KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday urged the federal government to provide matching funds for the Rs802.39 billion 24 uplift projects for the transformation of Karachi. Addressing a press conference here at Chief Minister House, he said that the provincial government had launched the projects and requested the federal government to provide a matching grant so that …

KHYBER: Artillery shells fired from the Afghan side of the border caused temporary closure of Torkham border late on Thursday. A statement issued by the local security establishment said that at least 11 rounds of artillery were fired from across the border with three of the shells landing near the Ghurakai checkpost on the Afghan side. Eight more rounds of …

ISLAMABAD: Acceding to the Supreme Court’s directive, the federal government has finally come out with a comprehensive plan to establish 120 accountability courts across the country. The decision has been taken by Law Minister Barrister Farogh Naseem. The plan includes the overall human resource requirements and financial implications for establishing the additional accountability courts across the country. The plan will …

KARACHI: Early on Thursday all the roads leading to the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) offices in Phase 1 were found blocked by containers. Still it could not stop the protestors from coming and raising their demands at noon. On reaching North Circular Avenue, which led to the office’s front gate, the protestors were taken aback to find so much security. …

SWABI/SWAT: Eight people were killed in two rain-related incidents in Swabi and Lower Kohistan districts on Thursday, taking death toll in the province to 50 during the last eight days. Officials said that six people including five members of a family were killed and four others received injuries when two houses in far-flung area of Swabi collapsed due to heavy …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Min­­ister Imran Khan on Thu­rsday reviewed the Karachi Transformation Plan and directed the provinces to revise master plans of major cities to overcome disastrous civic issues. Meanwhile, the prime min­ister amended his plan to visit Karachi on Friday (today) and is now expected in the country’s commercial hub on Saturday (tomorrow). A source privy to the development told Dawn that …

Lahore police on Friday added Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 in the FIR against PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, her husband retired captain Muhammad Safdar and party workers in a case relating to a clash outside the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) Lahore office. Safdar appeared before an anti-terrorism court today and obtained interim bail till September 11. The court …

ISLAMABAD: After several meetings and behind-the-scenes contacts among top leaders of the country’s major opposition parties aimed at removing misunderstandings developed among them on certain political matters, the opposition’s Rehbar Committee on Thursday finally announced that the much-delayed multiparty conference (MPC) would be held at Zardari House in Islamabad on Sept 20. The decision to hold the MPC was announced …

LONDON: Claire Williams, Formula One’s only female team boss, will step down after Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix and following the sale to US-based Dorilton Capital, the former champions announced on Thursday. Williams, officially the deputy to her 78-year-old father Frank who no longer attends races and is also leaving, effectively ran the British-based team whose sale was announced last month. …

NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic overcame an early scare to move into the third round of the US Open Wednesday but top women’s seed Karolina Pliskova crashed out in the tournament’s first shock. Djokovic extended an undefeated run in 2020 to 25 matches as Pliskova was stunned in straight sets by France’s Caroline Garcia, the world number 50. World number one …