ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking action against owner of a private housing society in tree-chopping case under the Martial Law Regulations. CDA’s Environment Directorate petitioned before the IHC against the order of the additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) granting bail to Chaudhry Mohammad Usman, owner of Ghauri Town housing society. ADSJ …

shaik ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday announced that an Air Patrolling Unit would soon be established in the capital. Speaking at a news conference, he said he would inaugurate the unit and a dozen drone cameras had also been bought in this regard. Manpower of the capital police is also being increased and 1,000 personnel will be …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday sought comments from the Islamabad chief commissioner and others in a petition seeking de-sealing of the office of Therapyworks. The organisation’s office was sealed following the murder of Noor Mukadam, daughter of former ambassador Shaukat Ali Mukadam. Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case filed by Therapyworks Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that arresting and detaining a person without any incriminating material offend his or her right to dignity. “The human dignity encapsulates the notion that every person has inherent equal worth; no one’s life and liberty are more important than any other person’s,” Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah observed in a judgement he wrote against …

ISLAMABAD: While the results of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) are to be announced on Oct 9, the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) Conduct of Examinations Regulations 2021, under which tests were held and a company hired for conducting the test in violation of rules, have put a question mark over the whole process. Passing the exam is …

wa Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has said Pakistan “owes [its] peace and stability to the selfless devotion and sacrifices” of its martyrs. He made the comment during an investiture ceremony held at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Tuesday. Terming the martyrs the real heroes of the country, …

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday filed a petition with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking annulment of the verdict in the Avenfield Apartment reference. Accountability Court judge Mohammad Bashir had on July 6, 2018 — 19 days before the general elections — convicted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired Captain Mohammad Safdar in …

ISLAMABAD: The country’s major opposition parties on Monday rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to establish a cell to investigate those Pakistani nationals whose names had appeared in the Pandora Papers and called for holding an inquiry either through an independent commission or a judicial commission on the pattern of Panama Papers Leaks issue about five years back. The members of Pakistan …

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau’s deputy chairman Hussain Asghar has reportedly tendered his resignation to President Dr Arif Alvi. Reasons behind his decision could not be ascertained. Sources in the government confirmed that Mr Asghar had sent his resignation to the president. According to NAB laws, resignation by any official of the anti-corruption watchdog is sent to the chairman and if …

LAHORE: A sessions court on Monday indicted former Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI) leader Mufti Azizur Rehman and his five sons in a case of sexually abusing a student of his madressah. The cleric and his sons Ataur Rehman, Attiqur Rehman, Latifur Rehman, Altafur Rehman and Wasiur Rehman pleaded not guilty and decided to contest the trial. Additional District and Sessions Judge …