A draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Tuesday condemned an Israeli plan to annex its settlements in the West Bank in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s pro-Israel peace proposal. The draft text, circulated to council members by Tunisia and Indonesia, would seemingly face a US veto, but nonetheless offered some members a dim view of the peace plan that …

ISLAMABAD: A former additional district and sessions judge who was convicted of physically abusing a child domestic worker has approached the Supreme Court seeking a review of its Jan 10 verdict that upheld that sufficient evidence existed the warrant an enhancement of his sentence. The petition, moved by advocate Raja Rizwan Abbasi on behalf of Raja Khurram Ali Khan, seeks …

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah informed the provincial cabinet on Tuesday that he had told Prime Minister Imran Khan that he was ready to brief the federal cabinet on the controversial issue involving appointment of the new inspector general of police but it was “unreasonable” to consult the governor over the issue. “The prime minister told me …

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Tuesday that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government had failed to deliver as prices of wheat flour, sugar and other essential items had increased manifold and gone beyond of the reach of the common man. Talking to journalists while leaving the accountability court which extended his judicial remand to Feb 21 in …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has restrained filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood, popularly known as Jami, from making any defamatory statement against Dawn Chief Executive Officer Hameed Haroon. The single bench of the SHC headed by Justice Agha Faisal issued a notice to the defendant (Jami) for Feb 12 and ruled that, in the meanwhile, he was restrained from making any defamatory statement against …

PESHAWAR: A government inquiry committee has recommended that the governor ask Vice-Chancellor of the Bannu University of Science and Technology Prof Abid Ali Shah to choose between resignation and sacking over an inappropriate dance video. The vice chancellor was sent on forced leave on Sept 19, 2019, a day after the video went viral on social media. The video showed …

ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate on Tuesday failed to block the laying of a money bill consisting of a complex set of amendments to tax laws in the house, after raising technical objections and seeking a house vote to decide if it was acceptable. A copy of the money bill — the Tax Laws Amendment Bill 2020 — was …

ISLAMABAD: Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Seyyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini on Tuesday proposed a new bloc comprising Russia, China and Turkey in addition to Pakistan and Iran for addressing regional issues and promoting cooperation among themselves. Mr Hosseini was delivering a lecture at the Islamabad Strategic Studies Institute (ISSI) in connection with the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran …

PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that because former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter, Maryam Nawaz, was not permitted to be with him in London, cardiologists had to change the pre-decided date for his treatment twice. In a statement, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly said it was very unfortunate that Maryam was not being granted …

ISLAMABAD: Six more British prosecution witnesses, including three eyewitnesses, recorded their statements in the Dr Imran Farooq murder case before the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday through a video link from the United Kingdom. According to the first eyewitness, a neighbour of Dr Farooq, the slain leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, she saw a man hitting Dr Farooq with …