ISLAMABAD: The Islam­abad High Court (IHC) on Saturday expressed concern over a rise in cases of enforced disappearances in Islamabad and ordered the production in court of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) joint director Sajid Gondal, who went missing on Thursday night. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah warned that act­ion would be taken against the interior secretary, the …

GWADAR: A woman journalist and social worker, Shaheena Shaheen Baloch, was shot dead allegedly by her husband in Turbat, the headquarters of Kech district, on Saturday, police said. According to a police statement, a man named Mehrab Gichki took Shaheena Baloch’s body to the Teaching Hospital, Turbat, in a car but fled soon afterwards. By that time, the woman had …

• Centre assures Sindh of all possible help in post-flood situation • Murad-led liaison committee to oversee projects • PM holds meetings with MQM, PML-F leaders • Bilawal says Sindh will provide Rs800bn KARACHI: Prime Minis­ter Imran Khan on Saturday announced an ambitious Rs1,113 billion package for the development of the country’s financial capital and set up a coordination and …

KARACHI: The federal government is seriously considering several proposals to improve the power supply system in Karachi and one of the proposals includes the option to take over the management control of K-Electric amid growing complaints of its failure to meet the challenge after recent heavy rains. Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Saturday met the KE …

ISLAMABAD: Condemning fascist Hindutva agents for trying to damage the cultural heritage of Kashmir, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi has urged artists and human rights activists to work with the committee to help preserve and project the cultural aspect of the Kashmiri cause. Mr Afridi expressed these views during a meeting with eminent actor, director …

ISLAMABAD: A team of experts from Austria was disturbed to see the condition of Kaavan and other animals at the zoo in Islamabad. Led by Dr Amir Khalil from Four Paws and his colleague Dr Frank Goritz, who is the head veterinarian at Leibniz Institute for Zoo Wildlife Research, Berlin, the six-member team is on its third visit. “Conditions were …

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan on Saturday said the government had convened sessions of the National Assembly and the Senate next week, specifically to get FATF-related bills passed. Talking to Dawn, Mr Awan said he would also move motions in the upcoming National Assembly session starting on Monday (tomorrow) to seek approval of the house …

QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Saturday confirmed that Pashtun Tahaffuz Moment (PTM) leader and MNA Mohsin Dawar had been barred from entering Quetta. “Mohsin Dawar is our guest and he has been shifted to a safe place,” government spokesman Liaquat Ali Shahwani said, adding that ensuring safety of the MNA was the government’s prime responsibility. “After the recent blast in …

The nation marked its 55th Defence Day on Sunday to commemorate the sacrifices of fallen heroes during the 1965 war. The main ceremony for Defence Day was held in the morning at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi, according to Radio Pakistan, where Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa laid a floral wreath at the Martyrs Monument. A change of guards …

SOUTHAMPTON: Australia vice-captain Pat Cummins cited India great Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a role model after a failure to finish off a chase cost his side dear during a dramatic loss to arch-rivals England in their Twenty20 series opener on Friday night. Australia, in their first competitive match for nearly six months because of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, were …