Nawaz’s sons return home after six years – Pakistan
LAHORE: Hussain and Hassan, sons of PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif, returned to the country on Tuesday, six years after they left for London to avoid arrest in corruption cases in the Panama Papers scandal. Their return was made possible after an accountability court had last week suspended their arrest warrants in three corruption cases […]
Lax investigations ‘contaminate’ judicial process: SC – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar has observed that a defective investigation gradually contaminates the judicial process and poses a threat to human rights. The judge gave these remarks on Tuesday while heading a three-judge bench that took up the appeal filed by Ikramuddin Rajput, a former sub-inspector at Mominabad police station in Karachi’s […]
Leave children alone, don’t take away their innocence: Mishi Khan
After adding viral sensation Ahmad Shah and his pack of adorable brothers to the roster of children frequenting his Ramazan show, Waseem Badami recently extended an invitation to the immensely popular vlogger Shiraz, who is the face of the Shirazi village vlogs YouTube channel. Posting videos with the child and welcoming him to the show, […]
Pakistan aims for large IMF loan
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday said that Pakistan was keen to sign a large International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and underscored the need for tackling the problems of low economic growth and high inflation through stabilisation policies. The minister also said that the era of cash deposits by friendly countries and the rollovers […]
Senior Taliban official expresses hope for cordial Pak-Afghan relations in meeting with envoy – World
A senior Afghan Taliban leader has expressed the hope that Pakistan’s new government will have cordial relations with Kabul, Afghan state media reported on Tuesday. Kandahar Governor Mullah Muhammad Shirin Akhund received Pakistan’s Chargé d’Affaires (Cd’A) and head of mission in Kabul, Ubaid ur Rehman Nizamani, in Kandahar, the spiritual centre of the Afghan Taliban […]
All you need to know about the new faces in PM Shehbaz’s 19-member cabinet – Pakistan
The cabinet sees the all-important finance seat occupied by an unfamiliar face in Aurangzeb, while Tarar becomes the new voice of PML-N govt. Putting to rest speculation and conjecture, Prime Minister Shehbaz’s 19-member cabinet was sworn in on Monday, exactly a week after the premier took over the top office again. It was reported that […]
2 Sindh CTD personnel suspended over ‘abduction, harassment’ of newspaper reporter – Pakistan
Two personnel of the Sindh Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) were suspended on Tuesday over charges of kidnapping and harassment of Daily Jang reporter Mohammed Nadeem the previous afternoon. According to CTD Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Asif Ejaz Sheikh, the reporter and another person were taken in custody from a public transport point near […]
Shangla police book Nadra official over sexual assault complaint – Pakistan
The Shangla Police on Tuesday booked an official of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a female applicant for a computerised national identity card (CNIC). Olandar police Station House Officer (SHO) Bakht Zeb Khan told Dawn.com that the woman had lodged a complaint at the police station a day […]
India-made fighter jet Tejas crashes for first time; pilot ejected safely – World
A domestically made fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed on Tuesday in the western state of Rajasthan, the first such incident since the jet was inducted nearly eight years ago. The pilot ejected safely, the Indian Air Force said in a statement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has been pushing for local manufacturing […]
$3.2b received in financial assistance in July-Jan period
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan received $2.408 billion from multilateral creditors and another 794.6 million from bilateral creditors during the first seven months of the current fiscal year, according to the statistics released by the economic affairs ministry on Tuesday. During the July-January period of fiscal 2023-24, the assistance from the multilateral partners, included $1.058 billion from the […]