Author: News Desk

PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday filed an adjournment motion in the Senate Secretariat seeking a discussion on irregularities worth Rs400 billion in projects initiated under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The motion states that the Auditor General of Pakistan has found “massive irregularities” in the Federal Government’s road projects. “What is most shocking is that these projects were initiated under CPEC,” the motion says. It further calls on the government to “initiate a full-fledged investigation to reveal a clearer picture of this serious issue.” The motion seeks that the…

Two coal miners lost their lives after a coal mine collapsed in Balochistan’s Harnai district on Thursday night. Seven others are still missing. The bodies of two coal miners were retrieved from the debris, while Levis sources told DawnNews that a search operation was still underway for the seven missing miners. Rescue workers and district administration officials are taking part in the operation. Poor working conditions inside coal mines in Balochistan claim the lives of miners on almost daily basis in Harnai, Sowrange, Dukki, Mach and other parts of the province, but often…

The chief of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, has been killed in a US drone strike, a spokesman for the group confirmed to AFP on Thursday. “Chief of our Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Umar Khalid Khorasani, who sustained serious injuries in a recent US drone strike in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, succumbed to his injuries Wednesday evening,” JuA spokesman Asad Mansoor told AFP by telephone from an undisclosed location. “At least nine close associates of Khorasani were also killed in the strike,” he added. Mansoor said a high-level meeting of JuA’s consultative council will be convened soon…

An accountability court on Friday indicted ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a reference related to Flagship Investments and other offshore companies. The court charged Sharif in absentia for holding assets beyond his known sources of income, and read out a charge-sheet to his pleader, Zafir Khan. Khan pleaded not guilty on behalf of Sharif, who is currently in London tending to his ailing wife. According to the charge-sheet, Sharif told the joint investigation team that he was a shareholder in 15 companies, including Flagship Invest­ments, Hartstone Properties, Que Holdings,…