LAHORE: A property dealer who had been pursuing litigation in the Lahore High Court against a religious organisation’s self-styled ‘Shariat Court’ was briefly kidnapped, intoxicated and threatened by two unidentified men on his way to the court on Tuesday. “I was heading to the high court on my motorcycle when two bearded men intercepted me near Samanabad’s first roundabout. One ...

The Pakistani police has filed a case against the US for a drone strike that targeted the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor late last month. According to the local media reports, the case was registered on the complaint of brother of a taxi driver who was driving Mullah Mansoor. The taxi driver was perished in the missile attack along ...

MURREE: A 19-year-old school teacher was tortured and set on fire after refusing a marriage proposal on Tuesday. The victim’s uncle, Nasir Abbassi, stated the family had gone to a social gathering and the victim was alone at home when the incident occurred. “A group of five men forcibly entered the house, locked her in a room and beat her ...

QUETTA: The court has rejected bail applications of Government Girls Degree College Muslim Bagh’s principal and clerk in Killa Saifullah district on Tuesday, in the case of a Saqiba Kakar, a female student who committed suicide earlier in February. Principal Abida Ghous and clerk Mehmood’s bail applications were rejected by the District and Sessions Judge Syed Haroon Agha. The principal ...

PAKISTAN: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday arrested former assistant director National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Ghulam Muhammad Bugti for suspected involvement in the issuance of identification papers to former Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mansour. Officials recovered a Pakistani identity card and passport under the alias Wali Muhammad from the site of the American drone strike which killed ...

KHANEWAL: An 18-year old girl has died, and her aunt seriously injured, after an incident of attempted rape on Monday. The aunt and her niece were kidnapped by unknown individuals and taken to a private clinic in the city’s Block 5 area. “Unknown people had kidnapped the girl and her aunt, and had taken them to a two-floor private clinic,” ...

ISLAMABAD: The authorities in Pakistan have said DNA report have confirmed that the man killed in a US drone strike was the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. According to the local media reports, citing the local authorities, a DNA report said it was definite that the man killed in the US strike on May 21 was Mullah Akhtar Mansour. ...

ISLAMABAD: At an event on Saturday, PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar said a new model for democracy is forming in Pakistan, under which the steering of the vehicle – the government – will be in the hands of a political personality, while the “clutch and accelerator” will be controlled from the backseat. He said this vehicle would definitely face a devastating ...

KARACHI: The Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen and Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Friday condemned the targeted killing of two young men, including a government official, near the Nad-i-Ali Imambargah roundabout in Jaffar-i-Tayyar Society late Thursday night. “It was a targeted attack, but it is yet to be ascertained if the killings were carried out on sectarian or political grounds,” said Karachi-East DIG Dr ...

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to ensure that the holy month of Ramazan and Eidul Fitr are observed on the same day across the country, the ministry of religious affairs has sought a meeting with Mufti Shahabuddin Popalzai of Peshawar’s Masjid Qasim Ali Khan on May 31. But the ministry, or any other federal and provincial department for that matter, will ...