HANGU: At least six members of the same family, including two women and three children, were killed in a shooting inside a house in Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police confirmed Tuesday. According to details, the incident took place in the Sarokhel area, within the jurisdiction of Doaba Police Station, where gunfire inside a residential property claimed the lives of six people. District Police Officer (DPO) Salahuddin Kundi confirmed that the victims included the head of the household, Noor Rehman, two women and three young children. All six died at the scene. Preliminary investigations have identified the suspect as Noor Rehman’s nephew, who is reportedly a drug addict, according to the police. The DPO said an alleged dispute had developed because Noor Rehman used to prevent his…
QUETTA: The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) hosted a high-level consultative meeting in Quetta on November 2, at the conclusion of first edition of WEXNET Quetta. The meeting was attended by Engr. Qamar-ul-Islam Raja, Chairman, National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC); Dr Nadia Karim Shaw, Executive Director, NAVTTC; Anwar Saleem Kasi, Chairman, Balochistan Rural Support Programme (BRSP); Dr Tahir Rasheed, Chief Executive Officer, BRSP; Zafar Buledi, Secretary, Population Welfare Department, Government of Balochistan, and Sheryar Taj Secretary TDAP. The discussions focused on strengthening institutional collaboration to promote export-oriented economic activities, technical and vocational skills development, trainings, internships, entrepreneurship, and…
ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday granted bail to human rights activist Imaan Zainab Mazari and her husband, advocate Hadi Ali Chattha, in a case registered against them in the connection with violation of Section 144. ATC Judge Abul Hasanat Muhammad Zulqarnain, while hearing the case, granted bail to the couple against surety bonds of Rs 50,000 each. During the hearing, police produced the case record before the court. The case was registered at Kohsar Police Station. Defence lawyer Riasat Ali Azad told the court that the police had produced the record. The judge remarked that he would have shown the police the consequences if they had not produced the record today. The judge told the applicant that you want to say anything. The judge announced the judgment and approved…
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court laid down guiding principles for antecedent verification in public recruitment, as it serves the legitimate objective of maintaining the integrity and discipline of the police force. The judgment, authored by Chief Justice FCC Amin-ud-Din, directed the competent federal and provincial authorities, particularly law-enforcement agencies, to ensure adherence to the following; (i) Mere registration of an FIR shall not ipso facto constitute a disqualification from public employment. (ii) Judicial acquittal shall receive due recognition, subject to an objective assessment of the candidate’s antecedents and suitability. (iii) Adverse character verification shall be founded upon authentic, independently verifiable material rather than conjecture or suspi…
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee has sought a comprehensive briefing on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s engagements at the United Nations, Islamabad’s role in the context of the Iran-US conflict, the Makkah Pact, and evolving regional developments. The committee also expressed concern over delays in the Foreign Office’s digital document attestation system despite extensive digitisation efforts. The Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, chaired by Senator Agha Shahzaib Durrani, reviewed Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan, the Prime Minister’s visit to the United Nations and key diplomatic engagements, reforms in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MoFA) document attestation process, and Pakistan’s priorities under its leadership roles in the Shanghai Cooperation Orga…
ISLAMABAD: Jailed PTI founder Imran Khan met his lawyer Barrister Salman Safdar at Adiala jail on Monday and discussed various matters with them. Talking to reporters, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan welcomed the meeting, describing it as a positive development after a prolonged suspension of access to the party founder. He said denying an incarcerated person access to family members for 15 days amounted to a human rights violation. He said Safdar’s meeting was the first with Khan since April 8. He said the suspension of meetings had fuelled political tensions, adding that regular access to Khan could have helped defuse the situation and averted governor’s rule and emergency in KP. He said Safdar had returned without any significant political message from Khan, as their discussion of…
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has fixed a case against a political party for hearing for receiving “prohibited funds from different private entities/firms” during a previous financial year. A cause list recently issued by the ECP suggests that the said case has been fixed for hearing against Mohajir Qaumi Movement Pakistan, commonly known as MQM-Haqiqi, for receiving prohibited funds from different private entities/firms during the financial year 2023-24. The case is scheduled to be heard by an ECP bench on the coming November 11, according to the cause list. The MQM-H is not the first political party facing an ECP case on the allegations of receiving prohibited funds. On 2 August 2022, the electoral body finally announced the much-hyped and long-awaited verdict in t…
