PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has struck down the auction of a portion of the ancient Bhai Beba Singh gurdwara in Peshawar city by the Evacuee Trust Property Board. A bench consisting of Justice Roohul Amin Khan Chamkani and Justice Syed Mohammad Attique Shah declared the auction illegal by accepting the petition jointly filed by a member of the Pakistan …

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on Saturday to a ceasefire and to begin “substantive talks” over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after nearly two weeks of fierce clashes. Bitter fighting in the central Asian region has claimed hundreds of lives, forced thousands to flee, and stirred fears of a full-blown war that could suck in regional powers Turkey and Russia. Speaking …

US President Donald Trump plans his first steps toward resuming in-person election campaigning on Saturday when he delivers remarks to supporters at the White House, aiming to show he has beaten the coronavirus and is back in the fray. Trump has been sidelined for more than a week since his Covid-19 diagnosis during a critical juncture in campaigning for the …

KARACHI: The Covid-19 risk allowance being granted to professionals working under the health department has been discontinued, a Sindh government notification released on Friday stated. According to the notification, the order will be effective from October 1. “Considering the weakening severity of Covid-19 pandemic in the province, the risk allowance (being) granted to the personnel of health department vide finance …

KARACHI: Fisherfolk from the entire city as well several fishing villages from the rest of Sindh gathered at Ibrahim Hyderi on the call of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) on Friday to discuss the issue of the construc­tion of a new city on the twin islands of Bundal and Dingi along Karachi’s coast. PFF chairman Mohammad Ali Shah said that …

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Friday constituted a Special Task Force for uplift and mainstreaming of street children and bonded labour. According to the decision reached at a meeting held here, the task force will be headed by MNA Nafeesa Inayatullah Khattak. The meeting discussed issues about uplift and mainstreaming of street children and bonded labour. The meeting …

SWAT: A woman lecturer of the Swat University has accused the registrar, deputy registrar and provost of sexually harassing her. Assistant Professor Dr Zakia told reporters that the university’s registrar and deputy registrar had harassed her asking her to accept their ‘illegal demands’, and on refusal, she was removed as the head of the women’s campus and was transferred to …

RAWALPINDI: The government has imposed a ban on recruitment in Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) until the process of segregation within the authority is complete. Following the federal cabinet’s decision, the Aviation Division is in the process of segregating services and regulatory functions within the authority. The process will involve segregation of financial, administrative, human resource assets and liabilities of CAA …

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Friday granted bail to six teenage suspects held for allegedly harassing female students in Karachi University. Police claimed to have arrested the suspects, all said to be the children of KU employees, and booked them for allegedly harassing female students on the campus. On Friday, the investigating officer produced them before the judicial magistrate (East) to seek …

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Saturday called on political parties to be “responsible” and postpone rallies and processions for three months amid fears of a second Covid-19 wave in the country. In a message on Twitter, Chaudhry said the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had issued new standard operating procedures (SOPs) in anticipation of a …