ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitution Court on Tuesday upheld the legality of a controversial super tax in a landmark decision that affirms parliament’s broad powers to impose levies and safeguards billions in government revenue earmarked for rehabilitating terrorism-displaced families.
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Lahore’s skies go neutral: 30-day ban on political kites enforced
LAHORE: The Punjab provincial government has imposed a 30-day ban on the manufacture and use of kites bearing images of political party flags, just as the ancient kite-flying festival of Basant prepares for its first revival in nearly two decades — a move many view as politically motivated and aimed at the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.
Govt says no evacuation order was issued, even as thousands depart Tirah valley in harsh winter
PESHAWAR: The government on Sunday denied issuing any orders for the forced evacuation of residents from the restive Tirah Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, amid mounting tensions over a planned military operation against militant groups that has prompted thousands to flee their homes in the grip of a harsh winter.
District court sentences prominent rights lawyer and husband to 17 years for social media posts
ISLAMABAD: A court on Saturday sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer and her husband to a combined 17 years in prison for social media posts that authorities said glorified terrorism, spread false information and amounted to cyberterrorism, a verdict that drew swift condemnation from rights advocates and opposition figures who called it a blatant effort to stifle dissent.
Avalanche kills nine in northern Pakistan as snowstorm strands thousands
PESHAWAR: At least nine people from the same family were killed and a child was rescued alive after an avalanche buried their house in a remote mountainous area of northwestern Pakistan, officials said Friday, as heavy snowfall and rains continued to lash the region, stranding travelers, blocking roads and prompting urgent rescue operations across multiple provinces.
Pakistan takes seat on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ on Gaza, even as major powers stay out
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump presided over the formal launch of a new international organisation called the Board of Peace on Thursday, an entity he described as a tool for resolving conflicts starting with Gaza but potentially extending further, as leaders from nearly two dozen countries, including Pakistan, signed on during a ceremony at the World Economic Forum.
They locked themselves inside to escape the flames; thirty bodies found in a single Gul Plaza shop
KARACHI: Rescue workers pulled 30 charred bodies from a single shop in the rubble of Gul Plaza on Wednesday, pushing the death toll from Karachi’s deadliest fire in more than a decade to at least 60, as authorities warned that dozens more people remained unaccounted for in the gutted commercial complex.
Pakistan says it had ‘no choice’ but to halt Afghan trade over security concerns
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s prime minister accused Afghanistan on Tuesday of refusing to rein in terrorists operating from its soil, saying the Taliban-led government left his country no choice but to shut down all cross-border trade in a standoff that’s hurting ordinary people on both sides.
Death toll in Karachi mall fire rises to at least 23; dozens still missing
KARACHI: Rescue workers pulled more bodies from the charred remains of a popular shopping mall in Karachi on Monday, pushing the death toll from a weekend fire to at least 23, while dozens of people stayed unaccounted for in what has become one of the city’s deadliest blazes in years.
Death toll rises to 14 in Karachi mall fire as search for missing continues
KARACHI: The death toll from a devastating fire that gutted a bustling shopping mall in Karachi climbed to 14 on Monday as rescuers pulled eight more bodies from the charred wreckage and battled rekindled flames amid fears that dozens more people remained trapped inside.