WASHINGTON: The United States has said that the opening of the Kartarpur corridor is a positive example of neighbors working together for mutual benefit. In a video message posted on Saturday afternoon, State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus called the opening of this new border crossing an "important step towards promoting greater religious freedom." Highlighting the […]
LONDON: Freedom of the press in Pakistan is the worst today than ever before, panelists said in a talk about censorship at the Khalili Lecture Theater (KLT) at SOAS on Friday. The talk entitled "Reign of censorship: Pakistan, Kashmir and India" featured journalist Talat Hussain, writer and scholar Farzana Sheikh, British journalist Christina Lamb and
ISLAMABAD: In a breakthrough to expand the tax network and control evasion, the government has decided to develop a comprehensive plan for tax assessment at the national level and documentation to attract rich people and untapped sectors in the network. The Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has commissioned the tax department to develop a detailed plan
ISLAMABAD: In a report, the Federal Ombudsman admitted to the Supreme Court that a total of 77,275 inmates are currently in 114 prisons in the four provinces against a sanctioned capacity of only 57,742. Of the 77,275 inmates, 47,077 have been housed in 42 prisons in Punjab, where the sanctioned force is 32,477. In the
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: In a dramatic turn of events, the government delayed the removal of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's name from the air exclusion list on Saturday, forcing a change in his plan to go to London to receive treatment on Sunday. Both the National Responsibility Office (NAB) and the Ministry of Interior could
ISLAMABAD: The opposition of the Muslim League of Pakistan-Nawaz (PML-N) was challenged on Saturday in the presidential ordinances of the High Court of Islamabad (IHC) promulgated by the government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on November 7. The ordinances were related to the conversion of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council into the Pakistan Medical Commission, the
Amid the current political turmoil, accountability and the National Office of Accountability (NAB) occupy a prominent place. On the one hand, there is a passionate section of the population eager to punish and even "hang" anyone who, in their opinion, has plundered national wealth. NAB is the main instrument through which they wish to fulfill
After verifying that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was seriously ill and probably aware of the consequences of something happening to him, a government committed to the "responsibility" of all its political opponents seems to have lost its value. This, for me, is the reason why Mr. Sharif has been allowed to travel abroad to
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A Karachi court on Saturday sentenced a defendant convicted of killing an inspector during an armed robbery in 2016. Muhammad Danish, aka Punchi, was convicted of shooting 30-year-old Hasham Younus for resistance during an assault attempt within the mandate of the Brigade police station in August 2016. Additional District and Sessions Judge (East) Haleem Ahmed
