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نوواک جوکووچ نے ریکارڈ 23 ویں مینز گرینڈ سلیم سنگلز ٹائٹل کے لیے اپنی مہم کا آغاز فتح کے ساتھ کیا جبکہ عالمی نمبر ایک کارلوس الکاراز بھی رولینڈ گیروس میں دوسرے راؤنڈ میں پہنچ گئے۔ پیرس میں دو بار مزید پڑھیں The post فرنچ اوپن، جوکووچ اور الکاراز کی دوسرے راؤنڈ تک رسائی appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SpvWdJ

A Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court (ATC) directed the superintendent of the garrison city’s Adiala Jail on Monday to hand over eights suspects arrested in connection with vandalism at various locations — including military installations — during May 9 protests to the military for trial. The court’s directives were issued in two separate orders, copies of which are available with Dawn.com, following the submission of applications by military Commanding Officers Farhan Nazir Qureshi and Muhammad Yasir Nawaz Cheema, each seeking the custody of four suspects detained at Adiala Jail in cases registered on May 9. According to the orders, Qureshi has sought the custody of suspects nominated in a case registered at Civil Lines police station and Cheema has asked for the custody of suspects booked in a case registered at RA Bazar police station. The orders said the suspects’ custody was sought on grounds that they were “found guilty of offences under Sections 3, 7 and 9 of the Official Sec...

• Says clampdown on PTI an attempt to ‘roll back democracy’ • Alleges govt ‘maltreating women prisoners’ • Unfazed by exodus from party, ex-PM reiterates demand for polls • Minister calls out ‘venomous propaganda’ LAHORE: Terming the clampdown on the PTI an attempt to roll back democracy, Imran Khan requested the Supreme Court judges on Sunday to take notice and ensure a judicial inquiry into the May 9 violence so that only the “guilty should be punished”. Speaking about the PDM government’s alleged efforts to “cripple the PTI through a streak of desertions”, Mr Khan said the government could continue ‘pressuring’ party leaders and make as many defections as it wanted to do in the “next two, three or even four weeks”. “But, then give a timeframe for elections,” the PTI chief demanded while speaking to supporters through a video link from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore. The former prime minister asked the PDM government to give a timeframe and announce elect...

خیبرپختونخوا کو درپیش مالی مسائل کے حل کیلئے نگران وزیراعلیٰ خیبرپختونخوا محمد اعظم خان کی میزبانی میں وزیراعلیٰ ہائوس پشاور میں سیاسی جماعتوں کے قائدین کی ایک مشاورتی نشست کا انعقادخوش آئند امر ہے۔ جس میں صوبے کے سرگردہ سیاسی مزید پڑھیں The post صوبے کے حقوق کا مسئلہ appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SplR25

Karachi police said on Friday they had detained a man after a video of a dog being killed by hanging was widely shared on social media. The video shows a man hanging a dog from a rack with the help of a rope and then raising both his hands, which was followed by a clap. He then goes on to hold two of the dog’s paws, swinging them upward and downward. Saudabad Station House Officer (SHO) Raja Zulfiqar Haider told Dawn.com that the detained man was the watchman of a market and “appeared to be emotionally disturbed”. “We are now contemplating what law he is to be charged under,” he said, maintaining that the law was clear about the killing of a pet dog, but the canine seen in the video was a street dog. The SHO added that the detained man “may have employed the wrong means of killing the dog by hanging him, instead of opting for poisoning or shooting, which is usually practiced in the city to kill dogs in a bid to protect children against dog bites”. Meanwhile, JFK Animal Rescue...

Eight to 10 unidentified men abducted senior journalist as he returned from work, says family http://dlvr.it/SpfFGL

KARACHI: Senior journalist Sami Abraham was reportedly taken away by unidentified men in Islamabad on Wednesday, according to family sources, who claimed that there was no information about his whereabouts. Sources said Mr Abraham was arrested by police, but a statement issued by capital police said they would cooperate with the journalist’s family and leave no stone unturned to track him down. Ali Raza, the brother of Mr Abraham, has filed a complaint of abduction at Aabpara Police Station. According to the application, Mr Abraham was intercepted by four cars on the service road of Sixth Avenue at Sector G-6 at 9pm after he left the BOL TV offices and was heading home. Eight to ten unidentified men emerged from the vehicles and forcibly took him with them. At the time of the incident, Mr Abraham’s driver, Arshad, was with him. The men left the driver behind and took Mr Abraham with them. The application stated that the individuals also took away three mobile phones belonging...

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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) appears to have put the intra-party polls case against the ruling Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) in cold storage after the party ignored several deadlines set for the exercise. ECP sources said that PML-N intra-party polls were due in March 22 last year, but the ECP extended the date on the party’s request and allowed it to hold polls latest by May 14, 2022, and submit the related certificate by May 21, 2022, to meet the legal requirement to be eligible to obtain or retain a poll symbol, something it has failed to do even after passage of over a year. Under Section 208 of the Elections Act, 2017, all political parties are required to elect office-bearers at the federal, provincial and local levels, wherever applicable, periodically in accordance with party’s constitution. Section 209(1) of the Elections Act, reads that a political party shall, within seven days from completion of the intra-party elections, submit a c...

ویب ڈیسک:خیبر پختونخوا کیلئے پنجاب کی فلور ملز سے آٹا کی ترسیل پر پابندی ختم کردی گئی ہے جس سے 20 کلو آٹاکا تھیلا اور 80 کلو آٹا کی قیمتوں میں کمی ہوجائے گی واضح رہے کہ عمران خان کے مزید پڑھیں The post پنجاب سے دوسالہ پابندی کے بعد آٹا کی سپلائی بحال، قیمتیں کم ہوں گی appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SpPsSx

MUZAFFARABAD: A Kashmiri outfit on Satur­day organised the last of a series of rallies against Delhi’s decision to hold a meeting of the G20 tourism working group in Sri­n­a­gar, capital of India-held Jammu and Kashmir, calling upon all member sta­t­­es to boycott the con­troversi­­al moot like that of China. The rally was held in Pallandri, district headquarters of Sudhnoti, un­­der the aegis of Pasban-i-Hurriyat Jammu and Ka­­s­hmir (PHJK), an organisation of post-1989 migrants from India-held Kashmir. It was the 16th such ev­­e­nt organised by the outfit in as many cities and towns in AJK since April 26. Participants of the rally held banners and placards inscribed with slogans against Indian machinations to mislead the international community by holding the G20 huddle in occupied Srinagar from May 22. “India is responsible for innocent killings in occupied Kashmir; G20 member states should boycott its summit if held in disputed Kashmir,” read one banner. “Go India go back...

جس طر ح ملک ریاض رئیل اسٹیٹ کے ٹائیکون تسلیم کئے جاتے ہیں اسی طرح اے کے ڈھیڈی کو بھی اسٹاک ایکسچنج کا ٹائیکون مانا جاتا ہے وہ عمران خان کی رہائی کے بعد پہلے شخص ہیں جنہوں نے زمان مزید پڑھیں The post آنی بانی سب ہوا پانی appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SpKd4f

مشرقی پاکستان میں ایوب خان نے جی او سی کی حیثیت سے وہاں کے اپوزیشن لیڈر محمد علی بوگرہ سے اس موقع پر یہ الفاظ کہے تھے Are you looking for a bullet?” کیا تم گولی کا انتظار کر رہے مزید پڑھیں The post پاکستان’ عوام اور پاک افواج کے باہمی رشتے appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SpKcqD

امریکی کانگریس کے 60 ارکان نے وزیر خارجہ انٹونی بلنکن کو خط لکھا ہے جس میں پاکستان کی موجودہ سیاسی صورت حال اور سیاسی مخالفین کے خلاف کریک ڈاؤن پر تشویش کا اظہار کیا گیا ہے۔ ویب ڈیسک: خط میں مزید پڑھیں The post امریکی ارکان اسمبلی کا اپنے وزیرخارجہ سے پاکستان میں کردار ادا کرنے کا مطالبہ appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SpGp3t

• Giving 24-hour ultimatum, Punjab minister claims 30-40 ‘terrorists’ are holed up in PTI chief’s house • 1,500 policemen equipped with heavy machinery surround Imran’s residence LAHORE: A large number of police officials surrounded the residence of PTI chairman at Zaman Park after the Punjab caretaker government gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the former prime minister, asking Imran Khan to hand over dozens of ‘terrorists’ allegedly holed up at his house in the provincial capi­tal or face police action. According to late-night reports, at least 1,500 police officials armed with teargas and heavy machinery were advancing towards Zaman Park to encircle it from all sides by dividing the deployment into three security layers. Elite police commandos and other trained personnel would lead the operation while Rangers were kept on high alert to control the law and order situation in case of clashes. Police also blocked all roads leading to Zaman Park by making heavy deployment of for...

کرکٹ میں تناؤ کے باوجود پاکستان ہمسایہ ملک بھارت سے کھیل کے روابط جوڑے رکھنے کی پالیسی پر کارفرما ہے جس کے لئے ساؤتھ ایشین فٹبال فیڈریشن (ساف) ٹورنامنٹ میں شرکت کے لیے پاکستانی ٹیم بھارت کا سفر کرے گی۔ مزید پڑھیں The post ساف ٹورنامنٹ، پاکستان ٹیم بھارت جائے گی appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/Sp8rcS

MUZAFFARABAD: Former Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) prime minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas on Monday claimed that a sizeable number of “conscientious” leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) was fed up with the “anti-state” policies of Imran Khan and contemplating carrying on political activities from a new platform of national level. “Criticism of the army and attacks on military installations is an unforgivable offence and no one in his sane mind can support such an attitude and actions under any circumstances because a strong army guarantees the defence and stability of the land of the pure,” he said during a telephonic conversation with Muzaffarabad-based journalists. He claimed that a sizeable strength in the PTI was unwilling to go along with its policy of confrontation with the institutions because they believed institutions should not be made victim of opportunistic politics for its detrimental effects on the country. “Therefore, true ideologues and patriotic elements in ...

ISLAMABAD: With five extensions and over 246.5 million people counted across the country, the federal government on Sunday told the provinces that field operations for the seventh national census must end on Monday (today) and that the deadline would not be extended again. “The census field operations will not further be extended and the provincial governments must complete census enumeration/verification till the stipulated date of May 15, 2023,” Chief Census Commissioner Dr Naeemuz Zafar wrote to the governments of four provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. As of May 12, Pakistan’s population — excluding AJK and GB — was counted at 240.6m — 240,602,348, to be precise. The census of 2017 had put the country’s population at 207m. Some 121,215,805 individuals have been counted in Punjab, 56,566,804 in Sindh, 39,651,697 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 20,865,742 in Balochistan, and 2,302,307 in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). Provinces told to wrap up exerci...

• Advises army to form political party, stop taking decisions behind closed doors • Announces rallies from Wednesday; asks police, media to snub ‘unjustified’ orders of ‘handlers’ LAHORE: PTI Chair­man Imran Khan deman­ded an independent investigation into the May 9 incident of torching national public buildings, including the corps commander’s residence in Lahore and firing on unarmed protesters, by an independent panel to be constituted by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial. “I know, who wants to create anarchy in the country and take benefit of the tense situation,” Mr Khan asserted in an hour-long maiden speech after the Islamabad High Court gave him blanket relief in all 145 cases registered against him. Mr Khan was speaking through video link from his Zaman Park residence on Saturday. He said those ves­ted interest elements did take some benefit by putting PTI’s all senior leadership as well as around 3,500 workers behind bars. During the address, video clips were ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chastised PTI Chairman Imran Khan over his allegations against Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir on Friday, saying that his immediate predecessor’s remarks were “yet another proof of his disgusting mentality against the Pakistan Army”. The premier “strongly condemns” Imran’s levelling of allegations against the army chief, a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. While the statement did not specify which of Imran’s remarks the PM was referring to, it came out hours after the PTI chief said while speaking to a journalist at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the “army is getting maligned” because of “just one man — the army chief” and “there is no democracy in the army”. Speaking to foreign media, the PTI chief said, “You cannot have rule of law in Pakistan if there are sacred cows like politicians who do corruption and then went immunity, like the NRO, or you have a military that is above ...

• Humours and honours ex-PM; declares arrest unlawful • Court ‘requests’ PTI chief to condemn violence • Former prime minister to appear before IHC today, reiterates call for elections ISLAMABAD: The Sup­reme Court on Thursday extended ‘extraordinary’ relief to PTI chief Imran Khan as a three-member bench termed his arrest on the premises of the Islamabad High Court “invalid and unlawful”. The court directed that NAB and police would ensure “foolproof” security to Mr Khan until his production before the high court in connection with his petition against NAB in the Al Qadir Trust case. The bench, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, made it clear to Imran Khan, who was produced on the apex court’s directions, that this was an extraordinary relief, never extended to other political leaders though they also suffered ordeal worse than this. The court added it took up the case since the right to access to justice was denied and the sanctity and safety of the court were violat...

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday sought within 15 days a report on the prohibited funding allegedly received by political parties. Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja issued the directives to the ECP scrutiny committee while chairing a meeting. The scrutiny committee, initially formed back in 2019 to carry out scrutiny of the accounts and banking record of prohibited funding of the PTI, was later on tasked with conducting the same in relation to the documents of other political parties, including the PML-N and PPP. The ECP formed the committee after conducting numerous hearings of the PTI case, filed by the party’s founding member Akbar S. Babar. Based on the committee’s findings, the commission issued an order on Aug 2 last year, holding that the party had received funds from prohibited sources. In retaliation to the scrutiny of its records, the PTI lodged a complaint with the ECP, alleging irregularities and kickbacks in the fun...

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on Tuesday confirmed that it had suspended mobile broadband across the country on the interior ministry’s instructions. Meanwhile, Netblocks, an organisation that tracks internet outages, said access to Twitter, Facebook and Youtube was restricted across Pakistan amid PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest earlier today from the Islamabad High Court’s premises in the Al-Qadir Trust case. The organisation further said that “total internet shutdowns have been observed in some regions” in a report. “Real-time network data show the disruption in effect on some but not all mobile and fixed-line internet providers in Pakistan at the time of writing. The study is taken from an initial sample size of 60 measurements from 30 vantage points across Pakistan,” it added. The report recommended that the disruption could be worked around using a virtual private network which could circumvent “government internet censorship measures”. “Metrics are consisten...

ISLAMABAD: A PML-N lawmaker has exp­ressed serious concerns over incidents of alle­ged blasphemy during PTI’s events and urged the government to take notice of the issues. On Monday, Sheikh Rohale Asghar, the MNA from Lahore, said he was worried over the situation after the recent incident in Mardan where a cleric was lynched by an enraged mob after rumours that he had uttered alleged blasphemous remarks. Speaking on a point of order in the National Assembly, Mr Asghar said the incident took place at a gathering organised by the PTI to express solidarity with the judiciary. He was referring to the incident on Saturday, where a cleric, Nigar Alam, was beaten to death in Sawa­ldher village after a crowd interpreted his remarks to be allegedly blasphemous. The footage of Mr Alam’s speech, as well as that of his killing, went viral on social media. Says two incidents occurred during party’s gatherings The PML-N lawmaker also referred to another PTI gathering where a child utter...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea seeking an approval for import of African elephants for a zoological garden in Peshawar. A three-judge SC bench comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Shahid Wahid dismissed the plea. During the hearing, Deputy Attorney General Raja Shafqat Abbasi, through a concise statement, cited a July 24, 2020 meeting of the CITES (Conve­ntion on International Trade in Endan­gered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Management Authority, in which it was held that zoo cannot provide an environment conducive to survival of the wild African elephants. The court had taken up an appeal moved by a firm challenging the Sept 17, 2020 order of the Peshawar High Court, which had also dismissed the case. Filed through Advocate Niaz Wali Khan, the petitioner argued it had already purchased two elephants from the Zimbabwe government, besides bearing the cost of their food and upkeep, but was being denied permission to imp...

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that the arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan will solve the problems being faced by the country. Reacting to Mr Khan’s allegations on Sunday, Ms Aurangzeb said the former prime minister should be punished for conspiring against the country and corruption. She claimed that Mr Khan’s “dirty mentality” was creating intolerance and violence in society. “The country needs food, employment and business, and not fraud, mischief, disorder and distraction being promoted by Mr Khan.” She also held the PTI chief responsible for extremist attitudes in the country which are leading to mob lynchings. ‘Imran playing politics on Kashmir’ Continuing her accusations against Mr Khan, the minister blamed him of playing politics on India and Kashmir and using Islam for “ulterior motives”. Marriyum accuses PTI chief of creating intolerance in society She recalled that Mr Khan prayed for the victory of Indian ...

MANSEHRA: Chairmen of the village and neighbourhood councils here on Saturday demanded of the caretaker government to release Rs42 billion development funds earmarked by its predecessor for local governments across the province. They warned that if their demand wasn’t met, they would stage street protests across the district. “Almost a year has passed since the local governments were installed in the province but no funds have been provided to them. The Supreme Court chief justice should take a suo motu notice of this matter to order payments by the government,” chairman of the Lassan Thakral village council Malik Mumtaz told a meeting of local body heads here. Mr Mumtaz said both federal and provincial governments were not sincere about the people’s welfare. He said if Rs42 billion earmarked by the previous PTI government were released, the work on development projects that had been suspended since last year would resume. Chairman of the Safada village council Basharat ...

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Musarrat Hilali on Saturday directed all the judges of the family courts to decide by Jun 30 all the pending cases wherein the six-month statutory period for disposal had passed. All the senior family court judges from each district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were called for a meeting, which was chaired by the chief justice and was also attended by judges of the administrative committee, including Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Abdul Shakoor, along with the PHC registrar and other allied principal officers. Justice Hilali discussed with the family court judges the undue delay in family cases and the problems being faced by the women litigants and their family members during trial. The chief justice had witnessed the problems faced by the litigants in the family courts during her recent surprise visits to the district courts. The family court judges discussed different issues that were creating hurdle...

MANSEHRA: The Kaghan Development Authority (KDA) head on Friday said a European Union delegation had agreed to a request of the uplift body for financial assistance to execute five major projects to promote tourism in the scenic valley. “We have floated five projects before a joint delegation of European Union and Austrian embassy in Islamabad and sought their financial assistance or grants for their execution,” Aimal Zaman Khan, the KDA chairman, told a presser here. He said KDA’s officials led by him met with a joint delegation of EU and Austrian embassy and sought their support in promoting the hospitality industry in the valley. “This meeting, which was held at the invitation of Austrian ambassador in Pakistan, Ms Andrea Wicke, discussed modalities and areas of interest to jointly work for uplift of the local community’s living standard while opening the local hospitality industry for foreign visitors,” Mr Khan said. Says installing mega turbines at Kunhar River to generat...

KURRAM: Gunmen killed eight people, including seven teachers, in separate attacks here on Thursday, officials said. Police sources claimed a land dispute led to the killings. They said the first gun attack was reported in Upper Kurram’s Shalozan Road area with resident Mohammad Sharif losing life. The police sources said gunmen opened fire in an examination hall of the Government High School of Teri Mangal area killing Syed Hussain, Liaquat Hussain, Syed Ali Shah, Mehdi Hussain, Mohammad Ali, Ali Hussain and another invigilator. In a video message, deputy commissioner of Kurram Syed Saiful Islam said the people were killed over a land dispute. Caretaker chief minister seeks report He, however, said the district administration, police and local elders were striving to restore the order. The DC promised a proper investigation into the killings. Following the killings, a state of emergency was declared in the public sector hospitals of Kurram district. Medical superintende...

ISLAMABAD: Wild polio­virus of Afghan origin has been detected in sewage samples from Pesh­awar and Hangu districts in Khyber Pakhtun­khwa (KP) province. The virus was found in environmental samples collected from Naray Khuwar site in Peshawar and from Civil Hospital-Jani Chowk site in Hangu on April 10. So far this year, Pakistan has reported one human case and five environmental samples positive for wild poliovirus. According to the Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, the two detected viruses were genetically linked to the poliovirus that was found in the environment in Nangarhar, Afghanistan in January 2023. Pakistan and Afgha­nis­tan will also be conducting a synchronised vaccination campaign during May to increase children’s immunity. Published in Dawn, May 4th, 2023 http://dlvr.it/SnVspP

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Teh­reek-i-Insaf on Tuesday accused the “Maryam Nawaz group” within the PML-N of trying to sabotage the government-PTI talks, saying that Bushra Bibi would file a criminal case against Ms Nawaz over corruption allegations. The party also vowed to use “street power for protection” of the Supreme Court and the Constitution. The allegations were made by PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry at a press conference held hours before the resumption of talks in Islamabad. View this post on Instagram Mr Chaudhry said his party would file a reference against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) for acting like a “crony” of the ruling alliance and for being “the biggest obstacle” in the execution of the Supreme Court’s directive to hold elections in the country. He requested the chief justice of Pakistan to remove the CEC from his position as he had “become a spokesperson for ...

ISLAMABAD: The military leadership briefed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on national and regional security matters and the upcoming visits of Chinese and Afghan foreign ministers over the next week. Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General, Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum, held a meeting with PM Sharif at the Prime Minister’s Office. Informed sources said the army chief and the spymaster briefed the premier on national security and related matters. The prime minister was also briefed on the eastern and western borders’ situation and the armed forces’ efforts to combat terrorism. Sources said Gen Munir also briefed the premier on his maiden visit to China and an earlier visit of the ISI chief to Beijing. Army, ISI chiefs apprise premier of Gen Munir’s trip to Beijing, upcoming visits of Chinese, Afghan foreign ministers The military leadership also apprised Mr Sharif of the upcoming visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang to Paki...

ISLAMABAD: Justice Qazi Faez Isa, the senior puisne judge of the Sup­reme Court, has asked for an immediate meeting of Judicial Commission of Pak­istan (JCP), which is long overdue, and suggested the names of chief justices of Sindh and Pesh­awar high courts to fill two vacancies of SC judges. Against the sanctioned strength of 17 judges, the top court is currently fun­c­tioning with 15 judges including Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial. In a letter sent to all JCP members, Justice Isa has suggested that the vacancies should be filled immediately, and the names of the judges to be nominated should be recommended before time while considering the principle of seniority. Justice Isa suggested the names of SHC CJ Ahmed Ali M. Shaikh and PHC CJ Musarrat Hilali for the appointment. The JCP — a constitutional body that recommends elevation of judges to the superior courts — last time met in October 2022 when three judges were elevated to the apex court that too after a...

MUZAFFARABAD: Authorities in India-held Kashmir on Sunday repatriated a man and his son to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), a day after the duo had inadvertently crossed the Line of Control (LoC) from Abbaspur sector of Poonch division, officials said. Abdul Hameed, 55, and his son Abbas, 34, were watering their cattle at a water channel close to their Polas Kakuta village at about 1:30pm on Saturday when they reportedly strayed into the territory under Indian occupation and were taken into custody by the Indian soldiers. Fellow villager Muhammad Hussain, 60, who was behind them saw this happening and reported it to the Pakistan army personnel stationed in the rear, an administration official told Dawn from the area by telephone. According to him, the army contacted their counterparts across the divide for repatriation of the inadvertent crossers, following which the duo was returned by the Indian authorities via Tetrinote-Chakan Da Bagh crossing point on Sunday evening. Assistant...