By Staff Reporter KARACHI: A judicial commission investigating the death of the Karachi businessman Mir Raza Ali suspended a tense hearing on Tuesday and ordered
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Fire guts Karachi mayor’s office, reigniting questions over city’s safety standards
KARACHI: A fire tore through the office of Karachi’s mayor on Tuesday morning, gutting the room and destroying its furniture, in an incident that has once again drawn attention to fire safety standards in Pakistan’s largest city.
CM Afridi completes contested run to Karachi, sharpens fight over jailed ex-premier
KARACHI — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi rolled into this port city in the early hours of Monday after a drive of more than six hours through detours, blocked highways, and what his party described as deliberately dug-up pavement, capping a five-day mobilisation tour that has hardened the standoff between his party and Pakistan’s provincial authorities ahead of a nationwide protest planned for September 27.
Kashmir dispute resurfaces in unlikely venue: a fight over world maps
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office said Monday that India’s assertions about the disputed Kashmir region carry no legal weight, the latest exchange in a decades-old standoff that found new life this week in an unlikely arena: a United Nations vote on how continents are drawn on a map.
Pakistan condemns demolition of century-old mosque in India, citing 1992 Babri Masjid destruction
The Foreign Office on Sunday condemned the demolition of a century-old mosque in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, calling it part of what the government described as an “Islamophobic and Hindutva-driven campaign” to erase Islamic heritage from the country.
Govt, Islamist party agree to negotiate fuel tax as strikes shutter markets
LAHORE: Facing 19 straight days of street protests and a nationwide strike that emptied marketplaces from Karachi to Peshawar, the government agreed on Thursday to form a joint committee with the country’s largest religious political party to study whether the fuel taxes squeezing ordinary drivers can be rolled back.
PCB Naqvi defends axing of seven players as Pakistan cricket crisis deepens
By Staff Reporter LAHORE: The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board has dismissed suggestions that cricket in the country is “finished”, pointing to recent results
LHC judge resigns years ahead of retirement to focus on judicial research
By Staff Reporter LAHORE: A Lahore High Court judge has resigned from the bench, more than a decade before he was due to retire, saying
Weekend downpours threaten new flooding across Islamabad, Kashmir, and northern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The weather authorities warned on Wednesday that a fresh band of monsoon rain was moving into the country’s northern regions, threatening to compound flooding that has already turned Rawalpindi streets into standing ponds this week and raised water levels in a major seasonal stream running through the capital.
Sindh High Court rejects push for special probe team in Mir Raza Ali murder case
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday turned down a petition from the family of Mir Raza Ali asking judges to order the formation of a joint investigation team to probe the young businessman’s death, ruling that the decision to create such a body belongs to the provincial government, not the courts.