Sindh lifts curbs on market timings; minister says step taken to facilitate businesses, citizens

Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Memon on Saturday said that the provincial government had exempted shops, markets, malls, hotels, restaurants, wedding halls and marquees from fixed closing timings to “facilitate businesses and citizens”.

According to the notification, which he shared on the social media platform X, all shops, markets, shopping malls, hotels, restaurants, food outlets, marriage…

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The Supreme Court is taking up a case that could shut LGBTQ+ families out of preschool

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that could determine whether children of LGBTQ+ parents can be turned away from publicly funded preschool programs run by religious schools.

On Monday, the justices granted review in _St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton v. Roy_ , a challenge to Colorado’s universal preschool program and its requirement that participating providers not discriminate…

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Trump’s DOJ Makes Shocking Settlement With Michael Flynn

The Justice Department has reached an agreement to pay President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn about $1.2 million, after he sued the Department of Justice for what he claimed was an unlawful prosecution.

The brief two-page settlement filed Wednesday does not include how much the settlement is worth, or any details of the agreement, but AP and ABC sources report…

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Mustafa Amir murder: Cop shot in 2025 raid on Armaghan’s house succumbs to injuries

KARACHI: A police officer who sustained bullet wounds during a ‘poorly planned’ raid on the house of the main suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case succumbed to his injuries on Monday.

Deputy Inspector General Syed Asad Raza told _Dawn_ that Deputy Superintendent Police Ahsan Zulfiqar was injured during a raid jointly carried out by the Anti-Violent Crime Cell and the Citizens-Police Liaison…

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Lahore court approves closure of NAB investigation against Maryam, Nawaz in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case

LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday approved the closure of the investigation by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case against Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and her father, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.

The _case_ pertains to alleged money laundering and income beyond means via “dubious” _business transactions_ of the Chaudhry Sugar Mills, of…

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Karachi ATC frames charges against Armaghan, co-accused Sheraz in Mustafa Amir murder case

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Thursday framed charges against main suspect Armaghan Qureshi and co-accused Sheraz alias Shavez Bukhari in the Mustafa Amir murder case.

Amir, 23, was allegedly kidnapped and _murdered_ by his friends — Armaghan and Sheraz — in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Jan 6, 2025. According to the police, the accused stuffed Amir’s body in the trunk…

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