The European Union has raised concerns that Hong Kong’s plan for a new national security law may weaken the city’s freedoms, with business leaders calling for greater clarity. City leader John Lee on Tuesday unveiled a legislative proposal that would introduce new categories of security crimes — on top of an existing national security law imposed by Beijing in 2020. Lee said …

An Indian court weighed in on one of the country’s most sensitive religious disputes on Wednesday by permitting Hindu worshippers to pray inside a mosque in the city of Varanasi. The Gyanvapi mosque is one of several Islamic houses of worship that Hindu activists, backed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, have sought for decades to reclaim for their religion. …

LAHORE: Residents of Hair area of the Lahore Cantonment are worried following registration of a criminal case by police against some locals for allegedly confronting security force personnel. The police say they acted after a video clip of the incident surfaced on social media, showing some locals apparently confronting security force personnel over a piece of land located near the …

RAWALPINDI: Special Branch of the police will scrutinise all security guards deployed at China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Non-CPEC projects or working alongside Chinese nationals. A directive in this regard was issued by the Regional Police Office (RPO) to the City Police Office (CPO) and the District Police Officers (DPOs) of the three districts of Rawalpindi division. They have also …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday urged the people to vote for ‘arrow’ for prosperity and progress in the country. He was addressing a huge rally in NA-51 Kahuta where PPP has fielded Mehreen Anwar Raja. He said that on his way to Kahuta he saw people on the streets raising the slogan of ‘Jeay …

ISLAMABAD: The PML-N, a major political rival of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, and its ally in the upcoming elections, Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP), have hailed the special court’s judgement against ex-premier Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the cipher case, with PTI fou­n­der’s erstwhile confidante Jahangir Khan Tareen saying that both are reaping what they sowed. On the other hand, the …

ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General for Pakistan assured the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the FIA would not take action before the general election on notices sent to several journalists over allegations that they were carrying out a campaign of vilification against the judiciary. The assurance was given to a three-member bench which took up a suo motu case against the notices sent …

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Wednesday that the bodies of nine Pakistani nationals, who were shot dead in Iran last week, would be airlifted today from the Taftan border to Multan. Nine Pakistani workers were gunned down by unidentified attackers in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province near the border with Pakistan on January 27, as the neighbouring countries sought to ease tensions after deadly …

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday directed the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to ensure that former prime minister Imran Khan as well as the candidates of all political parties were given “free and unrestricted” access to media ahead of the forthcoming February 8 general elections. The order was passed by Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza on a petition …

A photo of former prime minister Imran Khan has been circulating on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) since Tuesday. It showed the PTI founder, who has been incarcerated at Adiala Jail since August last year, sporting a grey beard. The photo, however, is doctored and dates back to August 2023. According to fact-checking platform iVerify Pakistan, a social media …