Islamabad , December 12: In yet another major victory for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Islamabad High Court (IHC) acquitted PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif in the Al-Azizia case on Tuesday. The verdict was announced by a two-judge bench comprised of IHC Chief Justice (CJ) Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul...
Islamabad , December 12: The Supreme Court of Pakistan adjourned the hearing of a longstanding presidential reference on Tuesday, which seeks to re-examine the controversial 1979 death sentence handed down to former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. A nine-member larger bench of the apex court, led by Chief Justice of...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , December 12: Twenty-three Pakistani army soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing attack in Dera Ismail Khan's Daraban area, where a group of terrorists targeted a security forces' checkpost. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military's media affairs wing, said that six terrorists launched an attack in the...
Karachi , December 12: A majority of the families affected by floods last year are still awaiting relief from the government, as many are forced to live without houses. The southeastern province of Sindh in Pakistan was one of the hardest-hit areas by the 2022 floods. According to Jang, an Urdu...
ISLAMABAD: Police in Pakistan remained the most corrupt institution, followed by tendering and contracting and judiciary, the Transparency International (TI) Pakistan reported on Saturday, in its latest corruption survey in the South Asian country. The findings were part of the National Corruption Perception Survey (NCPS) 2023 that was conducted by...
Thomas West, the Special Representative of the United States for Afghanistan, has announced a $77 million contribution to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to support Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Mr. West, on Sunday, revealed on his social media platform X that during his trip to Pakistan, he...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir on Sunday left for the US on his maiden official trip to the country, the military’s media affairs wing said. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said this was Munir’s first visit to the US as the army chief. “During his visit, Gen Munir is...
Lahore , December 4: Punjab police busted an illegal organ harvesting ring, arresting four people for surgically removing kidneys from 90 individuals in Lahore. According to Superintendent of Police (SP) Sadar, Sidra Khan, the gang is accused of extracting the kidneys of 90 individuals in Lahore. The modus operandi involved...
Islamabad , December 3: Three persons were killed and one injured after a speeding truck hit a motorbike at Sakrand link road in the Nawabshah area of Pakistan's Sindh. According to police, the truck hit a motorbike on the Sakrand-Sarhari road, claiming the lives of three brothers. Meanwhile, the fourth...
Islamabad , December 3: Balochistan caretaker Minister for Information, Jan Achakzai alleged Taliban of playing the double game instead of handing over the elements involved in terrorist attacks in Pakistan using Afghan soil. Achakzai said that the Taliban was not taking the issue seriously and was not handing over those...