Malik Asad

Articles by Malik Asad

PM grants four-year extension to Intelligence Bureau chief

News May 23, 2026

ISLAMABAD: In a move ostensibly aimed at ensuring continuity at the helm of the country’s premier civilian intelligence agency, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved a four-year contract extens...

IHC bans killing of stray dogs, orders authorities to implement humane methods of population control

Health May 22, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday imposed a permanent ban on the poisoning, shooting, and indiscriminate killing of stray dogs in the federal capital, directing authorities to implem...

Delays by Imran’s counsel in Β£190m graft case irk IHC

News May 21, 2026

β€’ Justice Dogar warns PTI founder’s lawyer that β€˜law will take its course’ if arguments on appeals not presented at next hearingβ€’ Bench orders jail authorities to facilitate signing of power...

In detailed order, court rules 'no leniency' for murderer of Sana Yousaf

News May 20, 2026

ISLAMABAD: After a sessions court on Tuesday sentenced Umar Hayat to death for the murder of 17-year-old social media influencer Sana Yousaf, the detailed order made public on Wednesday observed that ...

IHC issues notices on applications seeking early hearing of Imaan, Hadi's sentence suspension pleas

News May 20, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday issued notices on multiple applications seeking early hearing of sentence suspension pleas filed by human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazi...

Islamabad court hands death sentence to convict in Sana Yousaf murder case

News May 19, 2026

ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad sessions court sentenced Umar Hayat, the main accused in the Sana Yousaf murder case, to death on Monday. Hayat was arrested by the Islamabad Police a day after 17-year-old Tik...

Social media posts case: IHC raises objections over failure to submit certified copies of SC order

News May 19, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday raised objections over the non-submission of certified copies of Supreme Court orders during the hearing of miscellaneous petitions seeking early h...

Federal Shariat Court strikes down 2022 legislation decriminalising suicide attempt

Health May 19, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court on Monday declared the decriminalisation of suicide attempts repugnant to the injunctions of Islam and struck down a 2022 legislation through which that act had be...

IHC seeks CDA response on appeals of One Constitution Avenue apartment sub-lessees

News May 18, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday issued notices to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on intra-court appeals filed by 20 apartment sub-lessees of the multi-billion-rupee One Co...

Accused in teenage TikTok star Sana Yousaf’s murder retracts confession, alleges false implication

News May 18, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The prime accused in the murder case of 17-year-old TikTok influencer Sana Yousaf retracted his earlier confessional statement admitting to the murder while testifying before the trial cour...