<p>ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday reserved its ruling on a thorny jurisdictional dispute over whether it retains the authority to hear bail applications in pending National Accountability Bureau (NAB) appeals, or if such pleas must be transferred to the newly established Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) under the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1955038">27th Amendment</a> of the Constitution.</p> <p>Headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, a three-judge SC bench —also consist

<p>LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Thursday dismissed the post-arrest bail petition of podcast host Rehan Tariq in a case registered under blasphemy laws and the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act.</p> <p>The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013901">registered</a> a first information report (FIR) against the YouTuber on June 25, after he conducted a podcast with a religious scholar and discussed highly sensitive and controversial sectarian i

<p>LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Thursday extended the physical remand of three suspects for another four days in a case of <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012477">alleged kidnapping and rape</a> of two foreign women.</p> <p>Defence C police presented the suspects before the court on <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013835">expiry</a> of their <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012674/lahore-police-get-custody-of-4-suspects-arrested-for-alleged-abduction-sexual-assault-of-two-foreign-

<p>“Sonam sir is not doing so well, and his rib cage has started showing,” said Vijeta Dahiya, spokesperson for the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), speaking from New Delhi, where the educationist, Sonam Wangchuk, is on the 19th day of hunger strike. “He’s nearly 60, has lost muscle mass; the heat and humidity are not helping either and I can see him having dizzy spells,” he added.</p> <p>Wangchuk, a well-known public figure in India and among international water conservation circles, is

<p>KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Thursday granted police week-long physical remand of three suspects in the murder case of a young doctor that drew widespread <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015580">condemnation</a>.</p> <p>Dr Akash Kumar, a doctor at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015224/jpmc-doctor-shot-dead-as-robbers-take-away-rs25m-in-clifton">killed</a> on Monday after robbers intercepted his vehicle near Teen Talwar and escap

<p>KARACHI: Three suspects have been<a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015224/jpmc-doctor-shot-dead-as-robbers-take-away-rs25m-in-clifton"> </a>arrested in connection with the murder of a young doctor who was shot dead during a robbery near Teen Talwar in Karachi’s Clifton area, according to a press release issued by South Zone police on Wednesday.</p> <p>Dr Akash Kumar, a doctor at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015224/jpmc-doctor-shot-

<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to maintain close coordination with provinces to avert any emergency situation during the ongoing monsoon rains, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said.</p> <p>In a statement, the PMO said the prime minister issued the directives during a meeting with NDMA Chairman Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik.</p> <p>The prime minister directed that coordination with provincial governmen

<p>State Minister for Interior Tallal Chaudhry on Wednesday said authorities were stepping up security around the Saindak copper and gold mine in Balochistan after supply routes were disrupted in the region by terrorists, and the mine’s operator denied a report that the project could be forced to shut down.</p> <p>The development comes as kinetic operations in the province are being carried out under <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015629/3-more-terrorists-killed-as-operation-shaban-contin

<p>Azad Jammu and Kashmir Home Secretary Chaudhry Guftar Hussain said on Wednesday that the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2005462">proscribed</a> Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) had carried out coordinated campaigns using “baseless claims and propaganda” to incite people against the state.</p> <p>Hussain, addressing the media, stated that the banned organisation had resorted to using women and children as “human shields” after its leaders showed indifference towards the party an

<p>LAHORE: The Lahore district administration sealed a private water park in Batapur on Monday after a nine-year-old girl allegedly got stuck in a drainage pipe and died due to the alleged negligence of park officials, it emerged on Wednesday.</p> <p>Batapur police arrested three officials of Sozo Water Park after registering a criminal case against them.</p> <p>The incident occurred on Monday, when the park administration allegedly began draining a swimming pool without first evacuating the chi