Donald Trump on Thursday became the first former US president ever convicted of a crime after a New York jury found him guilty on all charges in his hush money case, months before an election that could see him yet return to the White House. The jury found him guilty on each of the 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide a payment meant to silence porn star Stormy Daniels. He could in theory be sentenced to four years behind bars for each count but is more likely to receive probation. The 77-year-old Republican, who was released without bail, is now a felon —…
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China on June 4 for a five-day visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Friday. According to FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, PM Shehbaz will visit China from June 4-8 and will visit the cities of Beijing, Xian and Shenzhen. He will meet Xi in Beijing and hold “delegation-level talks” with Premier Qiang. The spokesperson added that the premier will meet the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and the heads of “key government departments”.…
RAHIM YAR KHAN: The railway track between Khanpur and Rohri stations has been in a dilapidated condition since long because of various technical and operational issues, including staff negligence, theft of installation and poor maintenance, causing frequent derailments of passenger and goods trains. According to sources in the Pakistan Railways’ Sukkur Division, because of the broken fish-plates, the 165km-long track between Khanpur and Rohri railway stations has become dangerous for trains. As per the sources, some main locations where the track poses a threat to the trains are near Nooraywali level crossing, Rahim Yar Khan and near Adam Sahaba, Chandrami,…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has sought more time to inform the Islamabad High Court (IHC) why three close confidants of property tycoon Malik Riaz were recently stopped from going abroad. The request was made on Thursday during the hearing of a petition filed by the Bahria Town chief surveyor, Manzoor Hussain Mughal, who was among the three men offloaded from a Saudi Arabia-bound flight. The FIA had earlier told the court that the names of Mughal and two other Bahria Town officials — retired brigadiers Tahir Butt and Zafar Iqbal Shah — were placed on the Passport Control List on the recommendation…
ISLAMABAD: The capital police have added the murder charge to the case earlier registered over the death of a teenage boy whose body was recovered in a ravine on the Margalla Hills on Monday, police said. The mother of the boy lodged a complaint with the police to add the murder section to the case. In her complaint, she stated that on May 25 her son Mohammad Taha left for Trail-5 along with his five friends and then went missing. Over the incident, an FIR was registered on May 26 at the Secretariat police station under section 365 of the PPC. On…
ISLAMABAD: The police on Thursday registered a case under the anti-terrorism law and other charges against a group of lawyers accused of “attacking and manhandling” Khawar Maneka on the court premises, as he was leaving the judicial complex after his appearance in the Iddat case a day earlier. The case was registered at the Ramna police station under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act along with sections 324, 504, 186, 506ii, 147, 149, 341, 353, and 382 of the Pakistan Penal Code. Interestingly, the FIR was not lodged by the aggrieved, but an inspector of the capital police, Imtiaz Ahmed.…
Three men were arrested while 15 cases had been filed over multiple incidents of fires at the Margalla Hills, where dousing efforts were under way on Friday as well, officials said. Islamabad Chief Commissioner Muhammad Ali Randhawa — also the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman — confirmed the development in a post on X. “We will ensure all those responsible are held accountable. We are committed to protect[ing] our beautiful hills at any cost,” he asserted. According to CDA spokesperson Kamran Aslam, the authority’s environment wing caught the three men involved in fire incidents from a point where fire had been…
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has delisted the PTI intra-party election case due to non-availability of the bench. “It is circulated for the information of general public and the litigants that the following cases fixed for hearing before the honourable Election Commission of Pakistan on 30.05.24 have been delisted due to non-availability of the bench and the next date of hearing will be announced later,” the ECP said in a notice placed on its website. The notice includes three cases, with “non-conduct of intra-party elections of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf” on the top. PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday took exception to criticism by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of the judiciary, with judges saying that the premier should move a reference if he felt there were any ‘black sheep’ in the courts, instead of using the “shoulders of the judiciary” to settle scores. These remarks were made by two judges during the hearing of an appeal filed by the government, challenging the Sept 15 judgement of the apex court, which ruled that amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance were illegal. The proceedings also provided incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan — also a petitioner in…
The Balochistan government on Friday announced that two suspects were arrested in connection to the murder of seven labourers hailing from Punjab in the coastal town of Sarbandan. Earlier this month, seven barbershop workers were killed and one was injured in Surbandar, Gwadar, when unknown gunmen entered their residential quarters and opened fire on them while they were sleeping. The police said the victims belonged to different cities of south Punjab, including Khanewal, Mian Channu and Lodhran. Addressing a press conference in Quetta, Balochistan Home Minister Zia Ullah Langau said all institutions were tasked to apprehend the culprits. “I congratulate all our…
