GILGIT, June 22(ABC): A vehicle carrying 12 skidded off the road in Gilgit-Baltistan killing four tourists and injuring eight others. According to details, the incident occurred in Raheemabad when the speeding vehicle was taking a turn. The killed include a woman and a minor; however, rescue teams have shifted the injured to hospital for treatment.

ISLAMABAD, June 22 (ABC): The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) highlighted the deceptively dangerous marketing tactics of tobacco industry to attract the youth. The press release titled “Tobacco Money is Blood Money” was shared in the wake of a global competition organized by the biggest tobacco company in the world to recruit youngsters as …

ISLAMABAD, June 22(ABC): Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday postponed the local bodies’ elections in Islamabad. Chief Justice Athar Minallah announced the verdict in pleas of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). The IHC also ordered that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will submit a report within 65 days after finalizing the delimitations. Election Commission …

LAHORE, June 22(ABC): Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari has said that he did not waste time by spending 14 years of his life in jail, reported on late Tuesday. Addressing a ceremony to mark 69th birth anniversary of former Chairperson PPP Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto at Bilawal House in Lahore, he said that he …

LAHORE, June 22(ABC): A banking court in Lahore on Wednesday accepted the interim bail request of PML-Q senior leader Moonis Elahi in a case pertaining to alleged money laundering worth Rs720 million. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had filed a case against former federal minister Moonis and others last week. The case, according to the agency, pertains to alleged money laundering of Rs720 …

WEB DESK, June 22(ABC): Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday suspended the orders for the exhumation of famous televangelist Aamir Liaquat Hussain’s body for an autopsy to ascertain the cause of his death. Deceased TV host’s children had approached the SHC against the orders issued by a judicial magistrate in Karachi. The judicial magistrate (East) on Saturday approved a petition seeking the …

BHIT SHAH, June 21(ABC): Four persons, including the sister of Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, were left injured after a truck collided with a car on the National Highway in the Bhit Shah area of Matiari district of Sindh. According to the police, all the injured — including CM Shah’s sister Dr Siraj un Nisa — have been shifted …

KARACHI, June 21(ABC): The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday fixed the date for the hearing of a petition filed against the decision of the Sindh High Court which had allowed 14-year-old Dua Zehra to decide her own fate. A three-member bench of the apex court will be hearing the case this Thursday on Dua’s father’s petition. Dua had made …

LAHORE, June21 (ABC): A joint team of Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) and police conducted raids in Dera Ghazi (DG) Khan and Taunsa Sharif in an effort to arrest PTI leader and former Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. According to details, a team of Anti-Corruption Establishment along with police conducted raids to arrest Usman Buzdar over corruption cases against the former chief …

ISLAMABAD, June 21(ABC): The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday has introduced a new system to prevent unethical content, websites. As per the official sources, the PTA will be able to block the inappropriate websites at domain level under the Domain Name System (DNS). Earlier, a list of websites was sent to the internet providers for blocking them because before …