Category: Pakistan

• Rejects plea against SHC order requiring Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal to pay Rs10,000 per month to each girl, with 10pc annual increase until marriage • CJP says courts may look beyond legal questions to address underlying predicament ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea filed by the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) challenging the Sindh High...

The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected Indian claims about the status of occupied Kashmir, saying that the neighbouring country’s “unilateral claims of sovereignty have no bearing on the internationally recognised disputed status of the territory”. The statement came after the United Nations voted on Friday to back a resolution spearheaded by several African countries aimed at...

The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday rejected claims made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) regarding a Hindu temple in Narowal as “false and politically motivated”, adding that the neighbouring country was “distorting facts and resorting to cheap gimmicks”. According to the government, the over-a-century-old temple in Siraj village had collapsed following torrential rains. A...

ISLAMABAD: Besides the natural calamity, the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) negligence is also a major contributing factor to flash flooding in the capital, as the authority failed to properly implement the city’s landmark master plan. The planned city has been facing flash flooding for the last many years due to poor planning and weak writ....

Security forces have killed 15 terrorists who were trying to infiltrate into Pakistan through its border with Afghanistan, the military’s media affairs wing said on Thursday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the terrorists had tried to cross into Pakistan’s North Waziristan district on the night between August 31 and...

BISHKEK: The city of Lahore has been named the Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2026-27 by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The decision was anno­unced at the 26th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State in the Kyr­gyz capital, which was att­e­nded by PM Shehbaz Sharif. The title of Tourism and Cultural Capital has been...

RAWALPINDI: Heavy rain lashed Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Tuesday morning, inundating low-lying areas, raising the water level in Leh Nullah and prompting the district administration in the garrison city to announce a holiday for educational institutions. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said that the water level in Leh Nullah had risen to 29 feet at...

• Only 5,700 non-prohibited-bore arms licences issued in 13 months, Senate body told • Tallal Chaudhry says 60pc of those involved in terrorism incidents in KP and Balochistan were Afghan nationals ISLAMABAD: The federal government has cut the issuance of non-prohibited-bore arms licences by more than 90 per cent, with only 5,700 licences issued over...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has departed for a three-day official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic from Aug 31 to Sept 2 at the invitation of President Sadyr Nurgozhoevich Zhaparov to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State meeting. In a post on the social media platform X, the Prime Minister’s Office...

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry announced Rs5 million compensation for each family affected by the fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) that claimed the lives of 14 infants. Recalling Wednesday’s incident while speaking to the media at Pims, Chaudhry lamented that 14 infants had fallen victim to “someone’s criminal negligence”. He added that...