NDMA chief stresses urgent need for disaster management strategies
ISLAMABAD: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Chairman Lt Gen Inam Haider Malik on Tuesday emphasised the urgent need for proactive disaster management strategies and highlighted the...
View ArticleWomen moharrars posted to nine police stations in Mansehra
MANSEHRA: For the first time, the police have posted women constables as moharrars to nine of the 17 police stations in Mansehra district, insisting the initiative will enable women to lodge complaints...
View ArticleKP govt starts disbursement of interest-free loans to youth
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur on Tuesday distributed cheques of interest-free loans to youth under the Ehsaas Nojawan Programme to start business, saying his...
View ArticleEntry of vehicles into historic Muzaffarabad market banned
MUZAFFARABAD: In a bid to resolve the persistent parking and traffic woes in Madina Market — the busiest and historic commercial hub of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) capital — civic authorities have...
View ArticleSHC stays demolition of 64 houses in Karachi’s Mujahid Colony
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday restrained municipal authorities from demolishing houses of 64 residents of Mujahid Colony in district Central during an anti-encroachment drive. The residents...
View ArticlePM promises peace as second aid convoy reaches Parachinar
KURRAM: A convoy of 25 trucks carrying essential supplies arrived in Parachinar on Tuesday, marking the second such delivery since the partial reopening of the Thall-Parachinar road last week. The...
View ArticleNotorious katcha gang kidnaps three Karachi youths after luring them to Ghotki
KARACHI: Three young men engaged in an online business of carpet/sofa cleaning in the metropolis were lured to Ghotki on the pretext of work and kidnapped by riverine (katcha) area gangs, it emerged on...
View ArticleMan kills wife, her friend for ‘honour’ in Dera Allahyar
DERA MURAD JAMALI / KHUZDAR: A man allegedly gunned down his wife and another man for honour in Dera Allahyar town of Jaffarabad district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Mahbat...
View ArticlePunjab police launch units to investigate sexual crimes under anti-rape act
LAHORE: The Punjab police investigation department is all set to field 1,450 specially trained officers to run the Special Sexual Offences Investigation Units (SSOIUs) across the province in alignment...
View Article‘Friendly countries’ keen to tap trade opportunities in Balochistan
QUETTA: The ambassadors of various countries to Pakistan, in a meeting with the officials of the Balochistan Board of Investment and Trade (BBoIT), discussed trade, investment opportunities in the...
View ArticleCM Bugti orders steps to protect forests, wildlife
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has ordered the officials to take steps to protect forests, wildlife, and endangered species in the province. An official statement said the CM took...
View ArticleTwo ‘human traffickers’ nabbed from Gwadar
GWADAR: Police have arrested two suspects involved in human trafficking sending people abroad through illegal land and sea routes. Officials said that they were arrested on the information about...
View ArticleSindh Assembly descends into chaos after rejection of MQM-P resolutions
KARACHI: The private members’ day in the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday was marred by a commotion raised by opposition lawmakers after their three out of five resolutions were rejected by the treasury in...
View ArticleDoctors warn of protest over privatisation of hospitals
ISLAMABAD: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) of the country has threatened to launch a countrywide protest and boycott of hospitals if the Balochistan government did not stop its planned move to...
View ArticleAfghanistan rejected notion of border market, Senate panel told
ISLAMABAD: The Senate functional committee was informed that Afghanistan has rejected the notion of a border market, and progress on the proposal with Iran is slow owing to what the commerce ministry...
View ArticleSC asks if any armymen were held accountable for May 9 breaches
• Govt lawyer says no serving military officers charged over damage to installations, claims institution ‘showed restraint’ during unrest • Khawaja Haris insists ‘mastermind’ of violent protests will...
View ArticleManikas to be indicted in corruption case on 21st
SAHIWAL: Special Judge of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Asif Bashir said on Tuesday that Rs113.1 million corruption charges would be framed against Khawar Manika, ex-husband of PTI Chairman...
View ArticleThree minors allegedly raped in as many incidents in Lodhran
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View ArticleTalks committee won’t be dissolved on Jan 31st: Irfan Siddiqui
ISLAMABAD: PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui, who is also the spokesperson for the government’s negotiation committee, said the dialogue committee will not dissolve on January 31 — the PTI’s deadline for...
View ArticleFBR seeks banker’s bail cancellation in Rs40bn tax fraud case
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has complained that the grant of bail to a suspect in Rs40 billion tax fraud case by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on just Rs100 surety bonds has hampered...
View ArticleImran, spouse file appeals in Toshakhana case in IHC
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have filed an appeal before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the dismissal of their acquittal plea in the Toshakhana case....
View ArticleCybercrime conviction rate ‘very low’
ISLAMABAD: The conviction rate in cybercrime cases over the past five years remained below 5 per cent, with only a minuscule proportion of Pakistan’s mobile and internet users reporting digital crimes...
View Article4 terrorists killed in North Waziristan operation: ISPR
Security forces killed four terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday. According to the...
View ArticlePunjab Standing Committee approves setting up of special courts to tackle...
The Punjab Assembly’s Standing Committee on Wildlife on Tuesday approved amendments to the Wildlife Act 1974 and announced the setting up of special courts to take action against those committing...
View ArticleLaw minister rules out blanket amnesty for PTI prisoners, asks them to move...
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View ArticleSC to mull jurisdiction of regular bench tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will on Thursday (tomorrow) deliberate on a recurring question about whether regular benches can hear matters involving the constitutionality of laws, following the...
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PTI walks out of NA to press for probe bodies
• Five bills introduced as the house takes up 11 of the 57 items on the day’s agenda • NA speaker consults treasury, opposition members on Public Accounts Committee chairman’s post ISLAMABAD: The...
View ArticlePTI’s Yasmin Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed amongst 32...
A Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court on Wednesday indicted 32 people, including PTI leaders Dr Yasmin Rashid, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed and Senator Ejaz Chaudhry, in a May 9 case of allegedly setting fire to the...
View ArticleSaudi looking into $100m investment in Pakistan’s mining sector with focus on...
Saudi Mining Minister Bandar Alkhorayef told Reuters on Wednesday that Saudi Arabian mining company Manara Minerals was looking at investing in Balochistan’s Reko Diq mine. He added that the Saudi...
View ArticlePakistan tops annual smoking death toll in South Asia: report
Pakistan’s annual death toll from smoking is the highest in South Asia and higher than the global average, according to Gallup Pakistan’s analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2024 report. According...
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