LAHORE: Special speedy trial courts are being set up in Punjab for sexual and child assault cases. The decision was taken at a meeting of the provincial cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. The chief minister said that though the speeding courts pulpetrators will be brought to justice without the cases lingering on. The […]
SARGODHA: A man committed suicide after shooting his three minor daughters, police here said on Monday. The incident occured in the Bhera tehsil of Sargodha. Police said the man had divorced his wife and his three daughters were living with her mother. The father took the three minor daughters home after taking permission from court
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PESHAWAR: At least eight people, including four children, lost their lives in rain-related incidents in different parts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa on Saturday. According to Rescue 1122, roofs of houses collapsed in Peshawar, Bajaur, Nowshera, Bannu and Shangla in which many lives were lost. Moreover, walls of mud houses caved in in other parts of the
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GUJRANWALA: An anti-terrorism court in Gujranwala today sentenced 51 PTI activists to five years’ imprisonment each in the May 9, 2023, vandalism case. ATC Judge Natasha Nasim Sapra announced the short verdict after conducting trial of the case inside the jail. The court also fined the convicts Rs20,000 each in the case registered against them
CHITRAL: Sufi poet and humorist Abdul Ghani alias Dool Mama of Broze passed away on Saturday at the age of about 91. He remained hospitalized at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar for over a month with health complications and breathed his last there. His body will be taken to Chitral and laid to rest at his
LAHORE: Over 200 officers and officials of Punjab police have been found to be abettor of drug mafias in the province. A report prepared by the surveillance branch of the police containing the names of 234 police officers and officials in 10 districts of Punjab has been sent to higher authorities for action. According to
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CHITRAL: In the wake of the suicide attack in Besham that left five Chinese engineers dead, the police in Lower Chitral have decided to further enhance security of Chinese workers in the district. The Chinese nationals were going to their place of work at Dasu in Kohistan from Islamabad when a suicide attacker rammed an
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber district administration, in partnership with the Community Resilience Activity North (CRA-N), conducted a grant program aimed at empowering women through community resilience workshops. In the 13 five-day workshops and 10 two-day training sessions on community resilience and social cohesion, a total of 550 women from Bara and Tirah tehsils were imparted training.
PESHAWAR: A man arrested by police was shot dead while being treated in a hospital in Peshawar under police guard on Thursday. A police officer said that Asfandyar had been arrested in connection with murder and other cases registered against him. As he fell sick, the police took him to Police and Services Hospital for
Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan A fresh wave of terrorism with full force has been witnessed in Pakistan during the past few weeks with TTP and other terrorist outfits launching attacks after attacks on Pakistan from Afghan soil. A slew of deadly terrorist attacks on Pakistan\’s security forces and military installations during the past couple
