KARACHI: Chanesar Town Chairman Farhan Ghani, brother of Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani, was booked along with other suspects under terrorism charges for allegedly beating a “government employee” over an issue arising out of laying cables on Sharea Faisal in Karachi, it emerged on Sunday. According to a first information report (FIR) available with Dawn.com, the complainant said he …

ISLAMABAD: Amid controversy surrounding the nomination of Mahmood Khan Achakzai — the head of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party — and Senator Azam Swati as opposition leaders, PTI insiders have said these appointments will only proceed if former leaders Omar Ayub and Shibli Faraz remain barred from parliament. The party plans to avail all legal options to reverse the disqualification …

ISLAMABAD: Finance Mini­ster Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday acknowledged that the country’s banking system was more complex than those of other countries, underscoring the need for a decisive transition toward blockchain technology and digital assets. Mr Aurangzeb expressed surprise at the absence of Bilal Bin Saqib, special assistant to the prime minister on blockchain and cryptocurrency, from the ‘Lead­e­rship Summit on …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) on Saturday disapproved recent amendments to the Supreme Court Rules, 2025, which include an increase in court fee, describing it as a violation of the fundamental rights. The PBC executive committee in a meeting, which was presided over by chairman Muhammad Yaseen Azad, noted that the changes to the rules violated Article 37(d) of …

QUETTA: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Commercial Bank­ing Circle Quetta has arre­sted three suspects invol­ved in illegal currency exchange and hawala/hundi transactions. Meanwhile, the agency also taken into custody three human traffickers in separate operations in Taftan. A spokesperson for FIA said that the operation was conducted on the directives of FIA Director General Riffat Mukhtar Raja as part of …

ISLAMABAD: The PML-N and PPP on Saturday announced that they would contest the upcoming by-elections together. PTI’s 12 lawmakers were disqualified in Punjab by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) following their conviction in the May 9 (2023) cases. The disqualified lawmakers hailed from eight National Assembly and four Punjab Assembly constituencies. The PPP has shown interest in contesting on …

KARACHI: The Sindh Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said that it found involvement of the Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) in the target killing of a man in Badin district and arrested six suspects in this connection. On July 30, the CTD had said it arrested four suspected members of a banned separatist militant group in Karachi …

QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir visited Turbat and reaffirmed the military’s unwavering support for initiatives aimed at improving Balochistan’s socio-economic conditions, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. The government has repeatedly voiced its commitment to the development of Balochistan — a province with severe infrastructure deficits , recurring protests and a bleak law and …

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Saturday granted the police a five-day physical remand of PTI founder Imran Khan’s nephew Shershah Khan in a case pertaining to the Jinnah House attack during the May 9, 2023 riots . The Lahore Police arrested Shershah, son of Imran’s sister Aleema Khan, from outside his home on Friday. His brother Shahrez …

RAWALPINDI / ISLAMABAD: The Nat­ional Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a red alert on Friday, urging provincial and district administrations to brace for pot­­ential flooding as a fresh monsoon spell is forecast to lash the country from Aug 23 to 29. The alert, follows a Pakistan Me­­teoro­logical Department forecast predicting that strong monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea and Bay …