News about Happenings in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan in eight cases related to the May 9 riots, questioning the prosecution on consistency in earlier rulings and the strength of evidence produced. The hearing was conducted by a reconstituted three-judge bench, headed by Chief […]
RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday started distributing payments to 17,500 victims of the B4U fraud case, one of Pakistan’s largest financial scams. At a special ceremony chaired by NAB Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Nazir Ahmed, officials said Rs3.7 billion had been returned to affectees in the initial […]
KARACHI: A major power breakdown crippled the city’s three main pumping stations on Thursday, slashing Karachi’s water supply by 200 million gallons amid already severe shortages. A K-Electric spokesperson said a cable fault disrupted power supply to feeders at Dhabeji, Pipri, and Hub pumping stations. Large parts of the city—including […]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has resolved a decades-old property dispute dating back to before Partition, setting aside a trial court verdict that had granted inheritance rights to the heirs of a deceased sister. Justice Khalid Ishaq, in a 29-page judgment, noted that the sister, Ghafooran Bibi, lived until 1988 […]
LAHORE: The Punjab government has reinstated lifetime family pensions for widows and unmarried daughters of deceased government employees, reversing a decision made last year to limit the benefit to 10 years. A notification issued by the provincial finance department said amendments to the Punjab Civil Service Pension Rules would now […]
GILGIT: Widespread protests broke out across Gilgit-Baltistan on Thursday after law enforcement agencies used tear gas and aerial firing to disperse traders staging a sit-in at Sost against income and sales taxes collected at the Khunjerab border. The clashes began around 2am when supporters from Hunza and Nagar joined the […]
Islamabad: The controversy over making Supreme Court meeting minutes public deepened on Wednesday as Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Munib Akhtar issued a fresh letter, challenging the contents of the minutes and presenting their own stance. The two senior judges maintained that, as members of the committee, they had […]
Karachi: The metropolis remained waterlogged on Wednesday, a day after torrential rains paralysed the city, inundating major roads, triggering urban flooding, and leaving at least 10 people dead in rain-related incidents. Large sections of the city continued to face severe drainage issues, with stagnant water on I.I. Chundrigar Road, Tower, […]
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday visited flood-affected districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, pledging that all available national resources would be mobilised to accelerate recovery and restore normalcy in the devastated areas. Accompanied by federal ministers and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, the premier toured Swat, […]
Lodhran: A Peshawar–Karachi bound Awam Express derailed near Lodhran at around 2am on Sunday, leaving one passenger dead and more than 20 others injured, officials said. According to rescue sources, one person died on the spot, while six of the injured are in critical condition. An emergency was declared at […]