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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Ahmad Maudood Ausaf |Tariq Khosa
WHILE lawyers occupy centre stage in op-ed sections and appear on late-night TV shows dissecting the legalese of politically motivated verdicts and constitutional amendments, they have — ironically and perhaps even meekly — overlooked a fundamental transformation within their own ranks: the rapid and incendiary polarisation of bar politics. Over the weekend, the Lahore High Court Bar Association conducted its elections drawing lawyers from all across Punjab to cast their votes.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Jamil Nagri |Tariq Khosa
GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan received the first snowfall and rain of the winter season on Wednesday that ended a prolonged dry spell in the area and brought happiness and joy among farmers, but also caused some problems for locals because it blocked roads and highway at several points.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Jamil Nagri |Tariq Khosa
GILGIT: As the Chilas protest sit-in entered its 11th day, the federal committee formed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif agreed on Wednesday to accept the demands of those affected by the construction of Diamer-Bhasha Dam to address their grievances. According to a press release, the committee held a meeting in Islamabad under the chairmanship of Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Amir Muqam, who also leads the committee, to discuss the demands.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Rana Bilal |Tariq Khosa
A Lahore sessions court sentenced a man to death on Wednesday for committing blasphemy against the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him), other Islamic figures and religious rituals.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Umar Bacha |Tariq Khosa
Passengers traveling to and from Gilgit-Baltistan and Islamabad were stuck on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Wednesday as heavy rains caused landslides that blocked the main road at several points in Kohistan. Snowfall and rain continue across the northern region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan and have paralysed life in the area.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Nadir Guramani |Tariq Khosa
Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Wednesday assured the international community of Pakistan’s efforts in protecting human rights in the country, saying “robust legislative and policy measures” were in place to ensure that, as he addressed the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, a statement from the human rights ministry said. The statement came after Amnesty International, in a statement last year, observed that human rights abuses remained “rampant” in Pakistan.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Tariq Naqash |Tariq Khosa
MUZAFFARABAD:Three residents of the upper belt of Neelum Valley were buried under a snow avalanche early on Tuesday morning, and despite relentless efforts by their community, their bodies had not been retrieved by late evening, officials confirmed. Deputy Commissioner Neelum Nadeem Ahmed Janjua told Dawn that five residents of Phulawai village—part of Gurez sub-valley—had travelled to theirDudgaibehakon Sunday, taking advantage of a sunny day, presumably to check on their summer dwellings.
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1 month ago | 
dawn.com | Jamal Shahid |Tariq Khosa
ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the National Assembly on Tuesday expressed concern with massive audit objections in the Power Division, causing losses to exchequer due to embezzlement of funds, over charging consumers in electricity bills and non-recovery of Rs877.6 billion power bills from defaulters.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Anwar Iqbal |Tariq Khosa
WASHINGTON: Hamaad Raza was waiting at Washington’s Reagan National Airport for his wife when he saw a flurry of activity and rescue teams rushing towards the Potomac river. Moments later, he learned that the American Airlines passenger jet his wife was on board had collided with a military helicopter while landing. Raza said that his 26-years-old wife was on board the flight from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, which collided with a military helicopter shortly before 9 p.m. on Wednesday night.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Iftikhar A. Khan |Tariq Khosa
ISLAMABAD: Days after it began the process to extradite Bahria Town owner Malik Riaz from the United Arab Emirates, the government on Thursday blocked the passports of the property tycoon and other accused who have been declared absconders in the £190 million corruption case. Earlier this month, former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi were sentenced in the matter of the Al-Qadir Trust by an accountability court in Islamabad, after a lengthy trial.
