RAWALPINDI: A cleric was arrested on Friday on charges of sexually abusing a mother-in-law student in the Dhamial area of Saddar Bairooni police. The arrest was made on the basis of a medical examination of the 12-year-old student. Police said that after the incident was brought to CPO notice Mohammad Faisal Rana, he ordered SP […]
ISLAMABAD: The main leader of the People's Party of Pakistan (PPP), Syed Khursheed Shah, who was arrested by the National Responsibility Office (NAB) allegedly for possessing assets beyond the media, was transferred from Islamabad to Sukkur on Friday . According to sources, the PPP leader was taken to the airport by a NAB team amid
ISLAMABAD: The president of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), retired Judge Javed Iqbal, reviewed the performance of the operational wing of the anti-graft control body and said that the bureau had recovered Rs71 billion in the Last 22 months "The comparative figures for the last 22 months are also indicative of NAB's excellent performance, as
ISLAMABAD: Challenging the "intrusion" in its affairs by the National Office of Responsibility (NAB), the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has admitted breach of its policy of charging greater system losses to consumers. In its 2018 State of the Industry Report, Nepra also questioned the sustainability and affordability of the electricity sector with more
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday set up a 10-member bank to resume the September 24 hearing on a set of petitions that challenge the presidential reference against Judge Qazi Faez Isa, an acting judge of the trial court. Directed by Judge Umar Ata Bandial, the new bank has Judge Maqbool Baqar, Judge Manzoor Ahmad
Young Karachites say they are talking about climate change "because adults will not." Under a scorching sun on Friday, a large group of Karachiites, mostly young students, gathered in the city's iconic Frere Hall armed with banners and slogans to join millions around the world raising their voices against climate change. Mahum Moazzam, a student
The Foreign Ministry has described the renewed refusal of its Afghan counterpart to recognize the international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan as "irresponsible and unjustified." The statement by the Afghan Foreign Ministry, issued Friday in response to the opening of the 24-hour Torkham crossing by Pakistan earlier this week, emphasized that Kabul "does not recognize
An International Monitoring Fund (IMF) mission, led by its head of missions from Pakistan, the Middle East and Central Asia, Ernesto Ramírez Rigo, concluded a five-day visit to Pakistan on Friday, highlighting progress in multiple key areas in one Press release. According to a press release published on the IMF website, the country's economic program
Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, will make an official visit to Pakistan from October 14 to 18, Kensington Palace announced Friday. Prior to his visit, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will attend a special event at the Aga Khan Center in London on October 2, which will be organized by Prince Karim
A commander and a Pakistani army cipayo were martyred in an explosion of an improvised explosive device (FDI) near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the Mohmand tribal district, the military media wing said Friday. Major Adeel Shahid and Sepoy Faraz Hussain "were victims of an FDI planted by border terrorists," tweeted the director
