BEIRUT: Israel carried out its deadliest strikes in months on northern Syria’s Aleppo province early on Friday. Israel has ramped up airstrikes in Syria against both the Lebanese Hezbollah militia and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in recent months. The Israeli military also claimed on Friday it had killed Ali Abed Akhsan Naim, deputy commander of Hezbollah’s rocket and …

JERUSALEM: The Gaza crisis hung heavy over Good Friday in Jerusalem with fewer Christian pilgrims walking the path through the walled Old City that they believe Christ took to his crucifixion. Security was heavy in the narrow alleyways where thousands of Palestinians flocked to Friday prayers at the Al Aqsa mosque compound. “It is deeply touching to be here on …

Malaysian authorities have arrested three people suspected of supplying firearms to a 36-year-old man carrying an Israeli passport, who was detained this week at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, police said on Saturday. The man, arrested with a bag containing six handguns and 200 bullets, had arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport from the United Arab Emirates on March 12 …

MUZAFFARGARH: Two nine-year-old girls were raped in separate incidents at the District Headquarters Hospital Layyah and Kot Addu. A mentally challenged minor girl was raped at the DHQ Hospital, Layyah, on Thursday evening. The nine-year-old girl belonged to Chak 515-TDA of Kot Addu who was visiting the hospital with her family. A CCTV footage showed the victim child being taken …

ISLAMABAD: In a recent reshuffle, the federal government has replaced Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Akbar Nasir Khan, with Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, a BS-20 officer currently posted in Punjab. According to the notifications issued by the Establishment Division, Dr Akbar Nasir Khan was posted to the Establishment Division “with immediate effect and until further orders”. Khan had been …

A recent report compiled by the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) has revealed that of the 126 judges in Pakistan’s superior judiciary, only seven are female. The upper tier of judiciary includes the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Federal Shariat Court, and the five high courts. The report, titled Women in the Justice Sector, aims to report the statistics of women …

Retired Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, a former chief justice, was on Saturday appointed the head of the inquiry commission that will investigate charges of interference into judicial independence by the intelligence apparatus. On Tuesday, six Islamabad High Court judges — out of a total strength of eight — wrote a startling letter to the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) members, regarding attempts to …

QUETTA: Ten coal miners were rescued on Friday after being trapped for 16 hours in a coal mine filled up with rainwater in the Duki area of Harnai. Officials said miners were digging at a depth of 2,000 feet when rainfall flooded the mine, leaving them trapped. Subsequently, a PDMA team of rescuers along with other miners laun­ched an operation …

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has approved the appointment of Lt Gen Muhammad Munir Afsar as the chairman of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for three years. The appointment of the first-ever serving three-star general as Nadra chairman was initially made by the caretaker government led by prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on October 2. The appointment has now been officially endorsed …

GILGIT: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has voiced concern over extensive power outages and internet disruption in Gilgit-Baltistan and demanded the recovery of a 13-year-old girl who was reportedly abducted recently. In a press conference held on Friday, HRCP co-chairperson Munizae Jahangir, alongside regional coordinator Israruddin Israr, political leader Baba Jan and women’s rights activist Yasmin Kareem, highlighted …