FBISE reports interim findings with a 96 percent passing rate.
ISLAMABAD: The intermediate results were released on Wednesday by the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE). With 1075 points, Eshaal Shah Nawaz Fatima took top place in the pre-medical group. Hania Usman and Rida Malik, both with 1072 and 1066 points, are next. All of the top rankingsContinue Reading
Eight children and two instructors were trapped in midair on a chairlift near Battagram.
BATTAGRAM – According to witnesses and rescuers, a helicopter launched from Peshawar rescued eight pupils and two teachers who had been suspended in midair on a chairlift since the morning in Allai Jhangray Pashto in the Battagram district. The damaged cable of the chairlift eventually became entangled in the air.Continue Reading
The PTI chief’s appeal against the judgment in the gifts case will continue hearing at IHC.
ISLAMABAD – Today (Tuesday), the Islamabad High Court (IHC) will continue hearing the appeal against the PTI chief’s punishment in the Toshakhana case. The appeal for the suspension of PTI Chairman’s sentence will be heard by a two-member panel of the Islamabad High Court. The applications will be heard byContinue Reading
Asad Umar disputes rumors that he was arrested.
KARACHI – Asad Umar, a former federal minister, has refuted the reports of his imprisonment. Asad Umar, a senior PTI politician, said that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had not actually detained him and that the story of his detention was inaccurate. Asad Umar said in an interview with aContinue Reading
Eight children and two teachers were stuck on a chairlift in Battagram in midair.
BATTAGRAM – Eight schoolchildren and two teachers who have been suspended in midair on a chairlift since the morning in Allai Jhangray Pashto in the Battagram region have been rescued by a helicopter dispatched from Peshawar, according to witnesses and rescuers. The chairlift’s broken cable finally became caught in theContinue Reading
The LHC reinstates a single-judge ruling not to arrest Parvez Elahi.
LAHORE – On Monday, the Lahore High Court reaffirmed a single bench ruling prohibiting the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Punjab President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in any unspecified matter. After hearing the subject of giving bail to former chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi in secret cases, a two-member LHC panelContinue Reading
President Alvi suggests dismissing the secretary amid conflict
ISLAMABAD – President Dr Arif Alvi handed over the services of his secretary Waqar Ahmed to the Establishment Division on Monday, as the debate over the signing of laws pertaining to the Official Secrets Act and the Army Act heated up. “In light of yesterday’s definite statement, President’s Secretariat hasContinue Reading
On August 23, a CJP-led panel will hear the PTI chief’s appeals against the Toshakhana ruling.
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan convened a three-member panel on Monday to hear petitions filed by the PTI chairman challenging the verdict of the Islamabad High Court in the Toshakhana issue. The case will be heard on August 23 (Wednesday) by a bench led by Chief Justice ofContinue Reading
President Alvi suggests dismissing the secretary amid conflict
ISLAMABAD – President Dr Arif Alvi handed over the services of his secretary Waqar Ahmed to the Establishment Division on Monday, as the debate over the signing of laws pertaining to the Official Secrets Act and the Army Act heated up. “In light of yesterday’s definite statement, President’s Secretariat hasContinue Reading
LHC reinstates a single-judge ruling not to detain Parvez Elahi.
LAHORE – The Punjab President of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, was not to be arrested in any unnamed case, according to a single bench decision that was restored by the Lahore High Court on Monday. After hearing arguments about the issue of giving bail to former chiefContinue Reading