that her son, Adeel, was serving in Pakistan Rangers, Sindh. She …