ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday rejected the Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) appeals against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif. The appeals were heard by the apex court’s two-member bench comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah. Read more: MDCAT mandatory for medical … Read more
LAHORE: Law enforcement agencies informed Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat on Friday that at least 110 suspects involved in the lynching of a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot have been arrested. The police shared the figures while briefing the law minister about the Sialkot incident in a meeting held at the Civil Secretariat in Lahore. … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Highly charged workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) manhandled a man for chanting slogans against Prime Minister Imran in a party gathering in the Golra area of Islamabad on Friday. This meeting was held for laying the foundation stone of an underpass in the area of Golra. Minister of Planning Development and Special Initiatives … Read more
KARACHI: Pak Sarzamin Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal contacted PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif on Friday to discuss rising inflation, unemployment and economic catastrophe. In a telephone call, both the leaders expressed concern over the worsening inflation situation in the country. They also discussed the electronic voting machine and government initiatives on electoral reforms. “In the … Read more
KARACHI: United States Consul General Mark Stroh after visiting Balochistan’s largest industrial cities Hub remarked that “there is vast potential for increased trade and investment” between Washington and Islamabad. “I am pleased to have had the opportunity to visit Hub and continue to explore the achievements and opportunities in the decades-long US relationship with Pakistan. … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan called Friday a “day of shame” for Pakistan after a mob lynched a Sri Lankan factory manager in Sialkot over blasphemy allegations. “The horrific vigilante attack on factory in Sialkot and the burning alive of Sri Lankan manager is a day of shame for Pakistan,” said PM Imran Khan in a … Read more
LAHORE: To control air pollution in the city, the Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed authorities to ban the entry of vehicles without the M-tag on the M2 motorway (Lahore-Islamabad) after a week. LHC’s Justice Shahid Karim issued the order after the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) told the court that the Air Quality Index … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Federal investigation agency (FIA) to unfreeze all bank accounts of former chairperson of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Uzma Adil Khan. Khan had challenged an FIA order that had frozen her bank accounts after the registration of FIRs. The cases were registered over the artificial … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan while reviewing the arrangements of the polio eradication campaign, termed the work done by those involved in the inoculation drive as “national service”. PM Imran, while addressing a meeting to review arrangements for the upcoming polio eradication campaign, appreciated the efforts made by the teams in reaching out to children … Read more
A Sri Lankan national, who was working as a manager at a private factory in Sialkot, was beaten to death and his body was later set on fire by a mob over alleged blasphemy. As per the initial reports, the incident took place on Friday on the Wazirabad Road of Sialkot where most factories are … Read more
LAHORE: Punjab government’s reluctance to kick-start the construction work of Ring Road Southern Loop-3 (SL-3) project has caused around Rs15 billion loss to the national exchequer, Bol News has learnt. Reportedly, former Lahore High Court (LHC) chief justice (CJ) Qasim Khan had vacated all the stay orders which were acquired to stop the construction work of … Read more
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) are set to lock horns in the NA-133 by-polls scheduled to be held on December 5. A close contest is expected between the two parties in the absence of the ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidate from the constituency. The past elections in … Read more
LAHORE: The opposition in the National Assembly announced on Thursday that they would boycott the in-camera briefing of the Parliamentary National Security Committee. The opposition decided after seeing the government’s attitude in the last joint sitting of Parliament. In the session, the government had bulldozed multiple bills, including the controversial law dealing with electronic voting … Read more
KARACHI: The Karachi administration closed Thursday three wedding halls in the District Central of the city for violating the coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs). According to details, Lovely Hall and Delhi Muslim and a Hotel have been sealed in Liaquatabad for violating the coronavirus SOPs. Fines have also been imposed on other wedding halls in … Read more
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) informed an accountability court on Thursday that the anti-corruption watchdog does not want to arrest PML-N leader Barjees Tahir in an assets beyond means case. NAB explained its position to Accountability court judge Malik Ali Zulqarnain Awan during a hearing of a pre-arrest bail petition filed by the PML-N … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking the disqualification of PML-N and PPP candidates in the NA-133 by-election. The petition was filed by independent candidate Sohail Shehzad over an alleged vote-buying video. Shehzad pleaded that the video of PML-N and PPP supporters had come to light in which they were buying … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking entry into college without the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT). A three-member bench, comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, and Justice Munib Akhtar, heard appeals filed by the students of a private college from Faisalabad against the … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan stocks witnessed a bloodbath on Thursday, as the market already initiated the pricing in expectations of beyond 100bps increase in the upcoming monetary policy announcement this month. Cutoffs in the recent T-Bills auction to increase to 10.79 per cent for three-month paper, 11.50 per cent for six-month and 11.51 per cent for … Read more
Pakistan on Thursday rejected India’s “mischievous spin” to an “isolated incident involving an individual at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib”. The Foreign Office spokesperson said that a senior Indian diplomat was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was conveyed Pakistan’s categorical rejection of the mischievous spin given by India to an isolated incident involving an … Read more
Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa formally installed Quetta Corps Commander Lieutenant General Sarfraz Ali as the colonel commandant of the Azad Kashmir Regiment of the Pakistan Army, said the military’s media wing on Wednesday. The Inter Services Public Relations said that the installation was done during General Bajwa’s visit to … Read more
LAHORE: The Punjab Bar Council on Wednesday issued show-cause notices to the lawyers involved in torturing a sessions judge who sentenced deputy commissioner and assistant commissioner Mandi Bahauddin for contempt of court. On Tuesday, a group of lawyers entered the court of Consumer Court Judge Rao Abdul Jabbar Khan, insulted and tortured him in protest … Read more
LAHORE: Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Justice Shahid Karim on Wednesday advised the Punjab government to impose a complete lockdown in the provincial capital for a week to control smog. Justice Karim observed that the air quality index had gone up to dangerous levels which made Lahore the most polluted city in the world. The court … Read more
LAHORE. Ninety per cent or 9 out of 10 Pakistanis believe that it is very important to respect the army in order to be a true Pakistani, according to a recent poll conducted by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan. At the opinion poll on patriotism — released on November 25 – a national representative sample of … Read more
KARACHI: As the government has introduced new measures to contain the Omicron variant of Covid-19, denial continues among the people of Karachi, the country’s most populous city. Taking the new virus variant threat lightly, many people believe that it is the “same conspiracy” as previous variants that halt all economic activity of the country and … Read more
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing on Wednesday arrested four suspects, including three women, for allegedly frauding people under the name of the Ehsaas Kafaalat Programme. According to an FIA official, a complainant had claimed that the suspects were minting money from innocent people by asking for their ID cards. Through those … Read more
LAHORE: At least three policemen were arrested from the Gulberg area of Lahore for allegedly robbing a citizen. According to police sources, Abdul Ahad, the victim, told the law enforcement agency that he had gone to a restaurant in Gulberg to buy some food a few days back. After placing an order, he was waiting … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Zahir Jaffer’s lawyer, in the Noor Mukadam murder case, has filed an application before the court claiming that his client is not mentally sound. The lawyer has also asked the court to form a medical board to determine whether Zahir is mentally stable or not. Zahir is accused of raping and killing Noor Mukadam, … Read more
LAHORE: Lahore Police on Wednesday seized 2,000 kgs of dead chicken that was being transported to the city from Khanpur. A police official, who was part of the raiding team, told Bol News that they intercepted the truck at the Ravi bridge/toll plaza. He added that just to save money people are involved in this … Read more
