ISLAMABAD: The committee tasked to revise the by-laws of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to promote high-rise buildings in the capital held its first meeting on Monday, discussing various proposals to woo investors. The meeting was presided over by CDA Member Engineering Dr Muhammad Khalid Hafiz and attended by director generals of planning, building and housing control, and officials of …

ISLAMABAD: The Faizabad dharna commission, formed to investigate the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s (TLP) 2017 sit-in, has sent its report to the federal government recommending, among other things, legislation and drafting of rules and SOPs to regulate the working of intelligence agencies. Sources told the report also noted that the involvement of the army or its affiliated agency in civilian matters adversely …

QUETTA: Balochistan police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) has registered the FIR of Noshki attack in which nine men from Punjab were killed after being off-loaded from a bus. Officials said the FIR was registered against unknown armed men on the complaint of Noshki police station SHO Asadullah Mengal. The relevant provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 and other laws have been added …

RAWALPINDI: Heavy rain lashed the twin cities on Monday afternoon, with the Pakistan Meteorological Department predicting another heavy spell of rain from April 16 to 22. The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) imposed a rain emergency in the garrison city and deployed its teams in low-lying areas till the end of the next spell of rain. Water accumulated in low-lying …

ISLAMABAD: Even though the number of registered voters in Pakistan has crossed the 130 million-mark, the gender gap remains unchanged, i.e. below 10m, the latest statistics released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) show. ADVERTISEMENT It may be noted that the total number of voters in December 2023 stood at 128m, indicating an increase of over 2m voters between …

ISLAMABAD: Educational institutions are independent to follow their own policy for admission and thus the academic, administrative and disciplinary autonomy of the university must be respected, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar observed on Monday, saying that interference by courts in their admission policies could give rise to glitches. Justice Mazhar was a member of a three-judge Supreme Court bench, consisting of …

LAHORE/BAHAWALPUR: Heirs of a 29-year-old woman passenger have accused a railway police official of pushing her to death from the moving train, Faisalabad-bound Millat Express, on April 7. The death of the woman, identified as Maryam Bibi of Jaranwala, gained public attention after a viral video showed railway constable Mir Hassan abusing her and her children aboard the Millat Express. …

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: PPP’s Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari on Monday made her debut in parliamentary politics by taking oath as a member of the National Assembly amid noisy protest by opposition members who were protesting against the speaker for omitting their agenda items from the orders of the day issued for the sitting. The opposition members had requisitioned the session to discuss the issue …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed authorities concerned for robust renewable energy management to cut the country’s $27 billion oil import bill and improve the country’s existing electricity distribution system. “Ultimately, we have to move to renewable energy. The oil import worth billions of dollars can be controlled by using alternative resources like solar, wind and hydel. Make …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday disposed of a petition filed by ex-premier Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi seeking her transfer from her Banigala residence, which had been declared a sub-jail, to Adiala Jail. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurang­zeb disposed of the plea due to Bushra Bibi’s lawyers failing to appear before the court. The former first lady was taken …