PESHAWAR: Retired Lt Gen Mohammad Hamid Khan, the director general of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Com­mission, resig­ned on Wednesday in protest against promulgation of an ordinance by the provincial government that drastically amended the Ehtesab Act of 2015. The ordinance, promulgated on Tuesday, makes approval of the five-member commission mandatory for arresting a suspect and reduces the maximum period of ...

BALOCHISTAN: A deadly blast targeted the Pakistani forces vehicle in Quetta city, the provincial capital of Balochistan province of Pakistan this afternoon. According to the preliminary reports, at least eight people were killed and around 35 others were wounded in the blast. A local security official, Imtiaz Shah, quoted by local newspapers, said members of the Frontier Corps (FC) were also among ...

QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday inaugurated the Gwadar-Hoshab (M-8) road and reviewed the work being carried out on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). During the inspection of the newly constructed M-8 route, General Raheel Sharif personally drove the prime minister in an open-top vehicle. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Asim Bajwa added that the locals ...

ISLAMABAD: A lobbying session with Pakistan Pe0ples Party (PPP) was organized by Civil Society Network (PCSN), Tribal NGOs Consortium (TNC), AAs Foundation, Peace Justice and youth organizations, Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) and Blue Veins to discuss the content of Prevention of Electronic Crime Bill 2015 which has been approved by the Standing Committee on Information and Technology and is about ...

PAKISTAN: The head of a powerful religious body said on Thursday he is willing to review Pakistan’s harsh blasphemy laws that critics say are regularly misused and have led to the deaths of hundreds, to decide if they are Islamic. Pakistan’s religious and political elites almost universally keep clear of debating blasphemy laws in a country where criticism of Islam is a highly sensitive subject. Two ...

Kohli fan’s father feels sorry for son who will not have access to TV in jail to watch cricketer batting in T20s. OKARA: The whole town of 54/2L knew that Umar Daraz was an ardent fan of Indian master blaster Virat Kohli. His favourite batsman’s outclass performance in the recent series in Australia excited him so much that he hoisted ...

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah on Tuesday expressed concern over what he called ‘non-implementation’ of the National Action Plan. Talking to reporters in his chamber at the parliament house, he called for a judicial probe into terrorist attacks in Peshawar’s Army Public School and Bacha Khan University in Charsadda. He said people wanted ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s influential army chief on Monday said he would step down at the end of his three-year term in November, the military’s public relations wing said, breaking a precedent of military leaders seeking to extend their terms. General Raheel Sharif is considered by many to be Pakistan’s most powerful man. Since he took office in 2013, the army has launched ...

PESHAWAR: At least 22 people died and 50 others injured as gunmen stormed Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Wednesday morning. Military spokesman Major General Asim Bajwa said that four terrorists had been killed during the ground and operation at the university. Moreover, the students have reported that the chemistry teacher , syed Hamid Hussain, who fought against ...

LAHORE: The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on Thursday categorically denied reports that a student from the educational institution has been arrested on terrorism charges. LUMS Dean of Student Affairs Yasser Hashmi confirmed that the student has not been arrested and was “present in the university’s library when he was contacted.” The Director General (DG) Administration Amir Khan also ...