Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) has detected a massive financial embezzlement in its Park Road Housing Scheme allegedly due to forged payments against the work never carried out. According to sources, the contractor allegedly in connivance with the project director and others withdrew the mobilisation advance of Rs719 million on a fake bank guarantee, while there is …

ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl held a workers’ convention in the federal capital on Thursday, terming it the beginning of a countrywide protest movement against alleged rigging in the elections. Addressing the ‘Islam­abad general council’ of the JUI-F, party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said the nation witnessed the worst rigging in the country’s history on Feb 8. He alleged that the 2024 polls …

LAHORE: Incarcerated PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Thursday accused Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi of robbing the people of their mandate in the Feb 8 election, predicting an accountability of his alleged crimes soon. “Mohsin Naqvi and his police are the real culprits behind stealing the mandate of the citizens,” Mr Elahi said in a brief conversation with the …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to return the information centres on Trail 5 and Trail 6 and the animal sanctuary in the foothills of the Margalla Hills to Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB). Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, a three member bench of the apex court took up …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Thursday regretted that crucial tenure-based assignments in different courts and tribunals were being repeatedly allocated to retired judges of the High Courts and District and Sessions Judges. This practice warrants immediate attention and resolution, said a statement issued by Vice Chairman (PBC) Riazat Ali Sahar and Chairman, Executive Committee, Farooq Hamid Naek, acknowledging the invaluable …

ISLAMABAD: Days after dropping a bombshell by confessing that he played a role in rigging the elections to make the losers win in Rawalpindi Division, former commissioner of Rawalpindi, Liaquat Ali Chattha on Thursday supposedly backtracked on his allegations. In a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) secretary, a copy of which was seen by Dawn, Mr Chattha said last week’s …

ISLAMABAD: As expec­ted, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) failed to meet the legal deadline for uploading key result-related documents on its website on Thursday. Moreover, it seems unlikely that the process will be completed any time soon, with a senior ECP official claiming that uploading over 90,000 Forms 45s on its website would be a time-consuming exercise. However, the …

A Lahore district and sessions court on Friday sent anchorperson Imran Riaz, who was arrested last night, to jail in a corruption case. Riaz was arrested late last night from his home, with visuals of the arrest going viral on social media. The PTI has decried the arrest and called for Riaz’s immediate release. Riaz was presented before Judicial Magistrate …

Amid protests and delays, newly elected representatives were sworn into the Punjab Assembly on Friday. The session was summoned by Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman a day earlier after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) partially notified lawmakers on seats reserved for women and minorities. The Punjab Assembly is the largest elected house in the country, with 371 seats, comprising 297 …

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Wednes­day transferred Multan Division Commissioner Muhammad Abdul Aamer Khattak and posted him as Rawalpindi Division Commissioner. The reshuffle relieves Rawalpindi Development Authority Director General Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa of additional charge of the Pindi commissioner post. The post of Rawalpindi Division commissioner had fallen vacant when the then office-holder, Liaqat Ali Chattha, tendered his resignation after alleging …