Gunmen traded fire with Afghan security forces in Kabul University’s campus following a blast in the area, and at least six people were wounded, Afghan government officials said. The Taliban denied their fighters were involved in the assault, and the identity of the attackers was unknown. “Gunshots still can be heard in the area but security forces have blocked it …

TAXILA: PML-N leaders of Attock district have distanced themselves from the recent “anti-state” remarks of the party leadership, particularly the stance of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and former speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq. At separate press conferences in different towns of the district on Sunday, PML-N member of the Punjab Assembly Jehangir Khan­zada, former member of the National …

KARACHI: Many religious and political organisations on Sunday took out rallies in different areas of the metropolis to condemn publication of blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in France and urged people to boycott French products. The organisations that staged rallies included Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F), Imamia Students Organisation (ISO) and Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ). Almost …

GUJRAT: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) plans to hold a public meeting in Hafizabad after the prime minister reportedly approved the plan of going to public in response to the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) rallies in different parts of the country. Shaukat Bhatti, a PTI MNA, will host the Hafizabad public meeting. He told Dawn by telephone on Sunday that Imran Khan …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Sunday staged a big rally to express support for and solidarity with the armed forces. The participants chanted slogans describing certain opposition politicians as ‘traitors’ and demanding legal action against them under treason charges. A large number of men, women and children had started gathering outside the Mazar-i-Quaid in the second half of the day …

tiger ISLAMABAD: As many as 25 teams of the prime minister’s Corona Relief Tiger Force are actively assisting Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration in curbing profiteering and hoarding in urban and rural areas of the capital. According to a spokesman for the administration, each team includes 10 to 15 members who have been directed to watch out for hoarding or …

ISLAMABAD: An international expedition is preparing to attempt to scale K2 this winter and some of them plan to do it without bottled oxygen obviously depending on the state of Covid-19 in Pakistan and elsewhere, said the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) on Sunday. “Nearly a dozen climbers from Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Bulgaria are part of this expedition …

ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) on Sunday reacted strongly to the recent remarks of Minister for Interior retired Brigadier Ijaz Shah in which he had allegedly warned the opposition of attacks by the Taliban. While the PPP sought an apology from the interior minister over his remarks, the ANP called for his “immediate …

LAHORE: Capital City Police Officer Umar Sheikh on Sunday ordered registration of cases against three policemen involved in illegal detention, running a private torture cell and misuse of authority. Two cases were registered against former Nawab Town SHO Taimour Abbas, check post in-charge Haider Ali and ASI Sajid over misuse of authority, illegal detention and giving undue favour to a …

RAWALPINDI: In order to contain the second wave of Covid-19 outbreak in the country, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has directed its officials to strictly implement the Standard Operating Proce­dures (SOPs) formulated for passengers and operators of charter and private flights. This time the PCAA has decided that pilots will make an announcement twice or thrice during the flight …