Pakistan

KARACHI: A model court has ruled that an accused can evade punishment following an out-of-court settlement in a manslaughter case but his guilt will remain intact. The ruling was given by Additional District and Sessions Judge Liaqat Ali Khoso of the Model Criminal Trial Court (Central) in his judgement in a case pertaining to the death of two labourers in …

RAWALPINDI: Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ali on Saturday took charge as the Rawalpindi administrator after Sardar Naseem’s term as mayor ended with the expiry of the local government’s (LG) tenure on Dec 31. The deputy commissioner will also run the affairs of the district council. In Murree, the assistant commissioner was given the charge of the tehsil’s administration. Similarly, assistant commissioners …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has given cooperative housing societies using the names of ministries or government departments three weeks to change their names or face strict action. This public interest matter has lingered on for quite some time, first coming up before the Islamabad High Court in the year 2020. At the time, IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah …

ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Ansar Abbasi filed an application before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday seeking the modification of an order passed in connection with the contempt of court proceedings over an affidavit of former chief judge of Gilgit-Baltistan Rana Mohammad Shamim. Mr Abbasi pointed out that the order passed by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah stated: “They (Ansar …

ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the idea of granting Pakistani citizenship to investors from Afghanistan alone, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that such a policy should not be limited to any single country. According to official circles, the idea of granting permanent residency or citizenship to foreign nationals interested in investing in Pakistan was shared during a recent meeting of the Afghanistan …

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted “widespread rain and thunderstorms” in Karachi and other parts of Sindh between Jan 4 (Tuesday) and 7 (Friday) under a new weather system expected to enter the country through Balochistan by Monday. The PMD had on Dec 30 said it expected Karachi to receive a second spell of winter rain in the first …

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Sunday said that the government has instructed the attorney general to ask the Lahore High Court (LHC) to either bring back PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif or take action against Shehbaz Sharif for submitting in court a “fake” undertaking ensuring the return of his brother to the country. Nawaz had left the country in 2019 after his seven-year …

ISLAMABAD: As local transmission of the most tra­nsmissible variant of Covid-19, Omicron, is now being reported from all acr­oss the country, Pakistan’s positivity rate remained over 1 per cent for the second consecutive day on Saturday. Earlier positivity rate had remained less than 1pc for almost two months and it was being believed that Pakistan may not be forced by …

ISLAMABAD: The rise in militant attacks in Pakistan coincided with the Afghan Taliban’s military offensive that started in May 2021 and reached the highest point in August 2021 with the takeover of Kabul, said a study conducted by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Study (PICSS). The highest number of attacks in a single month in 2021 was recorded …

RAWALPINDI: A police official was apprehended on Friday after he reportedly fired two rounds on a car at a police checkpoint in the New Town area, leaving one of the occupants critically injured who has been struggling for his life in the Holy Family Hospital. The injured Haider Ali, 26, was shifted to hospital with bullet injuries by Rescue 1122 …