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ISLAMABAD: The FIA prosecutor on Friday asked the Special Court (Official Secrets Act) seized with the cipher case against former prime minister Imran Khan to close the defence counsel’s right of cross-examination, alleging that the defence side was applying delaying tactics to prolong the trial. FIA special prosecutor Raja Rizwan Abbasi informed Judge Abual Hasnat Mohammad Zulqarnain that a witness …

ISLAMABAD: A sessions court was informed during the hearing of the Noor Mukadam murder case on Monday that the National Forensic Science Agency (NFSA) did not find fingerprints of Zahir Jaffer on the pistol recovered from the crime scene. Additional Sessions Judge Atta Rabbani resumed hearing of the case during which the main accused’s counsel Advocate Sikandar Zulqarnain cross-examined the …

ISLAMABAD: The alleged killer, Zahir Jaffer, tortured Noor Mukadam with a knuckleduster before beheading her in Islamabad’s F-7/4 sector, the investigating officer revealed before the court of the duty magistrate on Saturday. The police had produced the accused in the court to seek extension in his physical remand. In another development, the police investigation wing has sent a request to the …

PESHAWAR: TikTok, a popular video-sharing app, has blocked around eight million objectionable videos and around 400,000 accounts for uploading those videos in the country, the Peshawar High Court was told on Tuesday. Counsel for Pakistan Telecommunication Authority Jehanzeb Mehsud and its director technical told Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Syed Arshad Ali that the regulator had increased the …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was told on Tuesday that a subsidiary or a special purpose vehicle (SPV) of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) is likely to be set up by the end of this month that would take away the whopping liability of about Rs450 billion to make the bleeding mill free of all encumbrances. This initiative would help attracting …

KARACHI: Police on Monday informed a court that two suspects booked in a case pertaining to the death of Dr Maha Shah in Defence Housing Authority were avoiding giving their DNA samples despite repeated notices. The police had initially said that the 24-year-old doctor, practising at a private hospital in Clifton, had allegedly committed suicide by shooting herself in her …

KARACHI: Before his death in a US drone attack in 2016, Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had purchased a ‘life insurance’ policy from a private company in Pakistan using a fake identity, it emerged at the hearing of a terror funding case against him and his absconding accomplices on Saturday. The insurance company confirmed it to an anti-terrorism court …

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s former house mate and friend who witnessed the turbulence in their marriage told the libel trial on Friday how the former was blackmailed by his ex-wife over the injuries that she faked. The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise star is suing the publisher and executive editor of Britain’s The Sun newspaper in London’s High Court over …

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s former house mate and friend who witnessed the turbulence in their marriage told the libel trial on Friday how the former was blackmailed by his ex-wife over the injuries that she faked. The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise star is suing the publisher and executive editor of Britain’s The Sun newspaper in London’s High Court over a …

ISLAMABAD: The additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) of Islamabad on Saturday reserved a judgement on a petition seeking registration of a criminal case against US blogger Cynthia D. Ritchie, likely to be announced on June 15. The Pakistan Telecommu­nication Authority (PTA) during Saturday’s proceedings expressed its inability to proceed against Ms Ritchie. The PTA took the stance before ADSJ …