By Ikram Junaidi in Dawn, October 12th, 2023ISLAMABAD: National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) Chairperson Nilofar Bakhtiar on Wednesday said that there should be a uniform minimum age for girls’ marriages across the country and practitioners of all religions should comply with it. “I suggest that the minimum age for girl marriage should be 18 in Pakistan but in Punjab and some other provinces minimum age is 16. The minimum age…in Christian and…
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by Iftikhar A. Khan in Dawn, Oct 12, 2023• Fawad fails to turn up, Asad appears sans lawyer; hearing put off to Oct 24• PTI alleges electoral body focusing on ‘minus-Imran agenda’ISLAMABAD: In a surprise move, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday asked the Election Commission of Pakistan to issue a production order for its Chairman Imran Khan in the contempt of the commission case. The request was made by the former prime minister’s lawyer…
Report in Dawn, October 12th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: A wanted commander of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, Ateequr Rehman, also known as Tipugul Marwat, who was killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, was wanted to the law enforcement agencies in at least 10 FIRs registered against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act, Pakistan Penal Code and Explosives Act. Local officials said Rehman belonged to the Lakki Marwat’s Bachkan Ahmadzai area. He had escaped the district and was hiding in…
By Abid Mahmood in Dawn, October 12th, 2023NAROWAL: In what believed to be a targeted attack on a Daska mosque during Fajr prayers on Wednesday, a prayer leader, a religious activist belonging to an outlawed outfit and his security guard were killed. Quoting Zulfikar Ali, another security guard of Maulana Shahid Latif, police said six unknown people reached the Noori-e-Madina Masjid in Mandike Guraya Chowk on motorbikes and three of them joined the prayers. He…
report in The Express Tribune, Oct 10, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce was informed on Monday that the government took measures to rectify anomalies in the Afghan Transit Trade (ATT) system, as imports by Afghanistan were six times higher than its exports. The committee met with its chairman Zeeshan Khanzada in the chair. The meeting took up several matters including the concerns raised by the media regarding the ATT. During the meeting, the…
By Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, October 10th, 2023KARACHI: While a crackdown on illegal immigrants across the country is underway, police and allied agencies have so far picked up over 1,700 Afghan nationals for living in Karachi without any valid documents, it emerged on Monday. The information about the number of held persons was shared by caretaker Home Minister retired Brigadier Haris Nawaz, who also declared that all illegal immigrants living in Sindh would soon be…
By Sher Alam Shinwari in Dawn, October 10th, 2023PESHAWAR: Local artists, rights activists and civil society members gathered in a studio in Saddar Bazaar to urge authorities to delay deportation of Afghan artists and musicians as current rulers of Kabul had imposed ban on music and art in the neighbouring country. Large number of human rights activists, folk artists and civil society members attended the gathering. Noted Afghan performers and artists based in and around…
By Munawer Azeem in Dawn, October 10th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The capital police have asked all illegal immigrants to shift to a camp set up for them at I-12 on voluntarily basis within 48 hours. The police on Monday said all those residing in the capital without legal documents should move to the camp. A police officer told Dawn that there were 54 official camps set up for refugees in the country – 44 in KP, nine…
Report in Pakistan Today, Oct 10, 2023— Says PTI’s status as a political party remains intact— Clarifies caretaker government has no bias towards any political partyISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Monday said that only “law-abiding” Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders would be allowed to participate in the upcoming general elections. During an informal conversation with senior journalists in Islamabad, the caretaker PM affirmed that PTI’s status as a political party remained intact. Reiterating…
Report in Dawn, October 10th, 2023MUZAFFARGARH: Special Judge Naveed Qureshi of the Anti-Corruption Establishment on Monday extended the bail of former premier Imran Khan’s sister Dr Uzma Khan and her husband Ahad Majeed Niazi until Oct 13. The couple is facing charges related to the alleged fraudulent acquisition of 5,261 kanal land at a low price in Layyah. During the proceedings, Special Judge Naveed Qureshi directed Uzma Khan to appear in court. In her defense,…
By Malik Asad in Dawn, October 10th, 2023ISLAMABAD: A special court formed under the Official Secrets Act on Monday decided to indict former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case on October 17. The cipher case pertains to a diplomatic document, which reportedly went missing from Mr Khan’s possession. The PTI alleges that it contained a threat from the United States to oust the former prime minister…