QUETTA: Balochistan Home Minister Ziaullah Langove has claimed that India is spending $500 million annually to promote terrorism in Balochistan with the help of the anti-state elements who have claimed responsibility for Thursday’s attack on an Oil and Gas Development Company convoy in Ormara. Talking to the media on Friday, the minister condemned the Ormara attack, in which 14 security …

ISLAMABAD: The Islam­abad High Court (IHC) issued notices to the secretaries of the interior and information ministries, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) chairman and the inspector general of Islamabad on Friday on a petition filed against the alleged harassment of a journalist. Chief Justice Athar Min­allah called for a reply from the above-named respon­dents and put off further …

RAWALPINDI: The government of Pakistan has imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on Qatar Airways for violating the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for prevention of Covid-19 on its flight. Aviation Division spokesman Abdul Sattar Khokhar in a press release said on Friday the government had taken serious notice of the violation which had put the health and safety of the passengers …

ISLAMABAD: Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday referred a petition, filed by the Indian High Commission seeking release of four Indian spies, to Chief Justice Athar Minallah for onward proceedings. Justice Minallah is heading a larger bench of the IHC that is hearing a petition of the Ministry of Law and Justice for appointment …

hc KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday restrained the provincial authorities from holding the admission test for medical and dental universities and colleges in the province scheduled to be held on Sunday amid a conflict of approach between the federal and provincial authorities over the admission policy. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar directed the federal …

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Security Dr Moeed Yusuf on Saturday said it was important to change how Pakistan’s narrative was perceived in the world and to propagate the message that the country stood for economic security and regional peace. “It is important to change Pakistan’s narrative in the world. Pakistan’s narrative is of economic security and the …

The government on Saturday slammed the opposition-led Pakistan Democratic Movement for targeting the country’s institutions during the first rally of its anti-government campaign in Gujranwala and warned the alliance against playing a “dangerous game”. Addressing a press conference alongside Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry, Information Minister Shibli Faraz said that the opposition was causing harm to the country by targeting …