ISLAMABAD: Iranian Ambassador Dr Reza Amiri Moghadam on Wednesday said the new government in his country would uphold the legacy of late President Ebrahim Raisi and continue to promote cooperation with regional states, including Pakistan. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘President Raisi’s vision of regional cooperation’ organised by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) in collaboration with Asian …

ISLAMABAD: The National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC), in collaboration with the French embassy, launched a comprehensive awareness campaign to address critical issues affecting children in Pakistan, such as child domestic labour, child sexual abuse and out-of-school children. The campaign’s primary goal is to raise awareness about child domestic labour, targeting the demand side while promoting education as …

ISLAMABAD: The Isla­mabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday ordered the removal of Pakistan Teh­reek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Zartaj Gul from the no-fly list and called for an inquiry into the 2022 arrest of former minister Dr Shireen Mazari in a corruption case. Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani issued these orders in their respective courts. Justice Jahangiri, while allowing Ms …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minis­ter Shehbaz Sharif’s fresh offer to the opposition PTI for a dialogue on Wednesday met with a strong rebuke, as the latter made it conditional with the release of the party’s founding chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders and activists. “If any hardships are being faced by your [PTI’s] founder in jail, then [let’s] talk about them,” said PM …

QUETTA: Two security personnel were martyred in a gun attack on a post guarding the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) oil and gas exploration site in the Iskalku area of Kalat district. Officials said around 50 armed men attacked the PPL project area and the Frontier Corps (FC) post in the wee hours of Tuesday. “In a heavy exchange of fire, …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Teh­re­ek-i-Insaf (PTI) Central Infor­ma­tion Secretary Raoof Hasan urged Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday to hear the party’s long-pending petitions regarding the May 9 operation, ele­ction symbol review, and Feb 8 “mega polls fraud” without further delay, to uncover the truth. Addressing a press conference alongside former Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister Khalid Khurshid, Mr Hasan said the Constitution did not permit …

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of today’s (Thursday’s) full court hearing on the matter of reserved seats, the government informed the Supreme Court that the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) was not entitled to reserved seats, seeking the dismissal of the instant petition. Meanwhile, the PTI has sought to become a party to the case. In its submission to the top court on Wednesday, the …

MUZAFFARABAD: In the light of the experience gained during the recent violent protests, the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) police have raised a ‘special anti-riot force’ to cope with similar situations in future more effectively by employing the latest techniques This was stated by AJK’s newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Rana Abdul Jabbar during his maiden media talk on …

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar announced on Thursday that the government would introduce a resolution in the National Assembly to counter a recently adopted US motion regarding democracy in Pakistan. His statement comes a day after the US House of Representatives had passed a resolution expressing robust support for democracy in Pakistan by an overwhelming 368-7 vote. Lawmakers supporting resolution HR 901, titled …

An Islamabad district and sessions court on Thursday turned down the pleas of ex-premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to suspend their seven-year sentences in the Iddat case. Additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) Afzal Majoka announced the verdict today, which had been reserved on Tuesday. On February 3 — days before the general elections — an Islamabad court had …