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CM Sohail Afridi denied meeting Imran despite court orders

KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi waits at the factory check post before heading to Adiala jail. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is back after being denied permission to meet Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. CM Afridi had arrived at Adiala Road on Thursday; however, the Rawalpindi police stopped him from moving to the Gorakhpur checkpost. […]

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CTD destroys network behind Islamabad courthouse blast

A police officer searches a motorcyclist at a security checkpoint along a road following yesterday’s explosion outside the District Court. [Reuters] The Anti-Terrorism Department (CTD) Rawalpindi and allied agencies have identified suspects linked to the recent suicide bomb attack outside the Islamabad Court Complex under the G-11, arresting seven people during coordinated operations in Rawalpindi

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After ex-CJP Khawaja, lawyers Asad Rahim and Zeeshaan Hashmi challenge SC changes to 27th Amendment

The petition claims that entry 55 of the Federal Legislative List prohibits Parliament from legislating on the jurisdiction of SC A day after former Chief Justice of Pakistan Jawwad S. Khawaja challenged the 27th constitutional amendment in the Supreme Court, a group of lawyers, including Asad Rahim Khan and Zeeshaan Hashmi, also filed a petition

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KP jirga calls for inclusive strategy against terrorism

Delegates attend a peace jirga convened by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government at the provincial assembly in Peshawar. Photo: PPI PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s political and civic leaders on Wednesday called for a united, politics-free approach to fighting terrorism and ensuring the province’s constitutional and fiscal rights, as a multi-party peace jirga met in Peshawar to work out

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I went to Valika hospital to find out if the children there had contracted HIV

The information surfaced on a journalist’s WhatsApp group: eight young children were allegedly infected with HIV at Kulsum Bai Valika Hospital in Karachi and two died. Every journalist was busy calling their contacts in the Sindh government for confirmation and details. As I am new to health reporting, I decided to go to the Pathan

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