LAHORE: The process to formally declare Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supreme leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his nephew Salman Shahbaz absconders in two separate references of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) started with the issuance of proclamations on the directives of two accountability courts here on Saturday. The notice of proclamations, issued under Section 87 of the Criminal …

GILGIT: The six-day-long sit-in staged in Aliabad near Hunza was called off on Saturday after the Gilgit-Baltistan caretaker government assured the protesters of release of 14 political prisoners within one-and-a-half months. Thousands of protesters went to their homes after the end of the sit-in which was organised on the call of the Aseeran-i-Hunza Rihaee Committee, a body formed to push …

KARACHI: The twin islands of Bundal and Buddu, which have recently been taken over by the federal government through a presidential ordinance, are located at the mouth of Korangi Creek and spread over 10,000 acres. The islands have escaped the onslaught of real estate developers twice over the past two decades, first in 2006 and then in 2013. They are …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has pointed out a number of irregularities in the construction of the Navy Sailing Club as well as informing the Islamabad High Court about unfulfilled obligations of Naval Farms. In an affidavit submitted to the IHC, CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed stated: “CDA has time and again informed the Navy about this unauthorised construction …

Religious scholar and head of Karachi’s Jamia Farooqia seminary Maulana Dr Adil Khan, who was shot dead along with his driver in a suspected targeted attack a day earlier, was laid to rest on Sunday. A large number of people, including religious scholars, politicians and students of the seminary, attended the funeral prayers that were led by the deceased scholar’s brother Maulana …