At least 11 people were killed and 35 injured when a bus overturned on the Makran coastal highway and fell into a ditch. A senior official said the accident happened when the driver lost control of the vehicle due to overspeeding.
General Faiz Hameed was the powerful intelligence chief in Pakistan from 2019 to 2021 and was considered close to ex-PM Imran Khan. He was taken into custody last week and is facing court-martial proceedings for allegedly extorting money from a private housing society.
Two children were killed and five injured when unknown men opened fire at a school van in Attock District’s Dheri Kot area on Thursday. All children were between 10 and 12 years old, the rescue team said.
The heinous crime prompted protests by students and lady doctors, accusing the government of not providing adequate security and demanding justice for the minor victim. This case emerged days after reports of a Belgian woman found tied to a street after being raped for several days.
Imran Khan and his wife were set to be released from jail when a second Toshakhana case was filed against the couple on July 13. The new case on Tuesday accuses them of illegally keeping a jewellery set worth millions gifted to Bushra Bibi by the Saudi Crown Prince.
The Oxford alumnus "formally submitted" the request through Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari, the London-based spokesperson for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), according to the party's statement on the social media platform X.
Pakistan IT minister noted that when access to certain apps was restricted, people began using VPNs to bypass these blocks. However, this often led to slower internet speeds, as VPNs can significantly impact both local and mobile internet performance.
Pakistan Army helicopters airlifted two stranded Russian climbers, a day after an avalanche hit a group of five mountaineers who were trying to scale the sixth-highest mountain in Pakistan.
General Faiz Hameed, who was the powerful intelligence chief in Pakistan from 2019 to 2021, was considered close to Imran Khan. It is believed that Imran's ties with the Army began to sour when he opposed replacement of Hameed as the ISI Director General.
Imran Khan has been behind bars since his arrest on August 5 last year and faces more than 200 criminal cases, including convictions in some of them. He and his wife Bushra Bibi were slapped with a new corruption case after they were acquitted in the 'un-Islamic' marriage case last month.
A group of independent experts backed by the UN voiced serious concern regarding heightened discrimination and violence against Pakistan's Ahmadi minority community, urging authorities to take measures to ensure their safety and protection.
According to the new law, the legal age for marriage within the Christian community has been raised to 18 years for both men and women. Previously, Christian men could marry at 16 years old and women at 13 years old.
On Tuesday, a forensic team comprising 12 members reached Adiala Jail to administer a polygraph test to Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister, regarding the unprecedented violence that occurred in the country last year.
Militants detonated an explosion at the Govt Girls Middle School in North Waziristan tribal district, which borders Afghanistan, during the night between Sunday and Monday, according to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Minister Faisal Khan Tarakai.
Bushra claims that Imran Khan's life is at risk, citing previous incidents where he was allegedly poisoned and shot at. She also mentioned that their legal request to investigate the poisoning has yet to be addressed by the court.
Pakistan is facing severe economic turmoil, placing a heavy burden on its population amidst one of the nation's most significant financial crises in recent history. As the cost of living continues to rise sharply, essential goods are becoming increasingly unaffordable for many.
The bold statement made by Information Minister Attaullah Tarar that "PTI and Pakistan cannot co-exist" signals the government's desperate moves to crush the opposition party. The unexpected move to ban the PTI has been met with widespread backlash from many political parties.
In another example of political persecution in Pakistan, the government announced the move to ban the PTI and is also pondering to file treason charges against Imran Khan. This came after PTI became the largest party in the Parliament as it was deemed eligible by the apex court for reserved seats.
Although this was the last case that kept Imran Khan behind bars, it is not clear whether he would be released. Imran and his wife Bushra Bibi were earlier convicted for marrying when the latter was in her 'iddat' period, during which a woman is barred from marriage as per Islamic law.
The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), comprising Imran Khan-backed independents, filed a motion against a Peshawar High Court order barring it from reserved seats. Despite winning most seats in the elections, the PTI-backed independents were not eligible for reserved seats meant for political parties.
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