An unidentified man fired at a protest against India’s new citizenship law near a university in Delhi on Thursday, wounding one person, witnesses said, the first such incident in the capital city during more than a month of demonstrations. Witnesses said the man holding a gun shouted slogans against the protesters near Jamia Millia Islamia University, before firing at them. …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday declared emergency to control spread of locust in nine southern districts of the province following the entry of large swarms of pest to Dera Ismail Khan district. The relief, rehabilitation and settlement department issued a communiqué declaring emergency to tackle the locust infestation in Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Lakki Marwat, Bannu, Karak, Kohat, …

KARACHI: There has been no fundamental change in India’s attitude towards Pakistan. It has never seriously engaged with Pakistan on conflict resolution. This was one of the points made by Riaz Khokhar, former foreign secretary of Pakistan, on Wednesday in his keynote address in the inaugural session of a two-day conference on ‘Kashmir, the Way Forward’, organised by the Pakistan …

ISLAMABAD: An inquiry into irregularities and financial benefits from the merger of Warid and Mobilink is in its final stage and arrests will be made in the coming days, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) told subcommittee III of the Public Accounts Committee on Wednesday. The subcommittee, chaired by Senator Sherry Rehman, was discussing the 2015-16 audit report of the telecommunications …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday declared that if overloaded vehicles caused damage to highways and motorways, the loss will be recovered from the respective officials and government functionaries. The court gave the order while deciding a petition seeking implementation of axle load policy. The petition was filed by a private transport company M/s JZ Enterprises Private Limited …

KARACHI: Spokesperson for the Sindh government Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Wednesday said certain opposition parties were exploiting the controversy over removal of inspector general of Sindh police to their own advantage instead of following the Constitution in this matter. “IGP Kaleem Imam has himself become controversial, who in clear violation of the service rules has got himself involved in politics,” …

Two Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred on Thursday during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) on a terrorist hideout in Dattakhel, North Waziristan, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). “Five terrorists were killed during the exchange of fire,” the statement added. The martyred soldiers were identified as Sepoys Muhammad Shamim and Asad Khan. On Dec 5, 2019, …

BATTAGRAM/SHANGLA: The administrations of Battagram and Shangla districts have established isolation wards in hospitals as a precautionary measure against the possible spread of coronavirus, which has originated in the city of Wuhan in the central Chinese province of Hubei. The precautionary steps were taken on the directives of provincial health department in the two districts, where a large number of …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday emphasised the need for legislative changes in the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) as well as improved training modules of NAB officials to curb misuse of power by the anti-graft watchdog. “The dignity and credibility of an institution which is responsible for accountability in the country should be up to the mark …

KARACHI: As the change in Sindh police’s command appears imminent, with many believing that the provincial and federal governments are about to reach a consensus over the new inspector general of police, incumbent IG Dr Syed Kaleem Imam met the prime minister in Islamabad on Wednesday and briefed him about the challenges the police were facing in effecting policing mainly …