ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that the Islamic dower a husband owes his wife under her marriage contract is a mandatory legal entitlement rather than a payment he can attach conditions to, in a judgment that also orders an overhaul of how the country’s marriage registrars record and enforce such payments.
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Security forces killed six militants in Balochistan raid
QUETTA: Security forces killed six suspected militants and detained nine others during a raid in a remote part of Balochistan on Tuesday, the country’s state broadcaster said, in the latest action of a counter-insurgency campaign that has intensified sharply across the province in recent weeks.
Two police officers shot dead guarding polio team in Balochistan attack
QUETTA: Two police constables were shot dead on Tuesday while guarding a team of female polio workers in the restive south-western province of Balochistan, in the latest attack on officers protecting vaccinators in one of the last countries where the disease remains endemic.
Courts confront police over crackdown on Imran Khan’s party before Islamabad march
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s judiciary moved to confront police over an escalating crackdown on the country’s main opposition party on Tuesday, as courts in both Islamabad and Lahore heard a cluster of urgent petitions alleging illegal raids, unlawful detentions and the disappearance of a sitting member of parliament, days before a planned march on the capital.
JI halts Islamabad fuel march after PM Sharif’s personal appeal, but warns patience is running out
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif has persuaded one of the country’s most disciplined religious political parties to pause a march on the capital, but only after conceding, in a phone call placed from New York, that his government’s fuel relief package has not gone far enough to satisfy protesters angered by months of rising petrol and diesel prices.
Army chief reviews northwest security after Kohat police compound attack
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s military chief travelled to the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday to review the country’s response to a wave of violence that has left dozens dead and triggered cross-border airstrikes into Afghanistan, as tensions between the two neighbours edged closer to open conflict.
Doctor who examined murdered businessman’s body barred from making further statement to inquiry
KARACHI: A high court judge has refused to let the doctor who carried out the first, disputed autopsy on murdered businessman Mir Raza Ali make a further statement to the judicial inquiry investigating his death, accusing him of trying to “throw mud” at a colleague and the region’s chief minister.
Islamabad seals itself behind 1,000 containers to stop Imran Khan’s party marching on the capital
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is hurtling towards one of its tensest political confrontations in years, with the government erecting a virtual fortress around Islamabad
Petrol at 394 rupees tests PM Sharif’s relief push
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan raised the retail price of petrol and cut the price of diesel for Tuesday, even as global crude dropped to its lowest in almost two weeks on hopes for diplomacy in the U.S.-Iran war.
EU, Pakistan sign €65 million in grants to draw investment, expand rural power
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the European Union signed three grant agreements worth €65 million ($74.6 million) on Monday, funding programs meant to attract foreign investment, bring renewable energy to off-grid communities and improve access to justice.