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RAWALPINDI: Two senior judges of Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench have been transferred and asked to join the principal seat at Lahore and the Multan bench while Justice Babar Sattar of Islamabad High Court (IHC) will resume his office next week. According to the roster issued by the registrar office of the LHC, Justice Jawad Hassan and Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz have been transferred to Lahore and Multan, respectively. Justice Hassan was hearing corporate and commercial cases while Justice Aziz was entrusted with criminal matters. They are at number 18 and 20 on the seniority list, respectively. They have been replaced by Justice Anwaar Hussain and Justice Mohammad Raza Qureshi. These judges are at number 32 and 35 of the seniority list of the LHC judges. Meanwhile, Justice Babar Sattar will resume his court from Oct 30. The IHC judge may again go on long leave from Nov 4 According to the duty roster of the IHC issued for the next week, Justice Sattar is among the av...

Current climate policies will result in global warming of more than three degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report on Thursday, more than twice the rise agreed to nearly a decade ago. The annual Emissions Gap report , which takes stock of countries’ promises to tackle climate change compared with what is needed, finds the world faces as much as 3.1°C of warming above pre-industrial levels by 2100 if governments do not take greater action on slashing planet-warming emissions. Governments in 2015 signed up to the Paris Agreement and a cap of 1.5°C warming to prevent a cascade of dangerous impacts. “We’re teetering on a planetary tightrope,” UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a speech on Thursday. “Either leaders bridge the emissions gap, or we plunge headlong into climate disaster”. Global greenhouse gas emissions rose by 1.3 per cent between 2022 and 2023, to a new high of 57.1 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, the report ...

QUETTA / KHUZDAR: Rockets hit the wall of Achakzai residential colony on Quetta’s Khojak Road, while two men were injured in a grenade attack in Khuzdar, on Wednesday. Officials said three rockets were fired at the headquarters of Frontier Corps, North, at Quetta’s Hali Road from an unknown location. However, they landed and exploded on Khojak Road, close to the FC headquarters. “Three rockets exploded in the area but no casualty was reported in the attack,” a senior police officer told Dawn , adding that none of the rackets hit the FC headquarters. One of the rockets hit the wall of Achakzai colony and smashed window panes of many houses. Security forces condoned off the entire area and launched a search operation, following the rocket attack. Meanwhile, two persons were injured in a grenade attack on the irrigation department office in Khuzdar. Some unidentified motorcyclists hurled a hand grenade at the office, which exploded in its courtyard, damaging the property and leaving ...

Lawyers protesting the alleged beating of their colleague and inaction by the police triggered widespread and prolonged traffic congestion along Karachi’s main arteries on Wednesday evening, according to officials and witnesses. The traffic police spokesperson said in a statement that the lawyers staged a demonstration on main Korangi Road near Kala Pull at around 3:15pm, protesting the non-registration of a first information report (FIR) by Mehmoodabad police against the alleged torture of lawyer Iqbal Inayat Jatoi. Police did not disclose details about the alleged assault when contacted by Dawn.com for comment. Both lanes of Korangi Road were closed and traffic was diverted to alternative routes. “Please take a U-turn at the CSD signal towards Jinnah Hospital Road and Boulevard Signal,” said an alert from the Traffic Police posted on X. “At around 9:42pm, the lawyers shifted their demonstration to Sharea Faisal, blocking both lanes of the main road near the Finance and Trad...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India on Tuesday announced a five-year extension of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor Agreement , ensuring continued access for Sikh pilgrims to the revered Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur. The announcement was made by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and India’s Ministry of External Affairs through separate statements issued from Islamabad and New Delhi. The corridor agreement was initially signed on Oct 24, 2019, for a five-year period. The extension will, therefore, allow the corridor to operate beyond its original expiration date of Oct 24, 2024. Inaugurated on Nov 9, 2019, the corridor connects Dera Baba Nanak in India’s Punjab to the Gurdwara in Kartarpur, Pakistan. The agreement that governs the use of corridor provides for up to 5,000 pilgrims on a daily basis to visit the shrine without a visa from dawn to dusk, although they are required to carry a passport. They are, however, not allowed to stay overnight. The corridor operates throughout the y...

Pakistan and India have renewed their agreement to facilitate pilgrims via the Kartarpur Corridor for an additional five-year period, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Tuesday. A statement issued by the FO said that the “Agreement between the Republic of India and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the facilitation of pilgrims to visit Gurudwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, Narowal, Pakistan” had been signed for an additional period of five years. Originally signed on October 24, 2019, for a five-year term, the agreement was set to complete its initial duration on Thursday. “Its renewal underscores Pakistan’s enduring commitment to fostering interfaith harmony and peaceful coexistence,” the statement read. “The agreement continues to offer visa-free access to pilgrims from India enabling them to visit the sacred site of Gurudwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, where Baba Guru Nanak, the revered founder of Sikhism, spent his final days,” the statement read. Since its i...

QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Monday distributed compensation cheques among family members of the 21 miners who were martyred in an attack by armed men at a coal mine field of Duki district on October 11. The families were paid Rs1.5 million each. The cheques were handed over to the family members by Duki Deputy Commissioner Kaleemullah Kakar at a ceremony held at his office. The Balochistan government had announced compensation for the families of the 21 martyred miners and six injured people. The injured coal miners were paid the compensation in cash when Chief Minister Bugti visited the Quetta Civil Hospital to inquire after their health. Awami National Party district president Haji Izzatullah Nasar, President of Labour Federation Sher Muhammad Kakar and families of the martyred coal miners attended the compensation cheques distribution ceremony. Speaking on the occasion, DC Kakar said the government is taking all possible measures to ensure safety of coal miners. ...