Pakistan

Federal Law Minister Barrister Farogh Naseem on Sunday called for rooting out the propagation of “fake news” and said that no one will be exempt from indulging in the menace under the amended Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca). Talking to the media in Karachi, Naseem said spreading fake news would be treated as a cognisable offence after the amendments …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to visit a utility store in Islamabad to inaugurate the roll-out of ‘Ehsaas Rashan Riayat’ for low-income families on Saturday. The country’s first ever targeted commodity subsidies programme is in line with the prime minister’s vision to provide relief to the masses and target government subsidies. At the retail outlet, the prime minister …

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani on Friday said that the provincial government was making best possible efforts to conduct a transparent and impartial probe into the recent incidents of harassment and violence against girl students in the universities of the province. It was trying to ensure that those guilty of such unlawful acts were brought to justice regardless of …

KARACHI: Just a couple of days after the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf announced restructuring its Sindh chapter and appointed new office-bearers, two of its senior leaders have stepped down from their positions, including Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh, after developing differences, it emerged on Friday. Confirming the development, a PTI spokesman cited ‘personal reasons and engagements’ …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf politician Faisal Vawda, who was disqualified for life from becoming a lawmaker, approached the Supreme Court on Friday with a plea to set aside the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision of Feb 9 that barred him from parliamentary politics. Moved through senior counsel Waseem Sajjad, the former senator’s petition pleaded before the apex court that the …

NAROWAL: It was a very emotional moment for the second-generation members of the Christian Mithu family which had separated during the tumultuous days of the Partition of India in 1947, when they met at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur on Friday. The Kartarpur Corridor provided the two branches of the family with an opportunity to reunite after 74 years as …

At least three policemen were injured in a grenade attack on a police station in Peshawar on Saturday, officials said. Officials said unknown men hurled hand grenades at the city’s Phandu Police Station and escaped, resulting in injuries to at least three policemen. The injured have been shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) for treatment. Video footage of the …

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to defer the filing of a complaint against an Islamabad additional district and sessions judge for allegedly giving a biased judgement in a matter relating to the detention of media personality Mohsin Jamil Baig on the complaint of federal Communications Minister Murad Saeed. Mr Baig was arrested earlier this week in a raid conducted by the Federal …

PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah on Saturday claimed that the opposition was in touch with “more than enough” government lawmakers required to “abolish” Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vote of confidence in the parliament. Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the opposition alliance of which Sanaullah’s party is also a member, is currently planning to move a no-confidence motion against the prime minister, who had …

Parliamentary Secretary for Law Maleeka Bokhari on Saturday said that the state was “reviewing options” in the light of laws and Supreme Court judgements in the murder case of social media star Qandeel Baloch, whose brother was acquitted by the Lahore High Court (LHC) earlier this week. Before her murder in 2016, Baloch, 26, became famous for her posts that were deemed suggestive and …