Pakistan

Four soldiers of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom in an exchange of fire with terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan tribal district, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Friday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces conducted an IBO on the reported presence of terrorists in the …

ISLAMABAD: After a wait of 32 years, over 4,000 people would finally get possession of developed plots in E-12, which had been marred by a dispute between the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and the villagers. On Wednesday, 162 of around 1,200 villagers were allotted alternative plots through balloting, paving the way to resolution of the long-running dispute that had been …

RAWALPINDI: Higher educational institutions and secondary schools, both in private and public sector, in Rawalpindi are observing separate winter vacation schedule due to lack of coordination between different sections of the Punjab Education Department. As per the notification issued by the Higher Education Department (HED) Punjab, the public and private sector higher education institutions had been observing winter holidays from …

ISLAMABAD: Kohsar police arrested two persons on the charge of murdering a visa section officer of the Iraqi embassy. The victim’s wife was among those arrested. According to the police, the deceased was identified as Mohammad Shakeel, a resident of Bhara Kahu, who worked with the Iraqi embassy in Islamabad. A case was registered with Kohsar police against unidentified person(s) …

GWADAR: The leader of Gwadar Ko Haq Do Tehreek, Maulana Hidayatur Rehman, has said that illegal fishing near Makran coast has come down because of strict steps taken by the authorities. Maulana Rehman was talking to journalists here on Wednesday after attending a meeting which reviewed point-to-point progress and implementation of the agreement reached between the government and the protestors …

ISLAMABAD: All legal options available to the general public should also be available to the assistant sub-inspector (ASI), who was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for allegedly sharing sensitive information with a diplomat. This was said by Inspector General of Police Islamabad (IGP) Ahsan Younas while talking to journalists on Wednesday. Furthermore, over 60 crime pockets were identified …

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Inves­ti­gation Agency (FIA) has recovered Rs1.273 billion from 422 suspects in 335 cases of financial crimes during the current year in compliance with the action plan for the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Pakistan has been on the grey list of the FATF since 2018. The FATF had in its October 2021 meeting acknowledged “good progress” made …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ruled that only the first wife can challenge the second marriage of her husband if contracted without her permission. Justice Muhammad Amjad Rafiq issued the ruling quashing a first information report (FIR) against a man registered on an application by his brother-in-law for contracting a second marriage allegedly without the mandatory permission from his …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by State Life Insurance Corporation (SLIC) and the federal and Punjab governments to ensure up to Rs1 million annual health insurance for the population of Islamabad and Punjab. National Health Services Secretary Aamir Ashraf Khwaja, Chief Executive Officer of Punjab Health Initiatives Management Company …

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday announced the cabinet’s approval of supplementary finance bill — or the mini-budget as the opposition calls it — paving way for the bill to be presented in the National Assembly (NA). “The cabinet has approved the finance bill, which will now be introduced in the National Assembly,” the information minister tweeted.   The bill …