Новости за 13.01.2018

• 'Mainstreaming' of madressahs

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Saturday that meeting US President Donald Trump would be a “bitter pill” to swallow should he become the prime minister in elections later this year, but added, “I would meet him.”

• 'There must not be any misadventure'

Responding to a remark by the Indian army chief that his country's armed forces are ready to call Pakistan’s “nuclear bluff”, the chief of Pakistan Army's media wing has said that India should not harbour any illusion about Pakistan's defence capabilities, while the Foreign Office (FO) warned India against any misadventure.

Police on Saturday arrested a man from Karachi's Napier Road area for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor boy.

• The ‘encounter specialist’

Karachi police on Saturday claimed to have killed four suspected militants who were involved in several high-profile terror cases and had ties with terrorist outfits Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) and the militant Islamic State (IS) during an 'encounter'.

An 11-year-old girl was assaulted in Toronto on Friday by a man who twice tried to cut off her hijab with scissors and then fled, police said.

While highlighting the need for judicial system reform, Chief Justice (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday also urged the chief justices of of the five high courts to ensure that they abide strictly by the law when passing a decision.

• The murder of Shahzeb Khan

The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday admitted a civil petition regarding the Shahzeb Khan murder case and ordered the placement of all suspects on the Exit Control List (ECL) while issuing bailable arrest warrants for them, DawnNews reported.

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday clarified the apex court is not yet cancelling admissions into private medical colleges, but institutions' management need to adopt the court-devised admission policy within 15 days to avoid adverse circumstances.

Punjab police on Saturday issued fresh footage of a person they suspect of involvement in the kidnapping, rape and murder of 6-year-old Zainab in Kasur.

Punjab police on Saturday issued fresh footage of a person suspected of involvement in the kidnapping, rape and murder of 6-year-old Zainab in Kasur.

Balochistan Assembly's former deputy speaker Abdul Quddus Bizenjo was sworn in as the new chief minister of the province on Saturday.

Balochistan Assembly's former deputy speaker Abdul Quddus Bizenjo was elected the new chief minister of the province on Saturday.

A 10-year-old boy who went missing on Friday from Karachi's Saddar area returned home early on Saturday morning, family members told the media.

Pakistan's batting lineup handed the one-day international (ODI) series to New Zealand after a dismal performance in the third game of the series, played at Dunedin on Saturday.

ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F (JUI-F) emir on Friday criticised adoption by the National Assembly of a bill extending jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and Peshawar High Court (PHC) to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), and said the bill was not on the agenda of lower house of parliament.

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued notices to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the federal government and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) as it heard a petition accusing the prime minister of delivering an “anti-judiciary” speech in Sialkot.

ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition in the National Assembly on Friday demanded exemplary punishment for the killer of Zainab, inclusion of chapters of sexual harassment in curriculum of schools and madressahs for awareness among children.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday offered a vague denial of his allegedly disparaging remarks about some nations at a White House meeting but some lawmakers who attended the meeting insisted that he did use the slur, more than once.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court withdrew on Friday contempt of court notices issued against some superior court judges for violating a seven-judge 2007 restraining order requiring the judges not to take oath under the Provisional Constitution Order (PCO) minutes after the second coup through the Emergency Order of Nov 3, 2007 by former president retired Gen Pervez Musharraf.

ISLAMABAD: It appears that the dust of Faizabad sit-in has not settled as the Islamabad High Court on Friday summoned the secretaries of the defence and interior ministries as well as the director general of the Intelligence Bureau to know how the protesters occupied the main entrance to the federal capital and what led them to disperse from there.

ISLAMABAD: The government appears to have slowed down spending on development projects in an effort to rein in the country’s fiscal deficit.

QUETTA: In another blow to ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, six Pakistan Muslim League-N lawmakers, who remained loyal to his party’s chief minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri throughout the political crisis in Balochistan, have decided to vote for Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, the opposition-treasury consensus candidate, in the election of the new leader of the house scheduled to be held on Saturday (today).

ISLAMABAD: The Uni­ted States has assured Pakistan that no unilateral action on its territory is being planned despite the suspension of military aid and a flurry of hostile statements.