YouTuber Rajab Butt was assaulted by a group of lawyers at Karachi’s City Court on Monday after a hearing in a case against him over the alleged insult of Islamic symbols, his lawyers and witnesses said. The attack took place after Butt appeared before an additional district and sessions judge, who heard his bail application […]
Pakistan on Monday condemned incidents of vandalism reported during Christmas in India and voiced concern over violence against Muslims, urging the international community to take note. Responding to media queries, Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andrabi said the persecution of minorities in India remained a matter of deep concern for Pakistan. He referred to recent incidents […]
Former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have challenged their convictions in the Toshakhana-II case in the Islamabad High Court. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawyer Khalid Yousaf Chaudhry filed appeals on their behalf on Monday. The separate appeals were assigned diary numbers 24560 and 24561. The petitions argue that the trial was politically motivated and […]
Sindh officials said on Monday that a major terrorist attack was averted after police intercepted an underage girl who had been recruited through social media and was being moved to Karachi for a potential attack. The disclosure was made by Sindh Interior Minister Zia Lanjar at an emergency press conference in Karachi, alongside CTD Additional […]
The leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebels warned that any Israeli presence in Somaliland would be considered a “military target”, according to a statement published on Sunday. This is the latest condemnation of Israel’s move to recognise the breakaway region. “We consider any Israeli presence in Somaliland a military target for our armed forces, as it […]
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a deal was closer than ever to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but reported no apparent breakthrough on the flashpoint issue of territory after new talks with the warring countries’ leaders. Trump, who had promised a peace deal on day one of his nearly year-old presidency, said […]
Students from Sindh aiming for graduate studies at the University of Oxford will soon be able to apply for the Bhutto Graduate Scholarships, launched by the Oxford Pakistan Programme with support from the Government of Sindh. The scholarship is designed to support academically strong students from Sindh, a group that has historically been underrepresented at […]
Assistant Sub Inspector Mumtaz Ali was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district, police said Monday. In a separate incident, a police constable earlier reported abducted in the Tank area was later found dead, officials said. Police said four armed men intercepted a pickup vehicle near Adda Wanda Jogi in the […]
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has initiated disciplinary action and immediately suspended six officials found to be unauthorisedly absent from their assigned monitoring duties at sugar mills, reaffirming its zero-tolerance policy towards misconduct and dereliction of duty. The officials had been deployed under Section 40B of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 to ensure effective, […]
ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday praised the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission’s (PAEC) contributions to the health sector, calling the provision of state-of-the-art cancer treatment facilities the “biggest service to humanity”. The premier was addressing an inaugural ceremony of Kashmir Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiology (KINOR) in Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir […]