The Pakistan-based news daily reported that the FIR was registered at the Aabpara police station on Friday under Sections 352 (punishment for criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation) and 506ii (criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
The Senate Standing Committee on Interior, led by Senator Mohsin Aziz, deliberated on these changes to remove section D and introduce public hangings as a punishment for rapists, following the high-profile gang-rape incident on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway in September 2020.
Pakistan caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar on Wednesday told senators and the electricity consumers to “manage (their) expectations” raised by caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar for relief in excessive power bills, saying the country’s fiscal space did not permit any subsid
The parties discussed the challenges and “great opportunities” facing the US and Israel, as well as the need to cooperate in the field of artificial intelligence.
The Pakistan President Arif Alvi administered oath to the leader in the presence of outgoing Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and his Former cabinet ministers.
Shah said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf was not consulted over the nomination of caretaker prime minister however one party from PDM does not seem happy with Senator Anwarul Haq Kakar’s nomination.
Khurshid Shah said they were unaware that Senator Anwarul Haq Kakar will be appointed as caretaker Prime Minister. PPP had finalized five names which included Saleem Abbas, Jalil Abbas, Muhammad Malik and Afzal Khan from KP, he added.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi discussed bilateral cooperation in digital transformation with Senator Hassel Bacchus, Minister of Digital Transformation of Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday.