Friend poses as fugitive

ISLAMABAD: Police foiled an attempt to mislead the court when a proclaimed offender sent his friend to appear on his behalf during a hearing. According to details, Bilal Khan, wanted in a case registered at Lohi Bher Police Station since 2021, had filed a plea for interim bail which came up for hearing before Additional … Read more

Govt moves to overhaul legal, administrative structure of local bodies

The federal government has decided to overhaul the legal and administrative framework of district administration across the country, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought recommendations. To facilitate this, an 18-member committee has been constituted. A formal gazette notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat—following the prime minister’s approval—gives the committee a deadline of one month … Read more

Third quake hits southeastern Afghanistan after deadly tremors kill over 2,200

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said, the third tremor in the same region since Sunday, when one of the country’s deadliest quakes in years killed more than 2,200 people. Naqibullah Rahimi, a spokesperson for the health department in Nangarhar province, said the quake’s epicentre was … Read more