Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Friday annulled the 14-year sentence of the accused for raping a school teacher and ordered the release of accused Amjad Ali.

According to the details, Justice Amjad Rafiq of LHC issued an eight-page written decision.

The judgment said that the First Information Report (FIR) of the incident was filed after five days. The affected school teacher did not tell anyone about the incident for three days.

According to the verdict, the victim did not immediately report the incident to the police, the delayed registration of the case raises doubts.

The Lahore High Court wrote in the judgment that according to the lady doctor, no sample was found from the victim's body.

It is further stated that the prosecution failed to prove the case as there were inconsistencies in the statements of the witnesses.

The verdict states that a case was registered against the accused Amjad Ali in Police Station Shor Court in 2016, the court annulled the 14-year sentence of the accused.

Rawalpindi: Pakistan Navy Chief Admiral Naveed Ashraf visited the headquarters of China's People's Liberation Army Navy.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Department of the Pakistan Army, the Chief of the Pakistan Navy, Admiral Naveed Ashraf, on the occasion of his visit to the headquarters of the People's Liberation Army Navy, met the Commander of the Chinese Navy, Admiral Hu Zhongming, in which bilateral issues of maritime cooperation and regional maritime security were discussed.

Naval Chief Admiral Naveed Ashraf highlighted the role of the Pakistan Navy for peace through Maritime Security Patrol while Commander People's Liberation Army Navy appreciated the role of Pakistan Navy in joint maritime security in the region.

ISPR added that the Chinese Army Navy Commander stressed the importance of strong bilateral naval cooperation.

According to ISPR, Naval Chief Admiral Naveed Ashraf's visit to the headquarters of China's People's Liberation Army Navy will further expand the defense relations between the armed forces.

Lahore: Naila Bhatti, commissioner of Pakistan Super League (PSL), has resigned from the post citing personal reasons, GNN reported.

According to sources, earlier when Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore raided the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) office regarding alleged corruption in tickets, Naila Bhatti was under reproach. 

Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi had already indicated that whoever was involved in tickets’ corruption would face serious action, however, before the report was released, Naila citing personal engagement, resigned from the post.

It is pertinent to note that Naila Bhatti has been working in PCB since the tenure of Najam Sethi and Zaka Ashraf.

Notably, Director of Medical and Sports Sciences of PCB Dr Sohail Saleem resigned yesterday due to the injury of Pakistani fast bowler Ehsanullah, whose resignation was also accepted by PCB.