Новости за 13.10.2018

In order to curb unabated street crimes, a newly established ‘street watch force’ comprising 1,870 police personnel was deployed in Karachi on Saturday.

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday kicked off a countrywide 'Clean Green Pakistan' drive to tackle the challenges of rising pollution and global warming and with a resolve to create a Pakistan "even cleaner than Europe".

Yet another fake screenshot doctored to pose as a Dawn.com news article surfaced on social media on Saturday.

Finance Minister Asad Umar on Saturday dismissed US statements about reviewing Pakistan's debt position before evaluating Islamabad's request for a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

US President Donald Trump has said Saudi Arabia could be behind the disappearance of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi and warned Washington would inflict “severe punishment” if he was murdered.

Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said on Saturday that history will prove the 2018 general elections were transparent.

The Supreme Court on Saturday convened a suo motu hearing on the matter of ex-Punjab University vice chancellor Dr Mujahid Kamran and four other former university officials being brought to a court in handcuffs.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday rejected a plea to withdraw Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) in a suo motu case registered against lawyers for allegedly torturing a police officer.

An Islamabad district and sessions court has sent former senator Faisal Raza Abidi to jail on 14-day judicial remand, DawnNewsTV reported on Saturday.

The Senate Secretariat on Saturday returned the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Bill 2018 on a request of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).

Leader of the House in the Senate Syed Shibli Faraz on Friday submitted a request to the Senate Secretariat for the withdrawal of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Bill 2018.

Amin Ansari, father of six-year-old Zainab who was raped and murdered earlier this year, filed yet another appeal in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday requesting the public hanging of his daughter's killer.

KARACHI: Disgruntled leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan Dr Farooq Sattar on Friday demanded that a fresh intra-party election be held as soon as possible since the incumbent leader — Federal Minister Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui — and his associates in the coordination committee did not take mandate from party workers after taking leadership from him.

KARACHI: The dollar slid in the interbank and the open market on Friday, closing a week of turmoil and fluctuations that left currency traders reeling from anxiety.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday reiterated the government’s resolve to complete the process for merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

LAHORE: The Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) has warned of paralysing the country within hours if the Supreme Court sets Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, free. The TLP directed its local leaders across the country on Friday to start holding sit-ins within hours without waiting for a decision by the central leadership, if she is freed.

JERUSALEM: Six Palestinian proterters were killed and 140 others were wounded by Israeli forces on Friday during protests along Gaza’s border, Gaza health officials said.

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Mohammad Anwar Khan Kasi will enjoy a stress-free retirement after reaching superannuation in the last week of next month as the Supreme Judicial Comm­ission (SJC) on Friday dismissed all references filed against him on misconduct.

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar has said that incompetence of judges, including himself, is one of the major reasons behind prolonged litigation and inordinate delay in decisions.

ISLAMABAD: As many as 1,727 polling stations out of the total 7,489, set up for by-polls being held in 35 constituencies of national and provincial assemblies on Sunday, have been categorised as ‘highly sensitive’.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that the government was working on a package of incentives for overseas Pakistanis to attract more foreign remittances through legal channels, expressing the hope that the move will help increase the annual flow of remittances through banking channels from the current $20 billion to $40bn.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced on Friday that the long-anticipated Dev­ice Identification, Registra­tion and Blocking System (DIRBS) would become functional on October 20 after which all unregistered mobile phones would become unusable.

Heather Nauert, US State Department spokesperson

WASHINGTON: The United States said that it will examine closely Pakistan request for a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), adding that “part of the reason that Pakistan found itself in this situation is Chinese debt”.