Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi on Monday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan for the November 2024 protest in the garrison town, local media reported. The court issued the arrest warrant against Aleema Khan over her continued absence at the hearings despite repeated summons. During the proceedings, lawyer Faisal Malik contended that Aleema Khan will not be present in court until her bank acco…
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Quetta, Jan 29 (IANS) Traders held a shutter-down strike in Gwadar, Panjgur and Turbat areas of Pakistan’s Balochistan to hold protest against worsening law and order in the region and kidnapping incidents. An alliance of major political parties and all the segments of society, including businesses, were part of the protest, local media reported on Thursday. Financial institutions and large and small commercial centres remained shut on Wednesday to support a businessman from Turbat. An unidentif…
Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) The increase in cybercrime in Pakistan, discussed in the country’s National Assembly last week, indicates that what was earlier an occasional nuisance has evolved into a pervasive threat, impacting finances, reputation and liberty of people, local media reported. The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency receiving over 150,000 complaints in a single year shows that the scale of the problem is stark. Lawmakers spoke about the scams involved fake traffic challans, mess…
Islamabad, Jan 11 (IANS) Several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers were detained by police on Sunday at Numaish Chowrangi in Karachi after clashes erupted near Bagh-e-Jinnah before the party’s public gathering, local media reported. Police officials stated that over 30 workers were detained after the clashes, during which protesters allegedly beat up a police officer. The police said that the detained PTI workers were shifted into a prisoners’ van following their arrest at the intersection,…
Islamabad, Jan 9 (IANS) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Friday announced that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will hold a public rally at Mazar-e-Quaid in Karachi on Sunday. In a video message shared on X, Afridi stated that he will be bringing PTI founder Imran Khan’s message to Sindh and asked people of the region to extend full support to the party in the street movement.”My visit is for three days and during this time we have planned various activities. You (people of Sindh…
Islamabad, Dec 25 (IANS) Mirza Shahzad Akbar, who earlier served as the accountability advisor in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government led by country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was brutally attacked in the United Kingdom, an incident that has left him “bruised and fractured”. A former Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM), Akbar has been living in exile in the UK since April 2022.”I have been attacked and been in the hospital and with the police. Bruised and fractured …