Pakistan

A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred during an exchange of fire with suspected terrorists in South Waziristan, the military’s media affairs wing said on Friday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said that on the night of August 11-12 a military post in Sararogha detected the suspicious movement of three to four suspected terrorists in its area of responsibility. “A …

PESHAWAR: A director of Mardan-based tobacco company has moved the Peshawar High Court seeking directives for different government departments, including Federal Board of Revenue, Federal Investigation Agency and others, to take action against the company over the alleged involvement of some of its directors in the manufacturing of counterfeit cigarettes of popular brands. In the petition, Mohammad Faridoon Rehman requested …

HARIPUR: A Christian couple here on Wednesday alleged the abduction, forced conversion and marriage of their ‘underage’ daughter. They also accused a local PTI leader and police of supporting the accused. The girl’s mother, Noreen Maseeh, of Mubin Banda area in Ghazi tehsil reported the matter to the police and released a video message along with husband Francis Maseeh. In …

ISLAMABAD: The judiciary has failed to come up to the nation’s expectations and one cannot claim with confidence that the institution is independent, the Islamabad High Court’s chief justice admitted in an Independence Day message on Wednesday. “As the judicial branch of the state, we need to ask ourselves on this auspicious occasion whether the state has fulfilled its constitutional …

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday said setting up of a unified body to regulate and monitor all mainstream and social media was the need of the hour. However, media organisations have rejected the idea of establishing the Pakistan Media Development Authority. Briefing the joint meeting of the standing committees on information of both houses – presided over by …

ISLAMABAD: It was another unproductive day in the National Assembly on Wednesday as Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri had to once again adjourn the sitting soon after the Question Hour without taking up other agenda items due to lack of quorum. The quorum was pointed out by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) MNA Abdul Shakoor after the opposition members staged a silent walkout …

ISLAMABAD: Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Shaikh has again refused to attend sittings of the Supreme Court as an ad hoc judge, saying he is humbled by the offer of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), but his answer is similar as earlier. The SHC chief justice had through his Aug 5 letter to the JCP dispelled an …

Track-and-field athlete Arshad Nadeem was given a hero’s welcome upon his return to Pakistan after finishing fifth in the men’s javelin throw event at the Tokyo Olympics. Punjab Sports Minister Rai Taimoor Khan Bhatti and other officials received the athlete at the Lahore airport. In a tweet, the minister said that all national heroes must be appreciated. Talking about embarking …

Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Thursday the Azad Jammu and Kashmir general elections acted as a “super spreader event” for the coronavirus with the region’s positivity rate ranging between 25 and 30 per cent since then. The AJK elections were held on July 25 following which the PTI has formed a government there. …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday took exception to erstwhile rulers for their lack of foresight and long-term approach, saying “election-to-election” planning of former leaders had put the nation in a difficult position. Addressing a ceremony after performing groundbreaking of Tarbela 5th Extension Hydropower Project, the premier said a plan to build Bhasha dam was conceived in 1984 but it …