World News in Brief: West Bank violence, UN humanitarian visits Hroza, Advisory Group on local governments

World News in Brief: Israeli settlement plan condemned, abductions in northern Nigeria, alarm over reported pre-election attacks in India

In a statement, Tor Wennesland reminded that all Israeli settlements the Occupied Palestinian Territory are illegal under international law. Permits for the new dwellings were approved by Israeli authorities on Wednesday, the first since the war in Gaza erupted on 7 October. According to news reports, the permits mean that more than 20,000 housing units…

Read More
Peshawar: Two suspects involved in the murder of Chief Minister's security officer have been arrested

Peshawar: Two suspects involved in the murder of Chief Minister’s security officer have been arrested

Peshawar: CTD Peshawar arrested two suspects involved in the murder of the security officer of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. DIGCTD Imran Shahid said that Special Branch Inspector Wakil Khan was Chief Security Officer of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the incident took place in Haryankot Malakand. The DIG further said that two sons of Wakil Khan were injured…

Read More
The order to declare Chief Minister KP Ali Amin Gandapur as an advertisement is annulled

The order to declare Chief Minister KP Ali Amin Gandapur as an advertisement is annulled

Islamabad: District and Sessions Judge Islamabad annulled the trial court’s order declaring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur as an advertisement. District and Sessions Judge Shahrukh Arjumand heard the appeal of Ali Amin Gandapur. Petitioner lawyer Raja Zahoorul Hasan and prosecutor Mohammad Salman Khan appeared in the court. Ali Amin Amin Gandapur’s application for…

Read More
The issue of Sunni Ittehad Council not getting specific seats in Punjab is being challenged in the High Court

The issue of Sunni Ittehad Council not getting specific seats in Punjab is being challenged in the High Court

Islamabad: Chairman Sunni Ittehad Council Sahibzada Hamid Raza challenged the move of not getting specific seats in Punjab in Lahore High Court. Sahibzada Hamid Raza filed the petition through the mediation of Advocate Ishtiaq A Khan, in which the Election Commission and others have been made parties. In the petition filed in the Lahore High…

Read More