ISLAMABAD: The federal government has recommended provision of a security cover jointly by the Sindh Rangers and provincial police to the recently retired chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed since he is expected to spend most of his time in Karachi. The suggestion came from the threat assessment committee of the interior ministry comprising senior police officials, representatives of the administration and intelligence agencies that met soon after the Supreme Court registrar’s office wrote a letter to the interior secretary seeking complete security for Justice Ahmed after his retirement, an interior ministry source told Dawn. The committee was headed by…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
Islamabad and other parts of the country experienced tremors on Saturday as an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck the Hindukush region, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). According to the PMD, the earthquake occurred at 9:16am and had a depth of 210 kilometres with its epicentre in Afghanistan. Its longitude was 71.10 East and latitude was 35.63 North. Tremors were felt in the federal capital and adjoining areas including Rawalpindi and Taxila, as well as Sargodha, Chiniot and Hafizabad, reported. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Peshawar, Charsadda, Swat, Mardan and other areas also experienced tremors along with various districts of Gilgit-Baltistan and…
PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party has expressed serious concern about the increase in terror attacks in the country and urged the federal government to adopt an effective strategy to eradicate the menace to protect people’s lives. ANP central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain made the remarks during a visit to residences of the slain police officials, Fayyaz Khan and Syed Sajjad Ali Shah, in Nowshera on Friday, according to a statement issued here. He condemned the brutal attack on police in the area and feared the terrorists were regrouping in different provinces, but the government was unable to take pragmatic…
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday reaffirmed Pakistan’s support for Kashmiris and called on the international community to step up and act to stop India’s “genocidal acts” in India-occupied Kashmir (IoK). In his message on Kashmir Day, the prime minister said: “It is time the world takes notice of India’s grave human rights violations in IIOJK which include crimes against humanity, war crimes & genocidal acts as well as the threat of forced demographic change.” He added that such actions were a “complete violation” of the Geneva Convention. The premier said it was the international community’s responsibility to ensure an…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday reserved order on a petition seeking a forensic audit of the alleged audio of ex-chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah reserved the order after hearing arguments of the petitioner, Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) President Salahuddin Ahmed, a representative of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), Hassan Raza Pasha, and Attorney General (AG) Khalid Jawed Khan. Justice Minallah during an earlier hearing had remarked about conducting forensic of the audio and sought names of credible firms from the AG. The court, however, had asked the petitioner to provide…
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Friday restrained the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from proceeding against suspects in a probe regarding billions of rupees of irregularities in evacuee properties, which is being conducted on the orders of the Supreme Court. The unprecedented action came during a specially-called meeting of the PAC to discuss an as-yet unfinished audit report, which was not even laid before members when the chairman passed directions to the FIA at the request of a senior official from the Ministry of Religious Affairs. In March last year, the Supreme Court had ordered FIA…
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif hosted PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari at his Lahore residence on Saturday to discuss the present political situation. The PPP leaders arrived at Shehbaz’s Model Town residence and were greeted by him, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz as seen in footage shared by both parties. Zardari and Bilawal expressed well wishes for PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s health and also inquired about Shehbaz, who had recently tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement issued by the PPP. Both sides discussed the political…
Jason Statham is now father of a baby girl as he has reportedly welcomed his second child with Rosie Huntington-Whitley. According to Daily Mail, the 34-year-old model gave birth to her second baby with the Wrath of Man actor ‘two days ago.’ The couple’s close family member spilled to the outlet that the new addition to the family arrived on Wednesday in London. Taking to Instagram in August 2021, the Mad Max: Fury Road actor announced that she was expecting a baby as she showed off her baby bump. “Taaa daahhh !! #round2,” she wrote alongside the photo. The pair previously welcomed their son, Jack…
Selena Gomez recently sat down for a chat and revealed to fans her daily beauty and makeup routine. She weighed in on it all during her most candid interview with Glamour UK. She started the entire admission off by saying, “Of course. From the time I can remember, I’ve always felt like I had to be perfect or look a certain way.” Before concluding though, she also admitted, “It took me a long time to realise that I only wanted to be myself – that what made me unique was also what made me beautiful.”
Jennifer Lopez wanted to be in front of the camera ever since she was a child. Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, the 52-year-old revealed: “I just wanted to make music,” she began.”I wanted to dance on stage like I did at my dance recitals when I was five and six years old.” “That was my dream, was able to do that and make a living doing that. And yes, it’s still amazing to me, because I come from humble beginnings in the Bronx,” she said of her past. Speaking about her role in upcoming rom-com Marry Me,…
