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.
People
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.
Karachi police arrest ‘most-wanted’ female drug supplier; officials probe her unchained court appearance
KARACHI: Police arrested a woman described as one of the city’s most-wanted drug suppliers early on Tuesday, seizing a pistol, cocaine valued at millions of rupees and other narcotics from her possession after a joint midnight operation in the Garden area, authorities said.
Cambridge faces fresh leak allegations after Pakistani students say latest AS-level Math exam matched paper circulating online
KARACHI: Students sitting for an AS-level mathematics examination administered by Cambridge International Education on Tuesday reported that the paper they received was identical to a fully solved version that had appeared on social media only a day earlier, the latest in a series of leaks that have disrupted Cambridge’s testing cycle in Pakistan and prompted a high-level government intervention.
Blast kills 7, including 2 police officers, in market explosion in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
LAKKI MARWAT: At least seven people, including two traffic police officers, were killed and 23 others wounded Tuesday when a powerful explosion tore through a busy market square in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, authorities said.