Iranians gathered on Tuesday to mourn at the funerary procession of president Ebrahim Raisi in the northwestern city of Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province where he died unexpectedly in a helicopter crash. The helicopter lost communication while it was on its way back to Tabriz after Raisi attended a joint inauguration of a dam with his Azeri counterpart, Ilham …

QUETTA: Journalists covering the assembly session on Monday boycotted the proceedings to protest against the lockdown of Quetta Press Club (QPC) and the entry of police into the premises on Saturday to stop a seminar of the Baloch Yakjahti Committee (BYC). The decision to boycott was made in a joint meeting of the executive committees of QPC and the Balochistan Union of Journalists (BUJ). …

ISLAMABAD: The upco­ming Ju­­di­c­ial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) meeting on June 7 will consider the candidacy of nine judges from the Lahore High Court (LHC) and the Sindh High Court (SHC) to fill three vacant positions in the Supreme Court. The LHC has proposed the names of six senior judges to fill two positions in the Supreme Court, while one …

ISLAMABAD: On the requ­est of attorney general’s Office, Sindh High Court (SHC) has fixed over 500 pending cases related to energy disputes for hearing, according to a source. Two different benches of the SHC will commence on Tuesday the hearing of several appeals and civil suits concerning gas tariff, petroleum levy, Liquefied Gas Price (LPG) and Gas Infrastructure Develop­ment Cess …

ISLAMABAD: An election tribunal headed by a judge of the Islamabad High Court on Monday said the tribunal would issue arrest warrants against the returning officers of three Islamabad constituencies over their non-appearance and proceed ex parte on the poll petitions filed against the final results. The tribunal led by Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri issued notices to all the respondents, …

ISLAMABAD: The Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) has urged the federal and provincial governments to develop respectful words aimed at replacing derogatory ones currently being used for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in official communication and documentation. In a letters addressed to the prime minister and chief ministers of the four provinces the CPDI Executive Director Mukhtar Ahmad Ali …

ISLAMABAD: Two persons were killed and four others, including a police inspector, were injured when a speeding car ran over participants of a protest sit-in on the edge of Red Zone early on Monday, police said. At the time of the incident, the participants of the ‘Save Gaza’ protest were sleeping on a portion of Jinnah Avenue between Express Chowk …

QUETTA: Life in the border town of Chaman has been at a virtual standstill for almost two weeks due to protests against the new border crossing regulations and action of security forces. Public and private banks and offices of passport, deputy commissioner, and Customs have been closed since earlier this month when protesters clashed with security forces. The protesters, including traders, political …

KARACHI: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights are very clear; civilians should not be tried by military courts, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Dr Agnès Callamard said. In an exclusive interview with Dawn, the Amnesty chief — who is on her first regional visit to South Asia — said that although military trials …

ISLAMABAD: A local court on Monday acquitted former prime minister Imran Khan and other Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders in the cases nearly two years after they were registered for alleged violence, riots, obstructing public service and mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage during the May 25 Azadi March. Besides the ex-premier, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Qasim Suri, …