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Indian Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera on Monday said that the Indian Congress-National Conference alliance “will restore Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) right to statehood.” The Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced that assembly elections in India-held J&K will be conducted from Sept 18 to Oct 1, setting the stage for the first major electoral exercise in the disputed region since its dismemberment in August 2019. The poll schedule was announced a month after the Modi government had widened the scope of the held J&K lieutenant governor’s (LG) powers from police and public order to postings and prosecution sanctions. The opposition had condemned the move calling it the step to rendering the chief minister in held J&K “powerless” and disempowering the region’s people. While speaking to ANI, Khera said that the state of held J&K was “a state whose rights were taken away, statehood was taken away, it was made a Union Teritory” urging that the state

A Rangers inspector was martyred after being shot and injured by two armed robbers in Shaheed Benazirabad, police said on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Shaheed Benazirabad, the incident occurred at 1:30pm on Tuesday on Qazi Ahmed Road. “Ranger’s [inspector] namely Shahrukh Khan was going for depositing cash to Nawabshah City in Potohar Jeep, [when the suspect] opened fire upon seeing [him],” the statement said. It added that as a result of the gunfire, the inspector sustained injuries and was shifted to the PMC Hospital Nawabshah. However, he succumbed to his injuries during treatment. The statement added that the robbers had also stolen Rs410,000 in cash from a citizen. Nawabshah Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Tanveer Tunio told Dawn.com that the martyred inspector was travelling with two other personnel when the robbery incident occurred. “The police have arrested the suspects and recovered the

RAWALPINDI: As many as 48 dengue patients were reported in three government-run hospitals in the garrison city on Monday. Out of these, 30 were from Rawalpindi city and cantonment areas, while the remaining patients were from Islamabad and adjoining areas. According to data collected from Holy Family Hospital, Benazir Bhutto Hospital and District Headquarters Hospital, there are currently 159 dengue patients admitted across these hospitals, with 35 patients having been discharged after treatment. A senior official at the Rawalpindi Medical University (RMU) stated that a total of 152 patients arrived at the outpatient departments (OPDs), with 48 confirmed dengue cases. Since January, 5,878 patients have visited the OPDs of these hospitals, with 938 admitted and 459 confirmed with dengue. He said that the influx in dengue patients occurred in early September and the trend continues to increase. The official noted that 35pc of the patients are female and 65pc male. He

Security and traffic arrangements have been reviewed across the country ahead of Eid Miladun Nabi processions set to take place on Tuesday, officials said. In Punjab, more than 55,000 police officials have been appointed for the security of Milad processions, provincial information minister Azma Bokhari said at a press conference on Monday. She said that 2,467 Milad processions will take place across Punjab, in addition to 1,581 gatherings (mehfils). In addition to police, Counter-Terrorism Department personnel would be deployed to check procession participants, especially in sensitive areas. The minister added that CCTV cameras were activated in Faisalabad, and Milad processions would be monitored through control rooms established at divisional levels across the province. Police and other law enforcement agencies will perform their duties in shifts and keep an eye on any suspects who might have “nefarious” intentions. Islamabad In Islamabad, more than 2,000 police

Pakistan’s sixth case of mpox virus has been detected at the Islamabad International Airport, the health ministry confirmed on Monday. According to the health ministry spokesperson Sajid Shah, the 44-year-old patient had arrived from a Gulf country, and the Border Health Services (BHS) detected the virus while conducting screening at the airport. The patient has been admitted to the isolation ward at PIMS hospital and is healthy, the spokesperson said. Dr Mukhtar Bharath, Coordinator to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, said that BHS has screened 630,000 at the Islamabad airport. “The Ministry of Health is ensuring the monitoring of this system,” Dr Bharath said, adding that effective measures were being taken to protect people. The federal and provincial governments are taking all measures and tools to deal with mpox, he added. On Wednesday, Pakistan’s fifth mpox case was confirmed in Peshawar. The 33-year-old patient had also arrived from a Gulf countr

بالی ووڈ کی سُپر اسٹار دیپیکا پڈوکون نے بیٹی کی پیدائش کے بعد اداکارہ انوشکا شرما کے نقشِ قدم پر چلنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے۔ اسٹار جوڑی دیپیکا پڈوکون اور رنویر سنگھ کے ہاں 8 ستمبر کو بیٹی کی پیدائش مزید پڑھیں The post دیپیکا پڈوکون کا بیٹی کی دیکھ بھال کیلئے نینی رکھنے سے انکار appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/TDJ2BN

An Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday granted bail to 10 PTI lawmakers arrested by the Islamabad police last week under the Anti-Terrorism Act and the newly imposed Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act 2024. At least 11 PTI MNAs were arrested last week from different areas of Islamabad following the party’s long-waited power show rally in Sangjani. The party rallied on the outskirts of Islamabad, demanding the “immediate release” of their founder Imran Khan while criticising the government for marginalising the party as police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. The MNAs arrested on different charges following the PTI public gathering at Sangjani were Sher Afzal Khan from NA-41 Lakki Marwat, Malik Mohammad Aamir Dogar from NA-149 Multan II, Mohammad Ahmed Chattha from NA-66 Wazirbad, Makhdoon Zain Hussain Qureshi from NA 150 Multan III, Waqas Akram from NA-109 Jhang II, Zubair Khan Wazir from NA-42 South Waziristan Upper-cum-South Waziristan Lower, Awais Haider

LAHORE: Senior lawyers have reacted sharply to the proposed constitutional package and called upon Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa to stay away from the controversy. In a statement on Sunday, Muneer A. Malik and Faisal Siddiqi, advocates Supreme Court, urged CJP Isa to relinquish his robes with honour on Oct 25, 2024, and said that Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah will deservedly be the de jure CJP on the dawn of Oct 26. They also asked CJP Isa not to be a nominee for any appointment for any proposed constitutional court or bench. They recalled that they had acted either as counsels for CJP Isa, or publicly supported him through their writings against the unconstitutional and mala fide presidential reference filed against then-Justice Isa. Muneer Malik urges CJP Isa to retire on Oct 25 They called the government move an unprecedented assault on the Consti­tution and Supreme Court and the High Courts through a dubious and questionable constitutional amendments pack

ISLAMABAD: The government has extended the application of Pakistan Essential Services Act to all generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity for another six months to Jan 25, 2025 to avoid interruption in power supply because of possible union activities amid ongoing restructuring exercise in the state-owned entities (SOEs). “The federal government is of the opinion that employment under all Pakistan Power Sector Entities including Distribution Companies (Discos), Generation Companies (Gencos) and National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC), Ministry of Energy Power Division of Pakistan is essential in order to ensure uninterrupted operation of the organisation,” said a notification issued by the Ministry of Interior and forwarded to all power companies by the Power Division. Therefore, while using powers under sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Pakistan Essential Services (Maintenance) Act-1952 (Pesma), the federal government declared all the above-ment

ویب ڈیسک: خیبر پختونخوا حکومت نے ماحولیاتی آلودگی کے سدباب کیلئے اہم قدم اٹھاتے ہوئے تعلیمی نصاب میں کلائمیٹ چینج سے متعلق مواد شامل کرنے کا فیصلہ کر لیا ۔ تفصیلات کے مطابق وزیراعلیٰ خیبر پختونخوا علی امین گنڈا پور مزید پڑھیں The post ماحولیاتی آلودگی:خیبر پختونخوا حکومت کا تعلیمی نصاب میں مواد شامل کرنے کافیصلہ appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/TDGPtj

In what is an unusual development for a Sunday, both the National Assembly and Senate sessions will convene today one after the other, with the highly anticipated but closely guarded ‘constitutional package’ expected to be on the agenda. It is unusual for parliament to convene on a weekend, as it usually only happens in budget sessions or sittings convened for a specific, time-sensitive issue. The package aims to fix the tenure of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP) at three years among other things. --- Key meetings ahead of parliamentary sessions * PM Shehbaz met elder sibling and PML-N supremo Nawaz * Govt delegation meets JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman * FM Dar and Co meet MQM leaders --- Today’s NA session was initially slated for 11:30am but then changed to 4pm on a Special Parliamentary Committee’s request made to the NA speaker. However, the session was unable to start even at the revised time as meetings between the govt and political p

KHUZDAR: A man killed his father-in-law and brother in a gun attack that also left his wife and three others wounded in Khuzdar, on Saturday. Khuzdar SSP Abdul Aziz Jakhrani said a man along with armed assailants bragged into a house in the Khatan area of Khuzdar town and opened indiscriminate firing, resulting in the killing of Mohammad Ismail and his brother Hafiz Muhammad Younis on the spot. The police said the shooting was a result of a family dispute. Published in Dawn, September 15th, 2024 http://dlvr.it/TDFxcV

QUETTA: Five people were killed and 20 others including the driver were injured when a passenger coach fell into a roadside ravine along the Zhob-Islamabad highway near Dhanasar area of Sherani district of Balochistan, on Saturday. The passenger coach was on its way to Quetta from Islamabad via Dera Ismail Khan when the incident occurred. The coach reached the Dhanasar area. The driver lost control of the bus and it fell into the deep ravine. “Five passengers who were travelling in the coach have lost their lives while 20 others injured in the accident,” Sherani Deputy Commissioner Sana Mahjabeen Umrani said. Passenger coach from Islamabad fell into ravine due to speeding, officials say She said that rescue teams along with Levies and police officials soon after receiving information about the incident rushed to the site and recovered the bodies and injured from the coach. The bodies and injured were shifted to Zhob district hospital, she added. The condition

QUETTA: Five Afghan nationals, including two brothers, died after inhaling poisonous gas in a coal mine in Shahrag coal field in Harnai district, on Saturday. Officials said that six coal miners went deep into a private coal mine early in the morning and started digging coal. During the dig­ging, poisonous methane gas accumulated ins­ide. They fell unconscious due to the accumulation of methane gas, levies officials said. When those outside the coal mine realized that there was no response from those inside the mine, they informed the contractor of the coal mine and officials of the chief inspectorate about the incident. Subsequently, rescue teams rushed to the site and launched an operation to rescue the miners. However, when the rescuers reached deep inside the mine, they found five miners dead. They managed to recover one coal miner, who was unconscious. The bodies were recovered and shifted to the district hospital where doctors declared them dead. The Balochist

A suspect has been arrested for allegedly harassing a team of polio workers who were on duty in a Jamshoro neighbourhood, police said. Jamshoro Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Zaffar Siddiq Chhanga told Dawn.com that local residents allegedly stopped the team, led by health workers Amir Abro and Sanam Mallah, when they arrived in the area to administer polio drops to children. “The locals refused to let the team administer polio drops and hurled insults at them,” the SSP said. “One suspect was arrested and booked for interfering with government duties upon the complaint of the polio workers.” A case was registered at Jamshoro police station under Sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Pakistan Penal Code. Meanwhile, Jamshoro District Health Officer Imamuddin Khoso told Dawn.com that lady health workers in Jamshoro face harassment while ad

Two policemen were martyred and another injured in a planted bomb blast targeting officials in Kuchlak town near Quetta on Saturday, police said. Speaking to the media, Quetta’s Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Azhar Rashid said that the explosives were planted at the site of the incident beforehand and they exploded as soon as the police vehicle arrived. “Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Zainuddin and gunman Mohammad Tahir embraced martyrdom whereas the driver got injured and was moved to Mufti Mehmood Memorial Hospital”, DSP Rashid said. After receiving medical aid, the driver was shifted to a trauma centre in Quetta, the DSP added. Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti condemned the explosion and paid tribute to the martyred officials, expressing heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the family. “The eternal sacrifices of Balochistan Police, levies and security forces against terrorism cannot be neglected,” Bugti said in a press release, adding that

کشمیر اسمبلی کے انتخابات کی گرماگرمی میں عوامی سطح پر پاکستان اور الیکشن بائیکاٹ یعنی آزادی پسند فیکٹر معدوم بنا دیا گیا ہے شاید اسی لئے یہ عنصر منظر پرکہیں دکھائی نہیں دے رہا ۔اس کی وجہ یہ ہے کہ مزید پڑھیں The post کشمیر انتخابات میں معدوم’ ‘حریت فیکٹر” appeared first on Mashriq TV. http://dlvr.it/TDDLrv

ISLAMABAD: PTI founder Imran Khan has claimed that Khyber Pakh­tunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur was “picked up” by the military after the Sangjani rally and he is “showing grace” by not speaking on the issue. Mr Khan’s remarks have led credence to the doubts being raised over Mr Gndapur’s whereabouts following his scathing speech at the rally on Sunday. The issue remained shrouded in mystery as PTI leaders, including the KP government spokesperson, feared Mr Gandapur had been taken into custody as they were unable to contact him. According to media reports, the KP CM reached Peshawar on Tuesday and told a party meeting the next day that he was busy with official meetings and party leaders couldn’t contact him because of the jammers installed there. Says KP CM showing grace by not divulging details; backs his proposal for direct talks with Kabul In a rather unsavoury riposte, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, while speaking in the National Assembly, quoted media re

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Friday denounced the pejorative remarks against journalists made by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur at the PTI’s Sangjani power show, as journalists continued to condemn the speech and demanded an apology. In a fiery speech last week during PTI’s rally, CM Gandapur labelled journalists as “sellouts” and “sycophants,” accusing them of caving to pressure from the establishment and the government. Gandapur dared them to “write whatever you want,” claiming he would confront them with the nation’s backing. He also urged his supporters to “identify and expose such journalists” globally, while also using derogatory and sexist language against women journalists. His speech prompted widespread condemnation from journalist bodies, rights groups, and politicians, with the Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) asking him to tender an apology for his remarks. PTI founder Imran Khan also said that Gandapur’s words were inappropriate.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Friday reiterated the resolve of the security forces to “comprehensively defeat hostile terrorist nexus and eliminate activities in the illegal spectrum”, a statement from the military’s media wing said. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Gen Munir’s statement came during a visit to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Orakzai district today, where he met the troops that participated in recent counter-terrorism operations in the Tirah Valley and its surroundings. During the visit, the army chief was given a comprehensive briefing on the overall security situation, ongoing intelligence-based counter-terrorism operations, and multi-prong measures undertaken to ensure stability in the merged districts. “In his interaction with officers and troops, [the] COAS appreciated their high morale and readiness to give effective response against all types of threats,” the statement said. “[The] COAS reiterated the resolve to compreh

The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Friday killed two terrorists during an operation carried out in Dera Ghazi Khan, a statement issued in this regard said. According to a CTD spokesman, the law enforcement agency carried out an operation on the district’s Quetta Road on Thursday night upon receiving information related to the presence of terrorists. During an exchange of gunfire with the CTD, “two terrorists were killed by the firing of their own accomplices, while the other two terrorists managed to escape from the scene taking advantage of the darkness,” the statement said. The CTD also recovered explosives, two rifles, bullets, and a hand grenade from the hideouts of the militants, the statement said, adding that they had devised a plan to target important installations and conduct terrorist activities on a large scale in the province. It further said that the process of identifying the terrorists was under way, while further investigation continued and a s

ISLAMABAD: The next week’s hearing of contempt case against journalists and social media activists for allegedly scandalising Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri has been put off. Earlier this month, the IHC registrar fixed the case for hearing on Sept 19 before the full court — including seven IHC judges. According to sources, the hearing was cancelled since one of the bench members, Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, was unavailable on the said date as he was on leave. The registrar’s office will now reschedule the hearing after seeking instructions from Chief Justice Aamer Farooq. Sources say a judge is not available to hear case on Sept 19 The full court, headed by Chief Justice Farooq, took notice of the social media posts of journalists and other activists regarding the law degree of Justice Jahangiri. The defendants in this case have been accused of disseminating a letter written by the University of Karachi, from where the judge complet

• PTI legislators meet speaker to express their gratitude; Ayaz Sadiq disheartened by allegations, says he feels ‘useless’ as custodian of house • Fazl hints at support for govt’s ‘Constitutional Package’, seeks role of parliament in judges’ appointment ISLAMABAD: PTI lawmakers who were whisked away from parliament in the dead of the night earlier this week, narrated their ordeal in the National Assembly on Thursday, highlighting the treatment meted out to them in custody as they expressed gratitude to the speaker for issuing their production orders. The PTI men were arrested from parliament earlier this week by plainclothesmen and later handed over to the police in connection with cases registered against them at the Sangjani police station for violating the NOC for a public gathering, and allegedly threatening the police officials. Subsequently, their production orders were issued by National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Wednesday and they managed to attend Thursday’s se

The US State Department on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Chinese research institute and several companies it said have been involved in supplying Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme. Washington similarly targeted three China-based companies with sanctions in October 2023 for supplying missile-applicable items to Pakistan. Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement that the Beijing Research Institute of Automation for Machine Building Industry had worked with Pakistan to procure equipment for testing rocket motors for the Shaheen-3 and Ababeel systems and potentially for larger systems. The sanctions also targeted China-based firms Hubei Huachangda Intelligent Equipment Co, Universal Enterprise, and Xi’an Longde Technology Development Co, alongside Pakistan-based Innovative Equipment and a Chinese national, for knowingly transferring equipment under missile technology restrictions, Miller said. “As today’s actions demonstrate, the United States will cont

A Quetta police officer killed a man being held in custody on suspicion of blasphemy charges, police officials said on Thursday. Quetta Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muhammad Baloch said that the police officer accused of the killing had been arrested. The officer had accessed a police station where a man accused of blasphemy was being held by pretending he was his relative before opening fire on him. The man accused of blasphemy had been taken into custody earlier in the week and moved to a more heavily fortified station due to an enraged mob demanding that he be handed over to them. At the time, protesters belonging to the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and other religious parties had blocked traffic on the western bypass by placing burning tyres on the road and staged rallies in several parts of the provincial capital. They later hurled a hand grenade at the Kharotabad police station, which exploded outside the police station. No human loss was reported i

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday sought clarity from the federal government regarding the possibility of a military trial for incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan in the May 9 cases. Imran had previously claimed that there was a plan to try him in a military court over countrywide protests that erupted last year after his arrest in a graft case. He had also said that arrested former intelligence chief Gen (retired) Faiz Hameed was being forced to turn approver against him to pave the way for his trial in a military court in May 9 cases. Officials of the federal and the PML-N-ruled Punjab government have issued contradictory statements on whether the process to hold the former premier’s military trial was under way. A recent statement by military spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry also hinted at the possibility of Imran’s military trial as “under military law, anyone who uses individuals subject to the Army Act for personal or political ga

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Pakistan’s fifth case of mpox virus has been confirmed in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Health Minister Qasim Ali Shah said in a video message on Wednesday. The mpox virus presents with flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions. It is usually mild but can kill, and children, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems are at higher risk of complications. “The fifth case, a 33-year-old patient, came to Pakistan from a Gulf country on September 7 via the Islamabad International Airport,” Shah said. Shah added that the patient then went to Peshawar after his travels and stayed at a hotel. Following that, he went to a private clinic for treatment. From there, the patient was referred to the Khyber Teaching Hospital, from where his samples were sent to a public health reference lab. The lab confirmed mpox virus in the patient. “The patient has been quarantined at his house in Lower Dir,” Shah said, adding that he did not meet any relatives after arriving from Saud

PTI delegation, led by Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, successfully secured production orders for its arrested MNAs http://dlvr.it/TD6Nvq

Speaker Ayaz Sadiq also summons leaders of all political parties for an urgent meeting to discuss further steps. http://dlvr.it/TD615N

Omar Ayub, Zartaj Gul, and Asad Qaiser filed bail petitions; demanded cases against officials responsible for arrests. http://dlvr.it/TD5dmw

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Suspect has been detained for exploiting children, with 497 explicit videos found during the raid. http://dlvr.it/TD42Dc

National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday summoned Islamabad’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi and the senior superintendent of police (SSP) for arresting PTI leaders within the jurisdiction of the parliament. View this post on Instagram At least 12 PTI MNAs were arrested in addition to another party leader since last night as law enforcement agencies whisked away key leaders from various parts of Islamabad, including the Parliament House. According to a parliamentary rule, police have to inform the National Assembly speaker before arresting any MNA, but the law enforcers did not seek permission from the custodian of the house before arresting the MNAs. Consequently, the speaker summoned IGP Rizvi and the senior superintendent of police (SSP). Earlier today, in a fiery speech on the floor of the lower house, PTI’s Ali Muhammad Khan, who appeared emotionally charged, lambasted the arrests of his fellow party leaders