Eid animal trade largely cash-based

Pakistan is doing the right things at the moment in navigating through a complex and uncertain global trade situation. It has recently announced major tariff reforms, due for the last 20 years. Photo: REUTERS ISLAMABAD’: Despite the federal government providing online payment facilities for the buying and selling of sacrificial animals on the occasion of…

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NCCIA opposes SC hearing directive

NCCIA argues that SC has a consistent and long-standing practice of not intervening in pending matters ISLAMABAD: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has challenged a Supreme Court order directing the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to decide applications filed by Imaan Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, seeking suspension of their sentences within…

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SC directs changes in Nikahnama

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has directed the executive to take steps to add a separate column in the Nikahnama regarding the husband’s title or the title of any other person over the property to be given in dower. It noted that the husband and any other person who consented to the transfer/settlement of the dower…

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Tata’s iPhone parts factory faces India health probe after farmer contamination complaints

Health officials have probed the plant since May after farmer complaints about the factory’s operations Farmers speak with a security guard near the compound wall of a Tata Electronics’ components factory for Apple’s iPhone, in Hosur, June 15, 2026. REUTERS An Indian state health authority is investigating how liquid discharged from Apple supplier Tata’s iPhone…

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Teen maid dies after alleged sexual assault

Probe launched against employer’s son, driver, others after victim succumbs at hospital LAHORE: An 18-year-old domestic worker who had accused her employer’s son and a driver of repeatedly sexually assaulting her has died after spending nearly four weeks in hospital. Police have launched scrutiny of the circumstances surrounding her treatment and criminal investigation. The victim,…

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