Investigation launched to examine circumstances, determine negligence and assign responsibility The Lahore district administration on Wednesday sealed a private water park in Batapur after a nine-year-old girl allegedly became trapped in a drainage pipe and died during pool-draining operations, while police arrested three officials of the facility in connection with the incident. The incident occurred…
Warns against tax collection from tribal areas, challenges authorities to visit the region, witness ground realities Governor K-P Faisal Karim Kundi. Photo: File Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Wednesday made it clear that the people of the erstwhile tribal areas would not pay taxes until they were granted their rightful share under the National…
DPM tells SCO chief Pakistan ready to work closely with member states before assuming bloc’s chairmanship in September Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar holds meeting with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev in Islamabad. PHOTO: FO/X Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to advancing…
South DIG Asad Raza accompanied by CIA Karachi DIG Muqaddas Haider during a press conference on robbery-homicide case involving a young doctor. Photo: Express The Karachi police said on Wednesday that the force had apprehended three out of the five suspects allegedly involved in the robbery and killing of a young doctor at Teen Talwar earlier…
Lahore court issues notice to NCCIA on plea seeking FIR against Fazl over remarks JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Photo Courtesy: JUI/ Facebook Petitions seeking legal action against Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman over his recent remarks regarding Pakistan’s armed forces and martyrs have begun reaching district courts across Punjab, with courts seeking…
Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan addressing the house. Photo: APP/file Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan on Wednesday called on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman to apologise to the nation over his remarks on martyrs, saying no one would be allowed to undermine the sacrifices rendered by the armed forces….
PPP chairman proposes independent commission to probe unrest, urges dialogue to help resolve ongoing crisis PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto addressing his party’s office bearers and ticket holders in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. SCREENGRAB Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday warned that prolonged unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) would damage…
Says the decision has been taken by the French government solely for budgetary reasons Consul General Alexis Chahtahtinsky. KARACHI: French Consul General Alexis Chahtahtinsky on Wednesday announced the closure of the French diplomatic mission in Karachi, saying the decision had been taken by the French government solely for budgetary reasons. “We shall continue deepening our…
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has held that the Punjab Police cannot mechanically deny recruitment to a candidate solely on the basis of a pending or previously registered FIR, observing that authorities must assess each case on its own merits and in accordance with constitutional principles. In a six-page judgment authored by Chief Justice…
Court further held that where a dispute relates merely to the interpretation of law ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that proceedings under Section 32 of the Customs Act, 1969 cannot be initiated unless the Customs Department establishes deliberate misdeclaration, false documentation or fraud. The court further held that where a dispute relates merely to…