KARACHI: At least four firemen and one cameraman of a private TV channel were injured on Tuesday when a huge fire destroyed a garment factory in New Karachi Industrial Area, according to police and rescue services officials. Central District Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqi told Dawn.com that the factory building that originally caught fire collapsed, and four …
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan police chief on Monday banned the use of social media platform TikTok by personnel of the force for the purpose of maintaining “discipline”. A notification issued today from the office of the GB inspector general of police said: “In order to maintain discipline, uniformity and dignity of the force, it is hereby directed that no GB police …
ISLAMABAD: Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Naval Forces, Major General Humaid Abdulla Alremeithi, was on Monday awarded the Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) by President Asif Ali Zardari at a special investiture ceremony at the Presidency. A press release from the President’s Secretariat quoted Zardari as saying that the award was “in recognition of his outstanding services and contributions”. “He (President …
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi on Monday said the Supreme Court had plans to use artificial intelligence for categorising cases for fixation but the judiciary was “not ready” for the technology yet. He was addressing a judicial conference at the apex court, marking the commencement of the new judicial year. “We all talk about technology, we all talk …
ISLAMABAD: In yet another letter highlighting the rift within the judiciary, four Supreme Court (SC) judges expressed their reservations on Monday regarding the process being adopted for the review and approval of Supreme Court Rules 2025. They dubbed the full court meeting, called for this purpose today, a mere “stamp of approval” for the rules, which they said were already …
LAHORE: Two people were killed and another was injured on Monday when a “minor dispute” escalated into a gun battle between two groups in Punjab’s Nankana Sahib, according to police. In a statement, Nankana police said that the incident took place in Sangla Hill and that two people were killed and one was injured; the latter was moved to the …
LAHORE: An extremely high flood threatened to engulf Jalalpur Pirwala, a tehsil of Multan district, as the water level in the Chenab River continued to rise on Sunday, prompting the authorities to evacuate residents from a city with a population of 500,000. Multan City Police Officer (CPO) Sadiq Ali Dogar told Dawn that low-lying areas of the city had been …
QUETTA: Six opposition political parties have announced a complete wheel-jam and shutter-down strike across Balochistan on Monday (today) to protest against the suicide bombing that targeted a BNP-Mengal public meeting at Shahwani Stadium on Sept 2. Sardar Akhtar Mengal, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, former National Party senator Mir Kabir Muhammad Shahi, and ANP leader Asghar Achakzai remained unhurt in the suicide …
NORTH WAZIRISTAN/BAJAUR: Two security personnel were martyred in a militant attack in North Waziristan on Sunday, while a civilian died in a bomb blast at a cricket ground in Bajaur tribal district, officials said. During a search operation under the ongoing “Zarb-e-Haider” operation in North Waziristan’s Dattakhel area, suspected militants attacked security forces near the villages of Kharkmar and Kharsin, …
ISLAMABAD: While five judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) have finalised their objections to what they described as the “hasty” approval of new court rules without “meaningful” consultation, the IHC administration has claimed that all judges had been duly involved in the rule-making process months before the full court meeting was convened. The High Court Establishment (Appointment and Conditions …