TAXILA: Hassanabdal police have registered a case against four people for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a 14-year-old boy in Mohalla Irshadnagar. The boy was allegedly gang raped by four of his friends. The victim’s mother along with her son in the first investigation report (FIR) said her son was taken by his friend to his house, …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up on Wednesday a set of petitions, including the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s plea seeking empowerment and autonomy of local government institutions in Sindh. In addition to the MQM-P’s petition, a three-judge SC bench comprising Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel will take up petitions, which were moved by …

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) on Sunday announced that it would launch a province-wide protest campaign from Thursday (Sept 24) for the “rights of urban Sindh”, saying it would also support all other parties planning to take out rallies for the rights of Karachi and other urban areas of the province. The MQM-P had earlier announced that it would …

GILGIT: The Pakistan-China border at Khunjerab was opened till month end to facilitate bilateral trade. Two containers carrying medical equipment donated bythe Xinjiang province to Gilgit-Baltistan police department arrived at the Khunjerab pass following its opening. The ministry of foreign affairs had written a letter to the China embassy in Pakistan on August 18, proposing that the border should be …

ISLAMABAD: Chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday protested over what he called media blackout of his speech at the opposition’s multi-party conference (MPC) by the host, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The PPP as the host and chief organiser of the MPC had made special arrangements for telecasting the opening speeches of the opposition leaders …

A countrywide polio campaign aiming to inoculate 40 million children will begin in Pakistan today (Monday) and go on till September 25 (Friday). According to a statement issued by the Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme, this is the first nationwide immunisation drive in the country since February after a four-month suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “The September nationwide polio campaign coincides with …

ISLAMABAD: Giving a formal shape to their alliance with the name of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) and demanding resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country’s major opposition parties on Sunday announced launching of a three-phased anti-government movement under an “action plan” starting from next month with countrywide public meetings, protest demonstrations and rallies in December and a “decisive long …