PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan formally launched the ‘Zu bus service’ on three Bus Rapid Transit feeder routes in Hayatabad here on Monday. First of the three routes is between the Mall of Hayatabad and Phase-VI via Basharat Market, second between Karkhano Market and Phase-VII terminal via Industrial Estate and third between the Mall of Hayatabad and Haji …

  ISLAMABAD: As many as 15,000 personnel of Islamabad police, Pakistan Rangers and Frontier Constabulary (FC) would perform security duty to ensure peace during Muharram processions and majalis, according to Deputy Inspector General of Police (operations) Waqaruddin Syed. In a press release issued by the police on Monday, the DIG said the capital police had finalised security arrangements for processions, …

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Daraban police arrested four Afghans travelling without documents at Darazinda checkpost and registered a case against them. Police officials said they stopped the suspects at the checkpost and demanded documents from them regarding residence and travel in Pakistan, but the suspects could not produce the same. The arrested men were identified as Sultan, Dawood, Habibullah and …

ISLAMABAD: Through a well-planned strategy and with covert support of opposition parties, the government on Monday managed to get two more FATF-related bills, including the Anti-Money Laundering (Second Amendment) Bill, passed from the National Assembly after a heated debate on the role of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The assembly also passed the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Waqf Properties Bill, …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa has suggested to Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed to always consider fixing jail petitions before a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court for expeditious disposal of the cases if the sentence is awarded by a division bench of the lower court. The proposal has been put forward by Justice Isa of the Supreme Court …

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday directed the provinces to take religious scholars and other stakeholders on board to ensure implementation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) during Muharram processions and majalis. Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar also warned that the virus could re-emerge if violations were committed. Moreover, he said SOPs …

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court here on Monday approved acquittal of Zain Malik, son-in-law of property tycoon Malik Riaz, in six cases pertaining to fake accounts after the suspect pledged to pay Rs9.5 billion in plea bargain. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) submitted a schedule of payment to the accountability court. Accountability Court judge Mohammad Bashir took up applications of Mr …

A delegation from the Afghan Taliban’s Qatar-based political office met with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the Foreign Office on Tuesday to discuss issues impeding the start of the intra-Afghan dialogue for ending the 19-year-old conflict in the country. Mullah Baradar, the director of the political office and Taliban’s deputy emir responsible for political affairs, lead the delegation, which arrived on …

Heavy rains continued for the second day in Karachi on Tuesday, wreaking more havoc on the metropolis, flooding roads and causing a landslide. At least three children lost their lives in rain-related accidents. Meanwhile, the Sindh chief minister, in view of the incessant rainfall, declared a rain emergency in the province, instructing the chief secretary to issue the notification in …