ISLAMABAD: Two days after the scrutiny committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) refused to allow use of laptops by financial experts to scrutinise financial documents of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the ‘manual’ perusal of the party’s documents began on Thursday. The committee’s decision had instantly been challenged before the ECP by Akbar S. Babar, the petitioner in …

ISLAMABAD: The accountability court of Islamabad has summoned former president Asif Ali Zardari on May 20 in a corruption reference. Accountability Judge Syed Asghar Ali has summoned Mr Zardari in a case related to a suspicious transaction of Rs8.3 billion from the account of Bahria Town. The same court has decided to indict a former director general for parks and …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday upheld capital punishment of a convict who killed his pregnant wife and was seeking acquittal on the ground of being a psychopath. IHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Babar Sattar dismissed the appeal against conviction of Samiullah. District and sessions judge convicted Sami under section 302 of Pakistan …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) board on Thursday finalised six multi-storey parking plazas in major business centres of Islamabad with parking capacity of about 3,500 vehicles. The CDA board members during an unofficial meeting were given briefing on the said project by consultant, and board members okayed the plan to construct six parking plazas – three in Blue Area, …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that civil servants when reinstated on merits cannot be deprived of back benefits as such deprivation would be against his/her constitutional rights. “In case of reinstatement or restoration to a post on merits, the employee is entitled to full back benefits and there is no discontinuity of service,” observed Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah …

LAHORE: Most of the Punjab Cabinet members have proposed that the provincial government must go ahead to impose lockdown in the cities facing high coronavirus rate. As many as 2,100 coronavirus deaths and 85,900 new positive cases have been reported during the past one month. Lahore alone is facing 22.7 per cent positivity rate at present. Twenty-three districts are reporting …

Darius Jones expected to play a normal game of golf Wednesday morning at the Trails of Frisco Golf Club. Instead, he said he found a racist slur written in the sand and was met with indifference when he told a club employee. The golf club’s shop attendant asked Jones what time the other “boy” was meeting him, Jones wrote in …

AUSTIN — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick promised Thursday to bring contentious legislation to the Senate floor next week that would let people carry handguns without a license and training, though he’s pressing for changes favored by law enforcement. “We’re going to come out with a strong bill, and I believe we’ll pass it because we brought people together,” the Republican …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday announced a five-year development package worth Rs370 billion for Gilgit-Baltistan during his visit to the area. Addressing a ceremony in GB, the prime minister said that the government was starting with a package worth Rs370bn to be spent over five years and that never before had such an amount been spent in the area. …

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said on Tuesday that a special committee of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was monitoring the oxygen situation in the country and trying to improve it. He made the comments during a press conference in Islamabad to apprise the public about the government’s steps to deal …