A former councillor who attempted to steal more than £430,000 through the government’s Eat Out to Help Out scheme has been jailed. Mohammed Ikram was sentenced to two-and-a-half years behind bars after making 19 fraudulent claims under the initiative over … Continue reading →

Kashif Anwar, 29, from Leeds, was found guilty of the September 2021 murder of Fawziyah Javed, 31, and that of her unborn child, after a six-day trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. Ms Javed, about 17 weeks pregnant when … Continue reading →

A 28-year-old woman named Nargis Iqbal Mohammed posed as a man and tricked several women into marriage for the sake of money. According to local media, a 28-year-old woman named Nargis Iqbal Mohammed posed as a man and tricked women … Continue reading →

Mahnoor Cheema, a 16-year-old British-Pakistani girl, has set a new record by passing 34 subjects at the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) level in the United Kingdom (UK), Pakistani media reported on Friday.  This is the highest number of … Continue reading →

Urfan Sharif, Beinash Batool and Faisal Malik charged after Sara, 10, found dead at her Surrey home in August. The father, stepmother and uncle of 10-year-old Sara Sharif have been charged with murder after police found her body at their … Continue reading →

Applications to study in the UK with a Chevening Scholarship or South Asia Journalism Fellowship (SAJP) have opened for the candidates aimed at mid-career journalists on September 12 (today) and will be accepted till November 7. Chevening Scholarships are awarded … Continue reading →

The federal government made a significant decision on Tuesday to initiate the outsourcing of operations at the Islamabad International Airport for 15 years. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued an international tender directing to submit all applications by November 8. … Continue reading →

Humaima Malick has publically apologised to Mohsin Abbas Haider in a talk show for the comments she had previously made against him.  In the latest episode of Mohsin Abbas Haider’s talk show ‘Public Demand’, Humaima Malick made an appearance as … Continue reading →

Hanif, 22, of Dawnay Road, Little Horton, pleaded guilty on a video link to HMP Leeds to possession of crack cocaine with intent to supply on May 30.  He was in breach of two suspended sentence orders, the second imposed … Continue reading →

Pakistan plans to privatize its loss-making national carrier Pakistan International Airlines (PIAa.PSX), the government said on Monday, as the country also seeks to outsource its airport operations in line with an IMF deal. The privatisation decision was taken at a … Continue reading →