Report in Dawn, October 17th, 2023KARACHI: Two army soldiers embraced martyrdom in separate encounters with terrorists in North and South Waziristan on Monday, the military’s media wing stated. At least two terrorists were killed and another wounded during operations in the Asman Munza area of South Waziristan district and the Miran Shah area of North Waziristan, according to Inter-Services Public Relations. Sepoy Waris Khan, 27, was a resident of Karak and Sepoy Sajid Azam, 31,…
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By M Saleemur Rahman in The News, October 16, 2023KASUR: PMLN leader and former Punjab chief minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said that two incidents happened in May; one was the day of shame on May 9 and the other was the nuclear explosion on May 28. Addressing a large public gathering in Mustafabad, he said martyrs and the army were targeted and Imran Niazi conspired against them on May 9, while Nawaz Sharif…
by Mansoor Malik | Afzal Ansari in Dawn, Oct 16, 2023KASUR/LAHORE: As the Lahore district administration allowed the former ruling party to hold a gathering at Minar-i-Pakistan to mark the homecoming of its supreme leader on Oct 21, PML-N leaders on Sunday addressed a party convention in Kasur, in a bid to whip up support for Nawaz Sharif’s return. Speaking to workers in Mustafabad, PML-N Vice President Hamza Shehbaz said Pakistan will “restart its journey…
report in The Express Tribune, Oct 16, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) would announce its reserved ruling on Monday (today) on a petition of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan against the hearing of the cypher case inside jail premises, according to the cause list issued by the court registrar on Sunday. As per the cause list, Chief Justice Aamer Farooq would also hear Imran’s post-arrest bail application. The court had also issued…
ByAihtesham Khan/Mahnoor Tahir/Ahsan Jehangir Khan in The Express Tribune, Oct 16, 2023PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE: In a country where half the populace consists of women, the issues pertaining to women are often swept under the rug or classified as a family matter, which has resulted in women not only feeling unsafe in the country but also distrusting its criminal justice system. For instance, despite the rise of social media and various feminist and human rights movements…
report in Dawn, October 15th, 2023MANSEHRA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Parliamentarians’ chairman Pervez Khattak on Saturday insisted his party would form the next government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaking at a public gathering in Pattan, the district headquarters of Lower Kohistan, he claimed he helped Imran Khan establish his party’s government in KP twice. Former chief minister Mahmood Khan and PTI-P Hazara division president Salah Mohammad Khan also spoke. Mr Khattak claimed when he was the chief minister…
by ik Asad in Dawn, October 15th, 2023• Over 18,000 criminal cases pending• 80pc acquittal rate in rape cases due poor investigation, out-of-court settlements• 661 convicts acquitted by higher courts due to flawed prosecution, archaic lawsISLAMABAD: The pendency of criminal cases in the federal capital has exceeded 18,000, with a majority of the suspects going scot-free as a result of archaic laws, weak prosecution, and flawed investigation. According to court statistics, currently, 9,369 criminal cases…
report in The News,October 15, 2023QUETTA/MULTAN: Six labourers were martyred while asleep and two wounded after gunmen targeted them in an overnight attack in Turbat, officials said. According to police, unidentified gunmen targeted the labourers sleeping in an under-construction house. The deceased, who included four family members, among them two brothers, have been identified as Rizwan, Shehbaz, Waseem, Shafiq Ahmed, Mohammad Naeem and Sikander. Ghulam Mustafa and Tauheed were injured in the attack. Expressing condolences…
report in The Express Tribune, Oct 15, 2023ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq has issued a written order on PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s plea in the cypher case, in which he observed that the deposed premier’s lawyer had told the IHC that Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act (OSA) did not apply to his client and he was exempted under Article 248 of the Constitution. The IHC also issued a notice to…
ISLAMABAD: The PTI chairman’s pleas to drop the cipher case and stay the trial have been combined. The PTI chairman sought exemption in the cipher case under Article 248 of the Constitution. In the application, it was said that the case should be dismissed for non-application of constitutional exemption and Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act. The court issued a notice to the FIA and asked for a reply by October 16. Islamabad High…