Indian police seized over seven kilogrammes (15.4 pounds) of natural uranium and arrested two men in the western Maharashtra state for “illegally possessing” the highly radioactive substance, an authority said on Thursday. According to the anti-terrorism squad in Maharashtra, the confiscated material is worth around $2.9 million and an investigation into the case is under way. “We had received information …

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa called on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman in Jeddah, the military’s media affairs wing said on Friday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said matters of mutual interest, the regional security situation including developments in the Afghan peace process, bilateral …

LAHORE: The Counter Terrorism Department of Punjab is all set to launch a crackdown after it traced country-wide 328 big financiers of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). Most of them are businessmen, industrialists and traders, hailing from major business hubs like Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad and Gujranwala, a senior official told on Thursday. He said the TLP was also getting a …

LAHORE: The UK national girl who was killed at her Defence residence on May 3 had sought protection from police, submitting written complaints after receiving death threats from one of the main suspects and rape threats from another. During an investigation, it appeared that victim Mahira had submitted an application with the Defence B police, seeking protection from Zahir Jadoon, saying he …

ISLAMABAD: The Private Schools Association on Thursday lost their case against the government decision of a 20pc cut in the monthly tuition fee. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ruled that private schools were profit-making commercial entities and their profit and loss could only be determined through substantial evidence. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah dismissed the petition filed by the Private …

ISLAMABAD: After issuing notices to owners of over 200 farmhouses for non-conforming use of the plots, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to take further action. Sources said during the last two months, the civic agency issued the notices warning the owners of farmhouses to produce agricultural products as per their agreement. An inspector of the building control section …

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved two crucial bills for the protection of journalists and media workers and making the forced disappearances in the country a criminal offence. “Today, the (federal) cabinet approved the Protection of Journalists and Media Professionals Bill and the Forced or Involuntary Disappearance (Criminal Law Amendment) Bill,” said federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari …

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has set up three centres to isolate expatriates coming to Pakistan in case they test positive of Covid-19. Additional Deputy Commissioner Islamabad (East) Babar Sahib Din told that the three quarantine facilities had been set up one each at OGDCL building, Marriott and Redison hotels. The isolation facility is available free of cost at the OGDCL …

ISLAMABAD: After waiting for seven weeks for the opposition parties to nominate members for a special parliamentary committee on electoral reforms, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Thursday constituted a five-member “committee” comprising members of the federal cabinet to engage the opposition on the issue. According to an announcement by the National Assembly Secretariat, the “parliamentary committee” formed by the …

LAHORE: All Pakistan Anjuman Tajiran (APAT) has ‘warned of clashes’ between the small traders and law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) in the provincial capital on the issue of a complete lockdown starting from May 8 (tomorrow) in the wake of Covid-19 restrictions. The traders’ body has also urged the government to better follow business policy of the Saudi government that allows opening …