Новости за 14.05.2024

An army officer was martyred and three terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Zhob district, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday.

In the wake of an astounding volume of released data regarding properties owned by foreigners in Dubai, some of the Pakistani politicians named in it on Tuesday night downplayed the development, claiming that there was nothing wrong with the practice and that properties under their name were already declared.

Note: The property data at the heart of the project comes from a series of leaks of more than 100 datasets. Most of the data comes from the Dubai Land Department, as well as publicly owned utility companies. The data includes the listed owner of each property, as well as other identifying information such as his or her date of birth, passport number, and nationality. In some cases, the data captured renters instead of owners.

Note: A mere mention in the data is not evidence in itself of financial crime or tax fraud. Nor does the data contain information such as residence status, sources of income, tax declarations of rental income or capital gains. Names of properties linked to senior political or military officials have been mentioned in the public interest.

The federal government on Tuesday disputed the contents of a leaked letter, purportedly penned by Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Justice Babar Sattar, alleging that security agencies used “intimidatory tactics” in a case pertaining to audio leaks being heard by the high court.

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa instructed the government on Tuesday to ensure video link arrangements for incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan to join proceedings of a case about changes to the country’s accountability laws and give his arguments.

Private businesses, including schools, across the Malakand division were closed on Tuesday as traders observed a shutter-down strike against the government’s plan to extend the tax net to the Malakand division.

Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, with the exception of strategic entities, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Tuesday, broadening its initial plans to take only loss-making state firms private.

Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an alliance of civil rights group, on Tuesday called off a protest march in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after several days of clashes over high prices in which four people were killed and over 100 injured, officials said.

Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub on Tuesday said Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s “personal” remarks about former dictator Ayub Khan were “unwarranted”.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued an injunction on the government’s decision to block the mobile phone SIMs of non-tax filers.

Cheering crowds greeted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday as he submitted his candidacy for a Hindu holy city’s parliamentary seat in a general election his party is strongly favoured to win.

WASHINGTON: US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday that President Joe Biden’s administration did not view the killings of Palestinians in Gaza by Israel as genocide.

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that more than 1,000 members of Hamas were being treated in hospitals across Turkiye as he reiterated his stance that it was a “resistance movement”.

LOS ANGELES: Melinda French Gates on Monday announced she was leaving the mega philanthropy foundation which she established with her ex-husband (the co-founder of Microsoft), Bill Gates.

JERUSALEM: Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza on Monday, strewing food packages on the road in the latest in a series of incidents that have come as Israel has pledged to allow uninterrupted humanitarian supplies into the besieged enclave.

SULAIMANIYAH: A migrant-smuggler known as “Scorpion”, wanted in several European countries, was arrested in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region on Sunday, local authorities said, after a BBC investigation tracked him down there.

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• ECP suspends victory notifications of 77 lawmakers elected on reserved seats denied to SIC
• Fate of senators elected recently depends on apex court’s final verdict

KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Atif Ikram Sheikh has called for the immediate opening of the Chaman border as thousands of trucks and other vehicles have been stranded for over a week hampering economic activities.

ISLAMABAD: The incarcerated founding chairman of PTI and former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday warned the government that countrywide protests would be launched if the government would further increase power and gas tariff.

ISLAMABAD: Tensions between the judiciary and the legal fraternity are likely to escalate as a nationwide strike by lawyers continues, with senior counsel Naeem Bukhari accusing the Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) president of restraining lawyers from entering the court premises.

QUETTA: Traders and politicians from Chaman protesting against the new visa regime on the Afghan border have vowed to continue demonstrations after talks with the government broke down on Monday.

KARACHI: Reminding the authorities that the national interests lie only in the Constitution, the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday rejected the government reports insisting that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) could not be granted permission for holding a public meeting near the Mazar-i-Quaid in view of “security concerns”.

• Opposition, treasury members unanimously adopt 13 resolutions
• Body formed to introduce public-private partnership in KMC-run hospitals

LAHORE: PTI Punjab president Dr Yasmin Rashid has written a letter to the chief justice decrying “political victimisation” and repeated arrests of her party colleagues.