Karachi Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Javed Alam Odho on Thursday formed the Karachi Road Accident Analysis Team (Kraat) to analyse the causality of the rise in traffic accidents in the city and submit a detailed report to the authorities. While inaugurating the team at the deputy inspector general (DIG) traffic office, the city…
Sara Sharif (centre), her father Urfan Sharif (right), and her stepmother Beinash Batool (left). — Reuters/X/@NormanBrennan/File LONDON: A UK court on Thursday upheld lengthy prison terms handed to the father and stepmother of a 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl who was killed after suffering years of torture and abuse. The trial of Urfan Sharif and his wife…
An undated phot of Sindh Assembly building in Karachi. — APP The Sindh Assembly unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday against the construction of six new canals on the Indus River and its tributaries, including the Cholistan Canal, terming the project “illegal and a direct” violation of the 1991 Water Accord. “This house demands an…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia agreed with US proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine but any truce would have to deal with the root causes of the conflict and that many crucial details needed to be sorted out. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 has left hundreds of thousands of…
Security forces killed 10 terrorists on Thursday who attempted to attack a checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Jandola area, according to the military’s media wing. A statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the attempt occurred in the Jandola area situated “on the seam of South Waziristan and Tank districts”. It added that the attempt…
A British court on Thursday upheld lengthy jail terms handed to the parents and uncle imprisoned for killing a British-Pakistani girl, after subjecting her to years of abuse. The trial of Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool caused waves of revulsion in the UK as the horrific abuse suffered by the 10-year-old girl was revealed in…
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Thursday approved amendments to the existing net-metering regulations to reduce the growing financial burden on grid consumers and slashed the buyback tariff to Rs10 per unit. In a meeting with the International Monetary Fund last week, the government had briefed the Fund on plans to slash solar net-metering tariffs…
A British court on Thursday upheld lengthy jail terms handed to the parents and uncle imprisoned for killing a British-Pakistani girl, after subjecting her to years of abuse. The father of 10-year-old Sara Sharif, Urfan Sharif, her stepmother, Beinash Batool, and her uncle all lost appeal bids to reduce their sentences. The court also refused…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses a meeting on law and order situation in Quetta on March 13, 2025. — YouTube/Geo News QUETTA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that Pakistan cannot move forward on the path of progress without eliminating the menace of terrorism in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Addressing a high-level meeting…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday called for national unity and dialogue against the menace of terrorism in the country following the hijacking of a Jaffar Express train in Balochistan’s Bolan district. The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when the train, travelling from Quetta to Peshawar and carrying 440 passengers, was ambushed by terrorists of…