The Islamabad police have surrounded the Lal Masjid in Sector G-6 and unidentified people are not allowed to enter after Maulana Abdul Aziz reentered the mosque. Aziz headed the mosque at the time of the 2007 Lal Masjid siege. He has been in the mosque for two weeks, talks between him and the government have been under way.
PML-N leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz has been granted bail in the Ramzan Sugar Mills case. A two-judge Lahore High Court bench granted him bail in the case on Thursday morning but he won’t be released yet. He was arrested in two cases–the Ramzan Sugar Mill case and money laundering case.
The Sindh government and Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar have one week to demolish all ‘illegal’ buildings in the city. The Supreme Court gave the order on Thursday while hearing cases on reviving the Karachi Circular Railway and removing encroachments in the city. The Railways secretary and advocate-general placed the blame on the federal government for causing the delay.
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is all set to receive the first 12 of 26 dual-seat JF-17B Thunder aircraft in the near future, according to the revelation made by Air Chief Marshall, Mujahid Anwar Khan. The delivery of remaining jets will be completed in 2021. Out of the 12, 4 multirole fighters have been built at the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation (CAC) whereas the remaining 8 at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) in Kamra.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday reassured the Kashmiris that good times were ahead that will lead to their ultimate freedom from Indian occupation, while addressing a Kashmir Solidarity rally in Mirpur. He reiterated support for the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mistake of annexing Kashmir will become the reason for the region’s independence.
Israeli aircraft struck Hamas positions in Gaza early Wednesday, the military said, after Palestinians in the enclave launched projectiles and explosive balloons at the Jewish state. According to army, the fighter jets targeted Hamas terror targets in the southern Gaza strip including a weapons manufacturing site. Prior to the Israeli attack, militants in Gaza launched three projectiles and a number of “explosive balloons” at southern Israel.
President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay an official visit to Pakistan on February 13th to cement relations between the two countries. The Turkish President will be accompanied by a delegation of Turkish businessmen. He requested that Pakistani businessmen who are interested in B2B with the delegates are requested to contact the Trade and Development Authority of Pakistan.
Nawaz’s treatment has been delayed twice as his daughter, Maryam Nawaz was not allowed to visit him, according to PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif. Shehbaz, who is in London for his brother’s treatment said that the doctors are saying Nawaz’s health is in a delicate position. He says the former prime minister’s daughter, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz should be allowed to visit her father on humanitarian grounds.
A Chinese national, suspected of having coronavirus, was shifted to an isolation ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) from the Islamabad airport. Bing Yang was diagnosed with high temperature during the screening of 122 passengers who landed at Islamabad airport from Beijing. High temperature being one of the major symptoms of coronavirus, the authorities immediately separated Yang from other passengers and shifted him to the Pims hospital.
The body of a driver employed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was found hanging from a tree in Islamabad on Tuesday, police said. The body of the man was found hanging from a tree in a green area next to Ibn-e-Sina road in the capital’s Sector G-9/2, within the jurisdiction of Margalla police station. Police took the body into custody and started an investigation into the death.