persons filed applications for their acquittal through their counsel, Naimatullah Shah, Haider

Join our Whatsapp channel MULTAN: Pakistan and South Africa recorded convincing victories over Sri Lanka and Afgha-nistan, respectively in the Blind Cricket World Cup in Multan on Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Pakistan’s win over Sri Lanka at the Multan Cricket Stadium is the hosts’ fourth consecutive victory in the tournament. After electing to bat first, the tourists totalled 122 for the loss of seven wickets in the stipulated 20 overs with major contributions from Thushara( 28 off 37 balls) and Soran

Join our Whatsapp channel QUETTA: The nomination process for the by-election in National Assembly constituency( NA-262) of Quetta has completed, with a total of 23 papers filed by independent and political party contenders. The seat had fallen vacant following the disqualification of Adil Bazai, a member of PML-N, due to his defection.... According to the Election Commission, polling in the constituency that primarily comprises Saddar and Kuchlak tehsils of Quetta will take place on Jan 16. Ret

Join our Whatsapp channel The Judicial Commission of Pakistan( JCP) on Monday approved the names of nine judges for the constitutional benches in the Sindh High Court( SHC). Earlier this month, the Sindh Assembly became the first provincial legislature to approve the resolution necessary for the formation of a constitutional bench in the province, under the recently adopted 26th Constitutional Amendment. Subsequently, the SHC decided not to fix the constitutional petitions pending before it for

Join our Whatsapp channel At least five people died and four others were injured when a pickup vehicle plunged into a deep gorge in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district on Friday morning, police said. Kurram Deputy Commissioner Ashfaq Khan told Dawn. com: “ The accident occurred in the Para Chamkani Gondal, where five people died and four others sustained injuries.” He said the vehicle was on its way to Sadda Bazaar Lower Kurram from Spin Ghar Manro when the incident occurred.“ The vehicle lost

The SHO had said that some of the suspects used derogatory language against security forces, police, Rangers and other state institutions....

" Why did they not honour their promise made with us?... Our agreement was that they would support us whenever we presented the motion, he added." If they do not join us, then we will discuss it with our[ allies]," he said, adding that his personal relations with Imran had not soured despite recent events.... Our differences begun on one agenda which was that a provincial government was sent home and another was elected during their tenure, he said." Our expectation with this government was th

Join our Whatsapp channel ISLAMABAD: The third meeting of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan( JCP) on Monday nominated by majority Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha to head the nine-judge constitutional bench of the Sindh High Court( SHC), established under the 26th Constitutional Amendment. The meeting was held in the Supreme Court building, presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan( CJP) Yahya Afridi, who is also the chairman of JCP, to consider a single-point agenda on the formation of const

KARACHI: Observing that the conversion of cantonment land into private land in the metropolis was apparently in violation of laws as well as various provisions of the Constitution, the Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned the defence secretary and attorney general of Pakistan for Nov 26( tomorrow).A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed also put the chief executive officers( CEOs) of all the cantonment boards in Karachi as well as the Sindh advocate general on notice.

It’s been exactly two months since Maria Yaqub, a 21-year-old college student, saw her home located near Gujjar Nullah turn into rubble.... “ I wanted to take a photo of my late parents that was hanging in a room inside, ” she tells Eos. The men gestured for Maria to hurry.... Many of her belongings, her memories, her course books were around her....