Новости за 06.04.2024

PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday ruled out a merger with the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) in case the former was returned its election symbol of the ‘bat’, reasoning that the two were political parties with different orientations.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif landed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday for a three-day visit which will be his first foreign trip since his election.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Saturday announced that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered immediate action to be taken against five officials for negligence of duty based on the findings of an inquiry report on the Bisham suicide attack which claimed the lives of six people, including five Chinese nationals.

Security forces killed 10 terrorists in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan and North Waziristan districts, according to the military’s media wing.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embarked on a three-day visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and a constable were martyred on Friday night when unknown attackers opened fire on their vehicle in Lakki Marwat, an official said on Saturday.

An Indian academic detained for almost six years without trial has been granted bail by the supreme court, highlighting the country’s use of harsh anti-terror laws decried by rights activists.

LAHORE: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has termed political instability the cause of fear among the foreign and local investors who are afraid of investing in the country.

Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district and killed eight suspected terrorists, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Saturday.

LAHORE: Facebook briefly deleted a women-only group in Pakistan with more than 300,000 members who used it to freely discuss taboo topics, its founder Kanwal Ahmed told AFP on Friday.

RAWALPINDI: Former information minister in the PTI government Fawad Chaudhry, who had been granted bail by the Islamabad High Court (IHC), was released from Adiala Jail on Friday.

Islamabad on Saturday denounced the “provocative” remarks made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a televised interview yesterday, in which he appeared to confirm that New Delhi was carrying out an assassination campaign in Pakistan, as reported by The Guardian.

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Fri­day demanded a thorough investigation into threatening letters, laced with toxic chemicals, sent to apex courts judges and the identification of culprits behind this act.

• Say CM Maryam fails to deliver on the agriculture front
• Demand support price of Rs5,000 per 40kg to sustain growers’ interest

The National Financial Commission (NFC) award sparked debate recently after there was social media chatter that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged the country to revisit the award. Every few years, the debate crops up.

LARKANA: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday called for a National Charter of Reconciliation and judicial reforms to find solutions to economic and security problems.

NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition party Congress vowed in its manifesto released on Friday to protect religious minorities — generally seen as a reference to Muslims — and backward castes through “affirmative action”, meaning reservations in jobs and admissions if voted to power after elections.

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has announced the establishment of a transgender school at division level and also directed the relevant authorities to provide educational facilities to special children in at least one government school in each district.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks to the press in New York on Friday.—AFP

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Human Rights Council on Friday demanded a halt in all arms sales to Israel, highlighting warnings of “genocide” in its aggression in Gaza, which has killed more than 33,000 people.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council — the premier regulatory body of lawyers — on Friday demanded a judicial commission comprising sitting Supreme Court judges to look into complaints about the alleged meddling of intelligence agencies in judicial affairs.

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: A police constable escorting a team of polio campaign surveyors embraced martyrdom in a gun attack in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtun­khwa on Friday, officials said.

• Four suspicious letters addressed to PM, Punjab CM found in Pindi letterbox
• Guidelines issued for postal staff to handle suspicious mail

CHILDREN in Pakistan have the least amount of playtime in schools as compared to the neighbouring countries in South Asia. According to a report published by UNDP in 2018, only seven per cent of Pakistani children and youth have access to a playground in their school or community, and over 60pc of them reported not having frequent access to sport and play activities. These numbers are worse if we consider gender-segregated data.

ISLAMABAD: The capital police booked an official of the Dolphin Squad of the Rawalpindi police on the charge of rape, police said.

NEW YORK: Facebook owner Meta announced major changes to its policies on digitally created and altered media on Friday, ahead of US elections poised to test its ability to police deceptive content generated by new artificial intelligence technologies.