Pakistan

Experts allege Indus Waters Treaty violations after Chenab flows drop; farmers warn of crop losses

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Debt settlement a short-term solution; market opening welcomed

Minister says PR to become Rs100b revenue-earning entity; experts warn track, signalling issues still pose safety risk

ECP warns of suspension if disclosures not submitted by Jan 15

Reduces sentence in K-P methamphetamine case

Lawmaker voted in favour of 27th Amendment

With a lack of medical regulation encouraging profit-driven practices, new mothers, babies at risk of complications

Rail services delayed as winter weather intensifies

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Says legal hurdles for Achakzai cleared after Omar Ayub case withdrawn

K-P CM says he will carry Imran Khan's message on Jan 9

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The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has issued a safety advisory for mobile and data users on the occasion of the New Year, warning citizens to remain vigilant against fraudulent online activities.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday appointed Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi as the Coordinator for Religious Harmony and for the Pakistani Diaspora in the Middle East and Muslim Countries. The PUC is a broad coalition of clerics from various Sunni schools of thought. Ashrafi, also a member of the Supreme Council of the Muslim World League and other Islamic organisations, has been given the appointment at a critical time, given the evolving situation in the Muslim world and the strategic importance of relations with the Gulf nations and other Islamic countries. Talking to Dawn, he said that under the new role, he will be responsible for strengthening coordination, enhancing mutual understanding and further improving Pakistan’s relations with Islamic and Arab states, mainly the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. “This is because I have maintained close and longstanding ties with leading Islamic scholars and senior leaders of the Arab and Muslim world,” Ashrafi said, ad...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has clinched victory in the by-election for the Punjab Assembly constituency PP-289 Dera Ghazi Khan, with its candidate Osama Abdul Karim elected unopposed.

PTI leaders were once again denied a meeting with incarcerated party founder and former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday, as party leaders lamented the restrictions and said the government should have “shown a big heart”. A court order issued by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on March 24 mandated that meetings with Imran will be permitted twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, the PTI maintains that the order is not being honoured. The party has staged sit-ins near the prison to demand a meeting with the party founder, with one earlier this week dispersed with water cannons. “I was hoping that, considering the offer of talks by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the first day of the new year, the government would allow us to meet PTI’s founding chairman,“ said Muhammad Jamal Khan, a member of the National Assembly (MNA) while talking to Dawn. “It could have been the first step towards creating national harmony and ending the tense political environment, but the government lost that chance.” On ...

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