Tue, 21-Oct-2025

From the ski slopes to the tennis court Covid’s shadow lurks

Ski

PARIS: Ski ace Mikaela Shiffrin and tennis star Andrey Rublev tested positive for Covid-19 just weeks from the Winter Olympics and Australian Open respectively as a global sport once again felt the chill wind of the coronavirus. Two-time Olympic gold medallist Shiffrin will miss this week’s World Cup races in Lienz — but with a … Read more

Courts issues warrants for witnesses’ failure to appear in TikToker murder case

US judge stops TikTok ban

KARACHI: Additional District and Sessions Judge (South) Faraz Ahmed Chandio has issued arrest warrants for the prosecution witnesses that failed to appear before the court to record their statements in the murder trial of a TikToker in Karachi. The victims, Muskan Sheikh, Amir Khan, Rehan Shah and Saddam Hussain, were killed near Anklesaria Hospital in … Read more

Court directs to complete probe in Nazim Jokhio murder case by Dec 2

KARACHI: In Nazim Jokhio murder case, the court ordered the new investigation officer to complete the probe till next hearing. The judicial magistrate Malir directed the investigating officer to complete the investigation and present challan of the case at the next hearing. During the hearing, the judicial magistrate said decision about adding the Terrorism Act … Read more

Man City’s Mendy in court charged with two more rape charges

Mendy

LONDON: Manchester City and France international Benjamin Mendy on Wednesday appeared in court charged with two additional counts of rape. The 27-year-old defender is facing six allegations of rape and one of sexual assault after the new charges were added on Tuesday. The offences are alleged to have been committed on four women over the … Read more

Japanese death row inmates sue over last-minute notice

Japan

TOKYO: Two death row inmates are suing Japan’s government over a system notifying prisoners of their execution just hours beforehand, arguing it causes psychological distress. Japan, where over 100 inmates await execution, is one of the few developed nations that still has the death penalty. Executions are usually implemented long after sentencing, always by hanging. … Read more

Delhi wakes to post-Diwali smog

Delhi

NEW DELHI: New Delhi woke up to a thick blanket of toxic smog on Friday after an overnight barrage of firecrackers for the Hindu festival of Diwali in the Indian megacity, despite a ban on selling them. At various hotspots, levels of harmful PM 2.5 particles topped 400 on average on the air quality index. The figure … Read more

‘My name could spoil my children’s life’ said Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan

Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan seems to be trapped in a web of troubles at every turn as he has been in the police custody in a drug case since October 3, after Narcotics Control Bureau raided a cruise ship on October 2.

Now an old interview of Shah Rukh with a German TV channel has resurfaced in which the actor said his name and fame could spoil his children’s life.

In a 2008 interview he expressed his fear and opened up about his fame and its impact on his children’s life, he said, “My biggest fear for my family in life especially my kids are that I hope they can live out of my shadow.”

“I don’t want them to ever fight that and say oh I’m better than my father and I don’t want them to get completely engulfed by it that they don’t need to do anything because they’re my children,” he expressed.

The Chennai Express actor also shared that, “He would like to be known as their father but I would not like them to be known as my children.”

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Shah Rukh Khan was moved to tears after meeting Aryan Khan in person.

Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan felt relieved after finally meeting his son Aryan Khan in person for the first time. The meeting according to insiders moved the Bollywood superstar emotions because the two had previously only interacted via video call. The meeting comes after Aryan Khan’s second bail application was denied. Two jail guards were present during … Read more

SHC summons acting HEC chairman over KU’s PhD programme in law

Karachi University

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday ordered the acting chairman of the High Education Commission (HEC) to appear on September 16 to explain how Karachi University (KU) was allowed to launch and run a PhD programme in law without having the relevant faculty. During today’s hearing, a deputy director of the commission had … Read more

No evidence Huawei ever implanted any backdoor in its products

ISLAMABAD: In September 2018, Huawei Pakistan filed for arbitration in District Courts (West), Islamabad against Business Efficiency Solutions (BES) over the ongoing contract disputes. This arbitration resulted in an interim relief order in Huawei’s favour. The arbitration process is still ongoing, a statement said on Tuesday. “We do not comment on [the] ongoing legal cases. … Read more

Lawyers boycott courts as SHC CJ skips oath-taking

Sindh High Court

KARACHI: Lawyers in Sindh held a strike on Tuesday against what they called ‘illegal notification’ issued by President Arif Alvi for the appointment of Sindh Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh to Supreme Court as an ad hoc judge. Justice Sheikh did not go to Islamabad to take an oath as an ad hoc judge … Read more

Saad Aziz provided lawyer to plead appeal

Saad Aziz

KARACHI: Sindh High Court on Monday provided an attorney to Saad Aziz alias Tin Tin to plead his appeal against 20 years sentence he was awarded by an Anti-Terrorism Court for making an attempt on the life of American educationist Debra Lobo. Aziz was also awarded death sentence by a military court in the Safoora … Read more

PEMRA restrained from canceling Bol TV licence

KARACHI: Justice Adnanul Karim Memon of Sindh High Court on Friday restrained Pakistan Electronic Media Regularity Authority (PEMRA) from taking any adverse action against Bol TV Channel on an August 9, 2021, letter of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MOIB) written to chairman PEMRA. Quoting a direction issued by the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on … Read more

Court to try Atif for murdering Mureed Abbas under Model Court procedures

Arrest warrants issued for Adil Zaman

KARACHI: Putting Bol TV’s anchorperson Mureed Abbas murder case into the category of old cases, district and session judge South on Thursday issued schedule for its expeditious trial under the Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the Model Criminal Trial Court (MCTC). Atif Zaman along with his brother Adil Zaman were charged with murdering Mureed Abbas … Read more

Russia Files an Administrative Complaint Against Whatsapp

Whatsapp We Are Family sticker pack

Russia filed administrative proceedings against Facebook’s Whatsapp for failing to localize data of Russian users on Russian territory, the Interfax news agency reported. However, Facebook did not respond immediately. A Russian court had penalized Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., 3 million roubles for violating personal data legislation the day before, and had opened administrative … Read more

Chairman PEMRA Saleem Baig appointment challenged in Lahore High Court

PEMRA

The Lahore High Court on Tuesday has sought a reply from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and other parties on the petition against the appointment of Chairman Mirza Saleem Baig. According to the details, the bench conducted a hearing on the petition filed by Zaheer Uddin Babar, Anchor BOL News. The Federal Government, … Read more

Prison is extended for Nasir Jamshed for spot-fixing role

Nasir Jamshed

Nasir Jamshed’s confidences of an instant release from prison have been ruined. Although Nasir’s sentence for his part in a spot-fixing collusion is due to expire on October 21, he has now been informed he will remain in prison on the order of the Home Office. Nasir Jamshed is the former Pakistani batsman, is now facing … Read more

TV star Atiqa Odho acquitted in liquor recovery case after nine years

Atiqa

Justice-awaited, renowned television star Atiqa Odho got acquitted by a civil court in liquor recovery case after nine years.

According to the details, the court ruled that there was no evidence against actress Atiqa Odho.

This was the oldest case in the Rawalpindi civil courts which was pending adjudication, though there have been more than 170 hearings and more than 10 judges have been changed during the trial.

On June 4, 2011, Odho was stopped at Benazir International Airport when two bottles of foreign liquor were allegedly found in her bag while she was checking in for PIA’s Karachi-bound flight PK-301. The liquor was confiscated as per law and she was allowed to go.

At the time, Odho was secretary information of Pervez Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim League (APML). Iftikhar Chaudhry, who was CJP back then, took suo motu notice after the electronic media had flashed the news.

He asked the police and Customs officials to clarify why no case had been registered against her. Later, Customs officials sent a lawsuit to the Airport police station, which then registered a case against her under Section 3/4 of the Prohibition Order of 1979.

Three days later, the actress acquired interim bail from the court of Rawalpindi Additional Session Judge Iqbal Chadhar. Subsequently, the court restrained the police from arresting or harassing the artist.

Later, the police recorded her statement under Section 161 of the Court of Criminal Procedure (CRPC) and presented the charge sheet after 14 days due to pressure from the Supreme Court.

Later, after appearing in the case regularly for six months, the artist was then granted immunity from appearing before the court until the final verdict by Chadhar.

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Shehbaz Sharif’s family, 20 other people involved in money laundering

NAB

Details of money laundering reference against 20 people including Shehbaz Sharif’s family have come to light in the accountability court. According to details, BOL News has received details of 20 more persons including Shehbaz Sharif and his family in the money laundering case. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”shehbaz-sharif-hamza-indicted-in-ramzan-sugar-mills-reference”] According to the details received, Mian Shehbaz Sharif with … Read more

Park Lane Case: NAB to file supplementary reference against Zardari

Park Lane Case

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday decided to file a supplementary reference against Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and others in Park Lane case. According to the details, the anti-graft body will file a supplementary reference against the former president within this month, while more suspects have agreed to become approve … Read more

Pakistan invites India for second consular access to arrested Jadhav

Pakistan

Pakistan has invited India for second consular access to the arrested Indian Spy Kulbhushan Jadhav after he refused to file a review petition under the law against the death sentence awarded to him. According to details, Additional Attorney-General Ahmed Irfan and the Foreign Office’s Director-General of South Asia and SAARC Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri conducted a … Read more

Depp ‘not a wife beater’ and Amber’s allegations are wrong, court hears

Depp 'not a wife beater' and Amber's allegations are wrong, court hears

The High Court has been told by the lawyer of Johnny Depp that he is not a wife beater and claims of violence made by his ex-wife Amber Heard are wrong. According to the details, Depp’s lawyer told high court that he is not a wife beater and all the allegations of his ex-wife are complete … Read more

MQM’s Amir Khan acquitted in double murder case

Amir Khan

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader, Amir Khan, acquitted in double murder case on Wednesday. As per details, Sindh High Court on Wednesday acquitted Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader, Amir Khan, in double murder case Court overturned the punishment of MQM leaders Amir Khan and Tariq Bata in the 2004 double murder case. The court ordered immediate release … Read more

Court exempts Nawaz Sharif, Daughter Maryam in Chaudhary Sugar Mills case

nawaz sharif

Court has exempted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz and nephew Yousaf Abbas from personal appearance in the Chaudhary Sugar Mills case. According to details, the Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz have been granted exemption till reference is filed in the case by the National Accountability … Read more

SC allows Arshad Mahmood Malik to serve as CEO PIA

Supreme Court Islamabad

The Apex Court on Wednesday has allowed Arshad Mahmood Malik to temporarily serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). During the proceedings of case pertaining to the appointment of Air Marshal Arshad Malik as PIA’s CEO, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed said that country is facing severe crisis due … Read more

SSP Mufakhar Adeel sent to five day physical remand in Shahbaz Tatla Murder Case

SSP

Senior Superintendent of Police Lahore (SSP) Mufakhar Adeel on Wednesday admitted that he murdered lawyer Shahbaz Tatla over a business rivalry. As per details, SSP Mufakhar Adeel presented before court in Shahbaz Tatla in murder case. Police said the Mufakhar Adeel has admitted that he killed  advocate general Shahbaz Tatla over a business rivalry. Court … Read more

Turkey jails Kurdish ex-mayor on terror conviction

Turkey jails Kurdish ex-mayor

A Turkish court on Monday sentenced the ex-mayor of a major Kurdish city to more than nine years in prison after convicting him of “membership in an armed terror group.” Adnan Selcuk Mizrakli was mayor of Diyarbakir until he was suspended in August along with the mayors of Mardin and Van — all of them … Read more

Australia sues Facebook over using data without permission

Australia sues Facebook

The information commissioner of Australia is suing Facebook over allegedly breaching the privacy of over 300,000 Australians caught up in the Cambridge Analytica scandal without their knowledge. According to the details, Information Commissioner Angelene Falk said in a statement, “The design of the Facebook platform meant that users were unable to exercise reasonable choice and … Read more