ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday scrapped early closing times for shops, markets, shopping malls and restaurants across the country, granting a temporary exemption from energy-conservation rules imposed six weeks ago in response to a sharp rise in fuel prices triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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Israel detains Pakistani national Saad Edhi, international activists after boarding Gaza-bound aid flotilla near Cyprus
ISLAMABAD: Israeli forces seized at least 10 vessels from a multinational humanitarian flotilla attempting to reach Gaza on Monday and detained dozens of international activists, including Saad Edhi, the son of Pakistan’s most prominent social worker and the grandson of the late philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi.
Police secure custody of drug queenpin in narcotics and murder cases amid claims of torture and ex-husband plot
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday ordered alleged narcotics kingpin Anmol, better known as Pinky, remanded into police custody until May 22 in a major case filed under the Sindh Control of Narcotic Substances Act, capping a day of court appearances in which authorities sought to question her in more than a dozen separate criminal matters.
Pakistan demands end to ‘continuing Nakba,’ reaffirms call for statehood on 78th anniversary of Palestinian displacement
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on Saturday for an immediate end to the suffering of the Palestinian people, marking the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, the Arabic term for “catastrophe” that commemorates the mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that led to the founding of Israel.
Senate clash lays bare deepening divide over imprisoned ex-leader Imran Khan’s health
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday descended into a pointed war of words over the health of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan and the treatment of his party’s political prisoners, with opposition senators demanding the creation of an independent committee to inspect the jails and the government insisting that any relief must come through the courts.
Police say arrested woman’s narcotics operation spanned cities, involved foreign contacts and possible official protection
KARACHI: Authorities are investigating what senior police officials said a sophisticated, multi-city cocaine and narcotics trafficking operation that may extend beyond Pakistan’s borders, centered on a woman arrested this week in Karachi whom they have long suspected of running a major drug distribution ring.
Pakistan orders cybercrime investigation into leaks of Cambridge math exam papers
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry on Thursday directed the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency to launch a full inquiry into the premature circulation of Cambridge International Education exam papers, escalating a controversy that has unsettled thousands of students and their families across the country.
Imran Khan remains barred from meetings with family and allies despite court order, as sister challenges solitary confinement
ISLAMABAD: Meetings between former prime minister Imran Khan and a small group of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders were again blocked in Thursday at Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, even though the Islamabad High Court had directed prison authorities to allow the imprisoned politician twice-weekly visits with family members, lawyers and associates.
Cambridge confirms second AS-level Math exam leak in Pakistan this season, postpones follow-up test
ISLAMABAD: Cambridge International Education confirmed on Wednesday that an AS-level mathematics examination administered the previous day had been leaked online in violation of its security rules, the second such incident it has acknowledged during the current May-June exam series in Pakistan.
Sitara-e-Shujaat for border martyr: Pakistan salutes Muhammad Liaqat Ali who thwarted suicide plot
ISLAMABAD: The mother, son and brother of Muhammad Liaqat Ali, a railway employee martyred on Monday while single-handedly stopping a suspected suicide bomber near a border security post, left Wednesday for the capital under full government escort to receive Pakistan’s second-highest civilian award for bravery from the president this evening.