News about Happenings in Pakistan
QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that Operation Ghazab lil-Haq was continuing with full resolve to protect innocent citizens against Afghan Taliban regime-based terrorist proxies and to target militant hideouts and support infrastructure. The prime minister made the remarks while visiting the Command and Staff College Quetta, where […]
ISLAMABAD: A local court in the federal capital on Tuesday sentenced the main accused, Umar Hayat to death in the murder case of social media influencer Sana Yousaf. Additional Sessions Judge Afzal Majoka announced the reserved judgment and also imposed a fine of Rs2 million on the convict, according to […]
QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Monday said externally sponsored terrorism, propaganda and disinformation campaigns could not obstruct Pakistan’s destined rise. Speaking to officers and troops of formations deployed in Quetta, the army chief said: “Pakistan’s destined rise […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, Türkiye, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Maldives and Spain on Monday condemned the Israeli assault on the “Global Sumud Flotilla”, calling the reported incidents a violation of international law and demanding the release of detained activists. In a joint statement issued from Islamabad, the foreign ministers of […]
KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Tuesday inaugurated an urban forest project along Shahrah-e-Bhutto and the EBM Causeway. He said that 10,000 trees have already been planted under a drive aimed at improving the city’s environment and air quality. Wahab said the tree plantation campaign has been accelerated as part […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad has temporarily exempted markets, bazaars and shopping malls from business operating hour restrictions until May 31, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Monday. The notification said all shops, markets and shopping centres in the capital would remain exempt from fixed closing hours with […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned a drone attack on the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the United Arab Emirates on May 17, saying the targeting of nuclear facilities constitutes a grave violation of international law, the Foreign Office said. In a statement posted on social media platform X, a […]
WANA: At least three people, including prominent tribal elder and chief of the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe Malik Tariq Wazir, were killed while four others sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device blast in the busy Rustam Bazaar area of Wana on Monday morning, officials said. According to Mohammad Tahir Shah […]
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court on Monday declared the 2022 legislation decriminalising attempted suicide un-Islamic and void, restoring earlier legal provisions that treated the act as a criminal offence. In its written judgment, the court allowed petitions challenging the 2022 amendments and ruled that the legislation was not in accordance […]
KARACHI: Pakistan’s tallest building, an 82-storey tower named Burj-e-Quaid, will be constructed in DHA City Karachi after a formal agreement was signed between the Defence Housing Authority and ABS Developers, officials said. According to details shared by the developers, the project will be built on nearly six acres of land […]