DHAKA (AFP) Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s three-time prime minister who intended to lead her country for the last time after next year’s elections, died on Tuesday at the age of 80. Zia, a dominating figure in the South Asian country’s volatile power battles for decades, had promised to participate in theRead More →
The Peshawar High Court has found ineffectual a plea seeking to prohibit cryptocurrencies and digital FX transactions in Pakistan.The panel, which included Justice Naeem Anwar and Justice Kamran Mian Khail, heard Barrister Huzaifa Ahmed’s appeal and issued an eight-page ruling penned by Justice Kamran Hayat Mian Khail. The petitioner claimedRead More →
Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) head Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed has contested the 14-year term imposed by a military court and requested a copy of the ruling, his lawyer said on Monday. Advocate Mian Ali Ashfaq stated that the appeal was lodged with the army commander two days ago, andRead More →
KARACHI ( A News) Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, a former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan and federal minister for finance, passed away on Saturday. Her funeral prayers will be given in Karachi tomorrow following Zuhr prayers, according to family sources. On January 2, 2006, Dr. Shamshad Akhtar became theRead More →
LAHORE (Web Desk): Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, a well-known classical and ghazal musician, has been in the news lately because of his daughter Mahin Khan’s wedding celebrations. On social media, images and videos from the ceremonies, which took place in Lahore, have been extensively shared. A traditional mayoon ceremonyRead More →
RAWALPINDI (A News)– Former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were sentenced to jail and penalties by a special court on Saturday after being found guilty of corruption allegations. According to Judge Shahrukh Arjumand’s judgment, Khan has been condemned to 17 years in jail. This includes tenRead More →
KARACHI (A News) – Police claimed on Saturday night to have detained over 12 alleged extortionists, two of whom are high-profile, in a raid based on information provided by an under-arrest suspect during questioning, according to Dunya News. The SIU and the CIA collaborated on the raid in Nazimabad. JawadRead More →
ISLAMABAD (A News) Justice Tariq Jahangiri of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has voiced dissatisfaction with the bench led by IHC Chief Justice Sardar Sarfraz Dogar in the degree controversy case, requesting that the case be shifted to another bench. The lawsuit involving Justice Jahangiri’s academic degree was heard byRead More →
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) Justice (Retd) Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, the Chairman of the National Industrial Relations Commission (NIRC), has resigned. According to sources, Justice (retd) Siddiqui stepped down for personal reasons. A notification to terminate his contract has been issued to the President of Pakistan via the Secretary of the MinistryRead More →
SYDNEY (Reuters) — Two suspected shooters who attacked a Hanukkah gathering on Sydney’s Bondi Beach had been to the Philippines prior to the incident, which murdered 15 people and appeared to be inspired by Islamic State, authorities said on Tuesday. The incident on Sunday was Australia’s deadliest mass shooting inRead More →
