Pakistan

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) was informed on Thursday that former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry’s name has been removed from the Passport Control List (PCL), in line with the court’s earlier directive.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated the federal government’s commitment to improving transport infrastructure and essential services in Karachi, highlighting the Green Line project as a top priority.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced a boycott of National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, barring its members from participating in any events or official foreign delegations led by him.

KARACHI: A man attempted suicide after killing his wife and a minor son in Surjani Town on Wednesday, police said. They added that Faisal Sagheer, 45, allegedly killed his wife Sana, 35, and 10-year-old son Mohammed Ali. Later on, he attempted suicide by cutting his throat and got injured. Surjani Town police SHO Mohammed Ali Shah told Dawn that Faisal owned a hardware shop in the area but on the day of the incident, he did not open it. His children study the Quran at the home of his sister in the vicinity of the same area, but on that day they did not attend the class as well. It triggered suspicion among his relatives. Faisal’s sister made calls on the cell phone of her sister-in-law, which was on, but no one responded. Ultimately, she visited the residence of her brother in Yusuf Goth near Karimi Chowrangi, knocked at the door but did not get any response. Then she saw from a window that both her brother and sister-in-law were struggling for their lives. She raised alarm, alerting neighbours who entered th...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader and former Speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, has declared that the party is prepared to make any sacrifice in its struggle for the Constitution and rule of law, vowing to give the federal government a tough time in the days ahead.

Head of Pakistan’s diplomatic delegation in New York and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that the delegation's primary agenda is to promote peace in South Asia.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif will undertake an official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from June 5 to 6, 2025, coinciding with the occasion of Eid ul Adha.

ISLAMABAD: A local court on Wednesday approved a 14-day judicial remand for Omar Hayat, the prime suspect in the murder of social media influencer Sana Yousaf, to facilitate his identification parade. The accused was presented before Judicial Magistrate Ahmed Shehzad Gondal by the federal police. Tensions rose in the courtroom when the magistrate noticed the absence of both the prosecutor and the district public prosecutor. Expressing his displeasure, Magistrate Gondal said: “Where are the prosecutors of my court? Usually, no one shows up, but today the courtroom is full.” Upon being informed by the duty prosecutor that the regular prosecutor was on leave, the magistrate ordered the presence of the district prosecutor before the proceedings could continue. The hearing was briefly adjourned, and the accused was taken back into police custody while awaiting the district prosecutor’s arrival. Identification parade to be conducted once victim’s mother, aunt return from Chitral Senator Falak Naz was also present i...

• Ordinance promulgated to empower CM to post PSP officers in Sindh jails in place of officials from prisons service • 105 rearrested out of 216 escapees so far • Meetings between families, inmates resume KARACHI: Police and allied agencies are taking all-out efforts to recapture over a hundred prisoners who escaped from District Prison Malir on Monday night and are still at large, officials said on Wednesday. The jailbreak began on Monday night and continued into the early hours of Tuesday after hundreds of prisoners — spooked by low-intensity quakes — were allowed into the prison courtyard. Later, the prisoners snatched guns from prison staff and forced open the main gate after a shootout and fled. Officials said that 216 inmates had managed to break out of the prison and by Tuesday night 83 of them had been rounded up and police teams were carrying out raids to bring in those still at large. On Wednesday, jail officials accompanying Sindh Prisons Minister Ali Hasan Zardari during his visit to the Malir jai...

Rs1000b will be earmarked for federal, Rs 2869b for provincial development projects for next fiscal year Shehbaz Sharif thanks participants for unanimous approval of all agenda points Says such consensus is a guarantee of Pakistan’s bright future Directs expansion of Pakistan Railway network .

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued a public advisory urging all mobile users to ensure that their SIM cards are registered under their own names to prevent unauthorised use and potential involvement in criminal activities.

ISLAMABAD - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday said that while military-to-military understanding between Pakistan and India remains intact and the ceasefire is holding, political rhetoric from the Indian leadership continues to stir tensions, potentially due to domestic considerations including upcoming.

ISLAMABAD - Security forces sent to hell 14 Indian-sponsored Khwarij in a decisive operation in North Waziristan, effectively neutralizing their position after a fierce exchange of fire.

Former Sindh Governor and ex-spokesperson for Nawaz Sharif, Muhammad Zubair Umar, is reportedly poised to join Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), according to informed sources.

LAHORE - President of Pakistan and Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday opposed the merger of the party’s Punjab chapters saying that it would be an unwise move at this stage given that the south Punjab may emerge as a separate province in the future.

• Delay in submission of response to challenges irks court • Fear has gripped media industry, judge told ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued a final deadline to the federal government to respond to the identical petitions filed against “co­­ntroversial amendments” in the cybercrimes law, and hinted at deciding the matter ex parte if re­­plies to the challenges were not received. Justice Raja Inaam Ameen Minhas issued final notices to the Ministry of Law and Justice, Mi­­nistry of Information Techno­logy, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA, and the Pakistan Telecom­munication Authority (PTA) to submit their replies to the petitions filed against controversial amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca). The judge made it clear that the hearing will proceed even if responses were not filed. The petitions filed by the Pak­istan Federal Union of Journa­li­s­­ts, anchorpersons, and various journalist organisations have chal­­lenged the expanded scope of Peca, which, th...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, in a heartfelt message on the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, expressed deep sorrow over the suffering of millions of children in Palestine and Indian Illegally-occupied Kashmir (IIOJK), describing them as tragic victims of Israeli and Indian.

US President Donald Trump signed a new travel ban on Wednesday targeting 12 countries — including Afghanistan, Iran and Yemen — reviving one of the most controversial measures from his first term. Trump said the measure was spurred by a makeshift flamethrower attack on a Jewish protest in Colorado that US authorities blamed on a man they said was in the country illegally. The move bans all travel to the United States by nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. Trump also imposed a partial ban on travellers from seven countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. Some temporary work visas from these countries will be allowed. The bans go into effect on Monday, the White House said. “The recent terror attack in Boulder, Colorado has underscored the extreme dangers posed to our country by the entry of foreign nationals who are not properly vetted,” Trump said in a video message from ...

NEW YORK/ISLAMABAD - PPP Chairman and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said Wednesday that his intensive talks at the United Nations were very useful and successful.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Sheh­baz Sharif has approved a reduction in duties on over 7,066 tariff lines, which include raw materials, intermediate and capital goods aimed at stimulating industrial growth in the country. The premier green-lit the proposals for a formal announcement in the budget speech, which had received earlier approval from the Tariff Policy Board and Steering Committee. However, the premier asked that the implementation committee identify any irritants before the budget announcement. Official sources told Dawn on Wed­­nesday that the government will announce the abolishing of 2 per cent additional customs duty (ACD) on 4,294 tariff lines in the upcoming budget. These are mostly raw materials, which will reduce the industries’ input cost. It was also decided that the ACD will be reduced from 4pc to 2pc on 545 tariff lines, from 6pc to 4pc on 2,227 tariff lines, and from 7pc to 6pc for all products currently subject to a customs duty above 20pc. Orders committee to consult sectors enjoying 1...