KARACHI: Six people were arrested on Friday after a polio vaccination team and policemen accompanying them were allegedly “attacked” by residents in an informal settlement in Karachi’s Korangi. Pakistan is one of the last two countries in the world, alongside Afghanistan, where polio remains endemic, with the disease mostly affecting children under five, and sometimes causing lifelong paralysis. Despite global …
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa apex committee decided on Friday to dismantle all bunkers in the Kurram District in a bid to restore peace in the area, where weeks-long deadly tribal clashes have resulted in a law and order situation. Scores have been wounded and many displaced in the clashes in Kurram that have killed at least 130 people since last …
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman claimed on Friday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the law ministry to take immediate practical measures as per the law and the Constitution regarding the Societies Registration (Amendment) Act 2024. Controversy persists in the country related to the new law passed by parliament which relates to the regulatory affairs of madressahs. …
WASHINGTON: A clemency petition seeking the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist serving an 86-year sentence in the United States, has been submitted to the White House. Advocates are urging President Joe Biden to grant her release before his term ends on Jan 20. A Pakistani delegation, led by Senator Bushra Anjum Butt, recently visited the United States …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that decisions made by courts of competent jurisdiction remain valid and protected even if constitutional amendments or legislation are later declared invalid. The observation — which came to justify why the court imposed a fine of Rs20,000 on Dec 9 on an application by former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Jawwad S. Khawaja — …
RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court indicted Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and 13 others in the General Headquarters (GHQ) attack case stemming from the May 9 incidents. Chief Minister Gandapur appeared in court, leading to the cancellation of his arrest warrants. The hearing also saw the attendance of several high-profile accused, including the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, …
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stated that Pakistan could eliminate its dependence on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) if the country successfully reduced corruption by 50%. Addressing industrialists in Sialkot, Asif said that the reduction in corruption would unlock the potential for Pakistan to chart its own path of development and economic independence. He added that such a change would …
CAIRO: Speaking at the 11th Summit of the Developing Eight (D-8) countries in Cairo, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday stressed that investing in youth was “crucial” for Pakistan’s socioeconomic development and progress. Founded in 1997 in Istanbul, the D-8 Organisation for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8, is an organisation for development cooperation among Egypt, Nigeria, Turkiye, Pakistan, Indonesia, …
ISLAMABAD: The PTI has agreed to put its planned civil disobedience movement on hold till Sunday as the opposition party expressed its willingness to engage with the government for the sake of the country and its development. PTI lawyer Chaudhry Faisal Hussain on Wednesday said Imran Khan had asked the party leadership to wait till Sunday and if the government …
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday said recent additional sanctions imposed by the United States on four Pakistani firms for their alleged involvement in the country’s ballistic missile programme were “biased” and “endanger regional and international peace”. The statement came in response to the US announcing additional sanctions yesterday on four entities it claimed were contributing to the proliferation or …