Imran’s sisters ‘innocent’ in military officer’s attack case
Lahore, Feb 12: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s two sisters have been declared “innocent” by police in the case related to the attack on a senior military officer’s residence in Lahore on May 9, 2023. Khan and several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party leaders and workers have been named in the case involving an attack on the Lahore Corps Commander House also known as Jinnah House. “A police investigator told an anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Wednesday that Khan’s sisters – Aleema Khan and Uzma Khan – are innocent in this case. Police have found no evidence of their involvement in the Jinnah House attack,” a court official said. (PTI)
200 guests sick after eating food at marriage ceremony
Lahore, Feb 12: Around 200 guests fell sick after consuming “poisonous food” at a wedding ceremony in Lahore city of Pakistan’s Punjab province, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, the condition of the guests started deteriorating after eating the poisonous food at the marriage ceremony dinner at Raiwind Road in Lahore on Tuesday. They were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where the condition of some of the guests was critical, the police said. The Punjab Food Authority officials reached the spot and collected food samples for analysis. The police sealed the marriage hall and arrested its owners. (PTI)
8 inspectors general fired by Trump file federal lawsuit
Washington, Feb 12: Eight government watchdogs sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over their mass firing that removed oversight of his new administration. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington asks a judge to declare the firings unlawful and restore them to their positions. The independent inspectors general at government agencies say in the lawsuit that they play a critical, nonpartisan role overseeing trillions of dollars in federal spending and the conduct of millions of federal employees. Congress was not given the legally required 30-day notices about the removals, something that even a top Republican decried at the time. President Donald Trump has said he would put new “good people” in the roles. (AP)
Migrants stranded in Mexico try to start new life
Tijuana, Feb 12: Many migrants have been left stranded in Mexican border cities after the Trump administration immediately cancelled tens of thousands of appointments made through a government app called CBP One that offered a legal pathway to the US Some have returned to their countries. Margelis Rodríguez fled Venezuela with her children. She says the family has no other option but to remain in Tijuana. The Trump administration has given no indication it plans to replace the Biden administration programme. Rodríguez is applying for a Mexican visa after relatives in the US who came in on humanitarian parole say they now fear being deported. (AP)