ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed for hearing an appeal filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the acquittal of Adviser to the PM on Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan in the Nandipur reference. An IHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Aamer Farooq will take up the appeal on Monday (tomorrow). NAB filed the appeal …

Azerbaijan said on Sunday that Armenian armed forces had shelled its second city of Ganja in a major new escalation of the conflict in the South Caucasus. Armenia denied that it fired towards Azerbaijan, but the leader of Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan, said his forces had destroyed a military airbase located in Ganja. “Permanent military units located …

ISLAMABAD: After detection of three cases of Covid-19 each, the district administration has decided to seal two prominent educational institutions in the capital from Monday. Though the district administration has been trying to inform citizens concerned, it will be the responsibility of Islamabad College for Boys, G-6/3, and Islamabad Model College for Girls, F-7/4, to convey the decision to students …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) appears to be in a legal quandary as the government continues to sit on the official notification of the census held in 2017. The ECP has a constitutional obligation to hold local government (LG) elections but the exercise will be deemed illegal until the final census notification is issued. The term of local …

PESHAWAR: The public sector Khyber Medical College on Saturday closed its only hostel for girls after five students tested positive for coronavirus. However, the college and attached Khyber Teaching Hospital will stay open. The Covid-19 patients were quarantined in private rooms of the KTH. The administration held an emergency meeting with KMC Dean Prof Mahmud Aurangzeb in the chair and …

KARACHI: The Sindh and federal governments on Saturday agreed to start trial runs of local trains within 12 kilometres during the next two months and then plan how to sync it with the modern circular railway system in the next phase. This decision was taken here in a meeting between Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and Federal Minister for …

RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Saturday said Nawaz Sharif wanted political instability that was why he made statements against the national institutions. “The PTI government will not give any relief to the persons convicted in corruption cases and it was taking all steps to bring back Nawaz Sharif to make him accountable,” he said. Speaking at …

ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Ministry on Saturday engaged Child Protection Committees of Islamabad to raise awareness about the rights of children and steps aimed at preventing them from abuse. The ministry under its Human Rights Awareness Programme, has so far held five sessions by engaging eight of the 15 Child Protection Committees that are efficiently working in several areas of …

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister and chairman of Senate Standing Committee on Interior Rehman Malik has decided not to pursue criminal and civil cases against US blogger Cynthia Dawn Ritchie. “The decision is in good faith and am making it public today,” the Pakistan Peoples Party leader tweeted on Saturday. The decision came after his exoneration from rape charges levelled against …

LAHORE: The former dis­trict and sessions judge of video scandal fame, Ars­had Malik, has filed an app­eal before Punjab Subordi­nate Judiciary Tribunal challenging the termination of his service by the Lahore High Court’s administration committee on charges of professional misconduct. The LHC had on Aug 6, 2020 issued a notification regarding “removal from service” of Mr Malik, who had convicted …