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More than 100 others wounded as the suicide bomber targeted JUI-F workers at a convention in Bajaur http://dlvr.it/SszLZl

Three terrorists were killed by security forces in separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber and South Waziristan districts, the military’s media affairs wing said on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an exchange of fire occurred between security personnel and terrorists in the Bagh area of Khyber district on July 27. During the operation, one terrorist was killed, and ammunition was recovered from his possession. In another encounter a day later in Gomal Zam area of South Waziristan district, security forces gunned down two terrorists, the ISPR said. The ISPR highlighted that the slain terrorists had been actively involved in perpetrating terror activities against security forces and were also responsible for the ruthless killings of innocent civilians. At present, “the area is undergoing sanitisation operations” to ensure the elimination of any other terrorists in hiding, according to the ISPR’s statement. Nota...

Apex court allows K-P govt’s appeal against PHC decision http://dlvr.it/SsvMnC

ترجمان دفتر خارجہ ممتاز زہرا بلوچ کا کہنا ہے کہ پاکستان ڈنمارک میں پاکستانی سفارتخانے کے باہر قرآن کی بے حرمتی کی سختی سے مذمت کرتا ہے، پاکستان نے قرآن کی بے حرمتی کے واقعہ پر ڈنمارک سے شدید احتجاج مزید پڑھیں The post قرآن پاک کی توہین آزادی اظہار رائے کی علامت نہیں، ترجمان دفتر خارجہ appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SsrkwM

• Amended Elections Act passed by joint sitting amid protests • Interim set-up will be able to take policy decisions related to multilateral, bilateral projects • Law minister concedes controversial amendment not discussed in committee ISLAMABAD: Following vociferous opposition from allies and opposition alike to its plan to grant greater powers to the caretaker government, a diluted version of amendments which would allow the interim set-up to take major policy decisions regarding multilateral and bilateral projects was approved by parliament on Wednesday. It took the joint sitting three to four hours to pass these amendments. At one point, PTI’s Senator Mohsin Aziz pointed out a lack of quorum in an effort to stall the government’s move, but the speaker declared the house in order after a head count. At the time of the voice vote, three members of the opposition PTI were also present in the House, but they too remained silent, perhaps realising that their shouting would have ...

ویب ڈیسک: ڈالر مزید مہنگا ہو گیا، کاروباری ہفتے کے دوسرے روز بھی ڈالر کی اڑان جاری رہی، پاکستانی روپے کی قیمت مزید گر گئی۔ انٹر بینک میں ڈالر ایک روپے 8 پیسے مہنگا ہونے کے بعد 289 روپے پر مزید پڑھیں The post ڈالر مزید مہنگا، 289 روپے کا ہو گیا appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/Ssl3jC

ISLAMABAD/SARGODHA: A minor housemaid, who was hired by a civil judge. was subjected to “severe torture” by her employers at their residence in the federal capital, but the police are reluctant to register a case regarding the torture of the 13-year girl, Dawn has learnt. The civil judge of the Punjab Judicial Service is working in the Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad, on deputation for about three years. Police officers told Dawn that the Sargodha police contacted the officers of the Islamabad police, from the police chief’s office to the relevant SHO, and provided them with all the documents, including the complaint and the medico-legal certificate requesting them to register the case. The response of the police was “unprofessional and non-serious”. After the issue was highlighted in the media, the Sargodha police again contacted the capital police to register the case. At this, the police asked for the presence of the complaint at the police station concerned even though ...

ISLAMABAD: PTI chief Imran Khan is due to appear today (Tuesday) before an Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team looking into the cipher issue, a day after his aides Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Asad Umar were questioned in connection with the same case. In remarks telecast over social media on Monday night, the PTI chairman said he had no idea what the agency wanted to quiz him about. He admitted that a cipher was a most secret document, as its leak could compromise the secrecy of the entire network of diplomatic communications. Mr Khan also claimed that the cipher “had never left the foreign office”, therefore there was no question of it being lost. Last week, former principal secretary Azam Khan had recorded a ‘confessional statement’, accusing former prime minister Imran Khan of using the coded document to subvert the no-confidence motion. Following these revelations, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah accused Mr Khan of undermining national security and also blamed Mr Quresh...

The climate movement yearns for the creative prowess of artists like never before in our greatest challenge yet http://dlvr.it/SsdV99

CHITRAL: A hillside home is seen badly damaged by flash floods following heavy rains in the area, on Saturday.—Online MANSEHRA / CHITRAL: At least five people were killed in Mansehra district and several were hospitalised after downpours with strong winds and thunderstorms lashed parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, triggering landslides and destroying infrastructure. The heavy rain, which started late Friday night, continued intermittently the next entire day, resulting in a “large-scale devastation” in the district. The deluge also triggered flash floods in Chitral, which washed away bridges, roads, and livestock. Rescue 1122 District Head Hafeezur Rehman told Dawn that “the fresh rain spell triggered a large-scale devastation” and killed five people and injured over a dozen. He said many houses collapsed in the area and roads were blocked. On Chinar Road, two people died after the house of an Afghan national, Samiullah, collapsed, burying six members under the rubble. ...

ویب ڈیسک: سونے کی قیمت میں گزشتہ روز کی بڑی کمی کے بعد واپسی کا سفر شروع ہوگیا، ایک ہی دن میں فی تولہ قیمت میں 1800 روپے کا اضافہ ہوگیا۔ آل پاکستان جیمز اینڈ جیولرز ایسوسی ایشن کے مطابق مزید پڑھیں The post عالمی مارکیٹ میں سونا سستا،پاکستان میں پھرمہنگا appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SsYYnc

LAHORE: Former prime minister Imran Khan sees the resurgence of the cipher controversy as an apparent bid to disqualify him from contesting elections by the ruling parties who, according to him, have “shot themselves in the foot” by reviving the issue. The PTI chairman, who had promised a ‘proper expose’ on the controversy, spoke for almost half an hour but did not provide any fresh evidence to back oft-repeated allegations. The address began two hours behind schedule. In it, he accused Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari, and ex-COAS Qamar Javed Bajwa of hatching a conspiracy to remove him. Mr Khan said the rulers have only a one-point agenda i.e. how to disqualify the PTI chairman and send him to jail. In order to fulfil this plan, they have now brought forward the cipher, he claimed. “But they are clueless that this cipher will be their annihilation,” he added. He demanded a detailed inquiry into the US cipher “conspiracy” as the Federal Investigation Ag...

ویب ڈیسک: وفاقی تحقیقاتی ادارے (ایف آئِی اے) نے سائفر معاملے کی تحقیقات کا آغاز کر دیا ہے اور اس حوالے سے جاری نوٹس کے مطابق چیئرمین پی ٹی آئی کو سائفر کی تحقیقات کیلئے ایف آئی اے ہیڈ کوارٹر مزید پڑھیں The post سائفر تحقیقات، چیئرمین پی ٹی آئی 25 جولائی کو طلب appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SsS5KY

TAXILA: The district administration of Attock has imposed a 90-day ban on 67 firebrand clerics to enter the district in order to maintain peace during Muharram. Speaking at a meeting of the district ulema board and peace committee on Tuesday, deputy commissioner Rao Atif Raza said that the administration had banned the entry of all religious leaders habitual of delivering hate speeches in the district. The meeting was also attended by Additional Deputy Commissioner General Adnan Anjum Raja, Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue Waqas Aslam Marth, Additional Deputy Commissioner Finance and Planning Waqar Barcheema, members of the peace committee and others. All traditional licence-holder processions and other rallies would be allowed during Muharram but organisers were bound to inform the district administration before taking out processions. Mr Raza appealed to the ulema and religious scholars of all sects to work together to maintain religious harmony during the month. ...

ویب ڈیسک: کالعدم ٹی ٹی پی اوردیگر دہشتگرد گروپوں سے ملکی سلامتی کو خطرہ ہے، ذرائع کے مطابق آرمی چیف جنرل عاصم منیر کی زیر صدارت ہونے والی کور کمانڈرز کانفرنس نے کہا ہے کہ کالعدم تحریک طالبان پاکستان (ٹی مزید پڑھیں The post کور کمانڈر کانفرنس، سیکورٹی صورتحال پر تفصیلی تبادلہ خیال appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SsLWb7

(Clockwise from top left): Young participants in Climate March put on gas masks to indicate how polluted the air will become in the future if we don’t take steps now; people coming out of Frere Hall and marching on the Karachi Press Club (bottom) to spread awareness about the factors contributing to climate change, on Sunday.—Shakil Adil / Reuters / White Star KARACHI: The Climate March 2023, which saw a large number of individuals, communities and organisations walking from Frere Hall to the Karachi Press Club on Sunday, was all about committed people joining forces to amplify their message and bring attention to the urgent need for doing something for climate change and environmental preservation. It was not just about holding up placards and chanting slogans, though there was plenty of that as well. The participants in the march tried to raise awareness and inspire action by talking sense and opening eyes. They told you why Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan, was...

Dr Ramesh Vankwani ISLAMABAD: The first international ‘Gandhara symposium’ held in the federal capital has not only opened huge opportunities for Pakistan to boost Buddhist tourism but also to utilise it for image building internationally. However, at the same time, there is a need to remove certain flaws that seem to be giving rise to a negative image of the country. The symposium was termed a great success by senior monks and scholars coming from several Buddhist countries where not only Pakistan but the Muslims too were having image problem, such as Myanmar and Vietnam. In response to the feedback from the dignitaries, Pakistan is likely to establish a Gandhara Cultural Authority to streamline hindrances restricting the popularity of Gandhara civilisation at the global forum. Foreign religious figures ask govt to also attract non-Buddhist tourists The scholars and religious figures who attended the symposium have asked the authorities to further the initiative and ex...

LAHORE: Ruling out ‘a major seat adjustment’ with like-minded parties in Punjab, the ruling PML-N on Friday set the tone for the coming electoral battle with the announcement that it would field candidates in all national and provincial constituencies in the province. The PML-N also announced kicking off the election campaign as the tenure of the incumbent PDM government, led by PML-N, is ending in the second week of next month. “The PML-N will field its candidates for all national and provincial assembly seats in Punjab. We will not go for a major seat adjustment with any party as we have to oblige our loyal workers. However, adjustment may be considered on a ‘few seats’ where our candidates happen to be weak,” PML-N Punjab president and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah told a presser in Model Town. The PML-N has sought the list of potential candidates from the party’s district presidents in the province. Mr Sanaullah said PML-N had kicked off its election campaign, adding tha...

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said on Friday that judges should interact with both common people, as well as intellectuals, to understand the society’s grievances, aspirations and needs. “Ultimately as a judge, we are not just concerned with looking for just right and wrong, though in most of the cases it may be something which we will be looking at,” the CJP observed. “What we need to understand, in the context of human rights, is what rights need protection and how they should be protected.” He was speaking at the opening of a two-day conference on “Resilient Pakis­tan: Calibrating Population and Resour­ces” at the Supreme Court Auditorium. The event is designed to share experiences, best practices and evolving strategies to address the population challenge by bringing together speakers from home and abroad. Justice Bandial calls on people to come forward with solutions, as not everything can be left to the state The CJP expressed t...

In Owais Shah's online venture, customers are given option to add tip to price of products they buy http://dlvr.it/Ss8sVG

Other three candidates boycott polls http://dlvr.it/Ss8sMz

• PM Shehbaz says ECP will decide whether polls are to be held in Oct or Nov • Coalition partners yet to take a decision on question of early dissolution of assembly • 67 amendments proposed in elections law, draft likely to be finalised next week ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s categorical statement that he would leave the government on completion of the five-year term of the National Assembly in August has made clear, to some extent, the intentions of the rulers regarding elections in the country this year, but there is still a question mark on the timing of the polls. Speaking at the launching ceremony of the Pakistan Endowment Fund for Education on Wednesday, the prime minister declared that the term of his government would end next month. He, however, did not clear the confusion about whether the coalition partners would go for the normal dissolution of the National Assembly on completion of its term on August 12, or he would advise the president for an early di...

FIA fails to submit case records before court http://dlvr.it/Ss3DKQ

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s office raised administrative objections on Monday on a petition filed by a former confidant of Imran Khan seeking dissolution of the PTI in view of the “hate speeches and anti-institution rhetoric” of the ex-prime minister. Mohammad Aun Chaudhry, who has now joined the Istekham-i-Pakistan Party (IPP), argued in his petition that Mr Khan’s speeches “violate different provisions of the Constitution. The office of the Supreme Court’s registrar raised an objection on the petition that Aun Chaudhry did not specify how this matter relates to public interest and deserves to be taken up under Article 184/3 of the Constitution. Another objection on the petition was that the PM and the defence minister cannot be cited as respondents. Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2023 http://dlvr.it/Ss0JDC

سربراہ پی ڈی ایم مولانا فضل الرحمٰن نے کہا ہے کہ مسلم لیگ ن کو دبئی میٹنگ کے حوالے سے پی ڈی ایم میں شامل جماعتوں کواعتماد میں لینا چاہیے تھا۔ ویب ڈیسک: سینیئر صحافیوں سے بات چیت کرتے ہوئے مزید پڑھیں The post مسلم لیگ ( ن ) کو دبئی میٹنگ پراعتماد میں لینا چاہیے تھا، مولانا فضل الرحمٰن appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SrxQYm

An Islamabad district and sessions court on Saturday declared a criminal complaint against former premier Imran Khan for concealing details of Toshakana gifts to be maintainable. Additional Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar announced the verdict that was reserved earlier as he heard the PTI chief’s plea challenging the maintainability of the said complaint sent to the trial court by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The case accused him of concealing details of state gifts. Setting July 12 as the date for the next hearing, the court has summoned the witnesses for testimony that day, which will initiate the trial proceedings against the former premier. Earlier this week, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had overturned the ruling of a sessions court wherein it had rejected the PTI chief’s petition to declare the Toshkhana case inadmissible. Earlier today, Imran sought an exemption from attending the hearing, which was objected to by ECP counsel Saad Hasan. The PTI...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has warned its employees about a ransomware attack that it said was “trying to steal information” through phishing methods, it emerged on Friday. The letter — seen by Dawn.com, dated July 6, titled “Cyber Security Alert” and written by ECP Information Security Specialist Naveed Ahmed Kandhir — shared a screengrab of an email sent to an ECP official that asked the recipient to open an attached RAR file titled “Cabinet”. Referring to the said email, the ECP said that “someone is […] sending the email to all” the ECP officials. The electoral body said it was a “ransomware attack and trying to steal the information”, and asked its employees to not open the said email, ignore it and report it as spam. The alleged phishing email — sent to an ECP employee — informed the recipient about a letter, dated July 5, that was attached to the email. It alerted the recipient that “details for the above are not submitted” and asked them to provide the ...

ہرارے (ویب ڈیسک)آئی سی سی ورلڈ کپ کا کوالیفائنگ میچ نیدرلینڈ اورسکاٹ لینڈ کے مابین کھیلا گیا،سکاٹ لینڈ نے پہلے بیٹنگ کرتے ہوئے 9 وکٹوں پر 277 رنز بنائے جس میں برینڈن میکملن کی شاندار سنچری شامل ہے۔ جواب میں مزید پڑھیں The post ورلڈ کپ کوالیفائرز، سکاٹ لینڈ کو نیدرلینڈ کے ہاتھوں شکست appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/SrpZK7

• Recently-disqualified Khalid Khurshid claims poll delayed to ‘bully PTI’ • Speaker told to issue new election schedule • Govt appoints another police chief amid rumours of former CM’s arrest GILGIT: The election for a new chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan could not be held on Wednesday after GB Supreme Appellate Court postponed the polling, slated for 3pm, following a petition that challenged the schedule citing a violation of GB assembly rules. The decision of the court came hours after a heavy contingent of the police entered the assembly premises at about 11am and forced assembly staffers and journalists to exit the building. Speaker Nazir Ahmed Advocate had convened the GB assembly session at 10am and issued the schedule as well, with voting slated to be held at 3pm in the assembly hall. However, GB opposition leader Amjad Hussain submitted a no-confidence motion against Speaker Ahmed in the GB assembly secretariat bearing the signatures of nine opposition members, app...

Court says criminal proceedings case against former premier 'inadmissible' http://dlvr.it/SrhkML

PESHAWAR: A special court on Monday sought record from the anti-corruption establishment (ACE) in a bail plea of central leader of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Ali Mohammad Khan arrested on charges of committing ‘irregularities’ in development schemes in Mardan district. Senior special anti-corruption court judge Babar Ali Khan fixed July 10 for the next hearing of the petition filed by Mr Khan seeking his release on bail. The petitioner claimed the charges against him were politically motivated and there was no evidence of any wrongdoing against him. Mr Khan was re-arrested for the sixth time on June 27 after he was released from Mardan prison when he was granted bail by the same senior special judge in a case wherein the ACE had charged him along with several other former lawmakers of PTI from Mardan for allegedly making illegal appointments in fisheries department. In the present case, the ACE registered another FIR on June 26 wherein Mr Khan, a former minister of state, and...

The failure of democracy in 3rd-world countries is a recurring and pressing issue that demands a thorough examination http://dlvr.it/Srb7Ks

DADU: Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari held several meetings with party leaders, including ministers and lawmakers, and senior activists at Zardari House in Nawabshah after Eid prayers on Thursday and also on the following two days. Prominent among those who visited him were Sindh PPP president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, Ramesh Lal, Nazir Khan Baghio, Jam Tamachi Anand and Naseeba Channa. At the meetings, Asif Zardari was accompanying Ziaul Hasan Lanjar, Haji Ali Hasan Zardari, Ali Akbar Jamali and Ashiq Zardari. Asif Zardari also visited his ancestral graveyard, Balu Ja Quba, in Nawabshah, offered fateha and laid floral wreaths on the graves of his father Hakim Ali Zardari and mother on the second day of Eid Azha. Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, Mahmood Chaudhry, Dr Azra Pechuho, Dr Fazlullah Pechuho, Fauzia Zardari and Ashiq Zardari accompanied Asif Ali Zardari. Published in Dawn, Jul...

A large number of travellers were left stranded on Friday morning after the main Karakoram Highway and connected roads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were cut off after a spell of heavy rainfall. Heavy monsoon rains, coupled with strong winds, lashed across areas such as Shangla’s Bisham tehsil and Hazara’s Kohistan, Battagram, and Torghar districts. The rains caused streams and rivers to overflow, bringing rubble along with them. This led to blockades and road closures, cutting off the route to Gilgit Baltistan. Bisham Station House Officer Bakht Zahir told Dawn.com that the Karakoram Highway was obstructed at over 30 points, and passengers were stuck on both tracks of the highway, particularly tourists travelling for GB and other northern areas. He said the relevant authority is being engaged to clear the road on at least one side so that motorists can make it across. Zahid Khan, a passenger stuck in the Shang River side told Dawn.com that he was travelling to Bisham from Mansehra w...

KARACHI: Dilapidated infrastructure and failing distribution and supply system of the city is bound to pile miseries on people during the days of Eidul Azha with a widening gap between supply and consumption as more water is used for cooking, cleaning, bathing and sanitation purposes during the religious festival. While the reports of acute shortage of water kept on pouring from almost every locality of the city, insiders in the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board said that it was not possible to fix the problems of short supply mainly due to decades-old infrastructure, parts of its running for over 40 years. The localities worst-hit by acute shortage of water include the densely populated Orangi Town, Baldia Town, Gadap, North Karachi, Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Federal B Area, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Malir, Landhi, Korangi, Shah Faisal Colony, parts of Clifton under the municipal control of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, Lyari etc where residents complain that th...