STP stages big rally in Karachi against canals project
KARACHI: A big rally organised by the Sindh Taraqi-pasand Party (STP) on Sunday gave a call for a strike on Dec 18 against the federal government’s plan to build additional canals on the Indus River....
View ArticleAfter meeting Bilawal and Fazl, Vawda reaches out to MQM-P
KARACHI: After holding meetings with Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Senator Faisal Vawda on Sunday called on the leadership of the...
View ArticleInquiry finds gross negligence in HIV patient dialysis at Rahim Yar Khan’s SZMCH
RAHIM YAR KHAN: An urgent inquiry into the dialysis of an HIV-positive patient at the Nephrology Ward of Sheikh Zayed Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) has revealed significant operational lapses and a...
View ArticleMan twice implicated in false cases for ‘exposing police fuel sale’ in Lahore
LAHORE: A welding shop owner has approached the Lahore capital city police officer (CCPO) with a complaint against a network of “corrupt” police officials, who twice implicated him in fabricated cases...
View ArticleTahir Ashrafi questions JUI over seminaries bill
LAHORE: As the deadline set by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) for converting the Madrassa Registration Bill into law expired on Sunday, Pakistan Ulema Council chairman Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi has...
View ArticleKohistan jirga ends KKH blockade after release of leader held under 3MPO
MANSEHRA: Muttahida Kohistan Jirga on Sunday ended the five-day-long blockade of Karakoram Highway as a goodwill gesture on the “unconditional” release of its leader, Maulana Kareemdad, who was...
View ArticleParents’ reluctance to immunise children causing deaths in KP: experts
PESHAWAR: The reluctance of parents to immunise their children has been causing deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and diphtheria as both the ailments have caused 78 deaths in the...
View Article23 vying for Quetta NA-262 seat in by-election
QUETTA: The nomination process for the by-election in National Assembly constituency (NA-262) of Quetta has completed, with a total of 23 papers filed by independent and political party contenders. The...
View ArticleStudents suffer as Sindh MDCAT retake begins 2 hours late
KARACHI: The retake of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) was on Sunday marred by mismanagement as the paper began two hours behind the scheduled time, causing hardship and mental...
View ArticleUrgent hearing of challenges to 26th amendment sought
ISLAMABAD: Seven senior lawyers in a letter have requested Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi that their separate petitions challenging the 26th amendment be taken up urgently and heard by a...
View ArticlePresident Zardari summons NA session tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned a National Assembly session on Tuesday, amid expectations that a joint session of parliament will consider and pass the seminaries registration bill...
View ArticleBalochistan’s uplift integral to national progress: chief secretary
QUETTA: Chief Secretary Shakeel Qadir Khan has said the vast potential of natural resources, fisheries, tourism and livestock sectors of Balochistan can significantly contribute to both provincial and...
View ArticleFalling turnout from 2013 to 2024 hints at wider voter ‘apathy’
ISLAMABAD: The voter turnout in general elections has decreased since 2013, despite more people being eligible to vote, highlighting widespread “apathy” among the population to exercise the democratic...
View ArticleNaqvi says Serena Chowk underpass project to be completed within 2 months
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said Serena Chowk underpass will be completed within the stipulated timeframe of two months while Jinnah Avenue underpass will be completed by December 31....
View ArticleAlexandrine parrots disappearing from Pakistan’s skies
Pakistan is in danger of losing one of its famed birds, the Alexandrine parrot, which is already on a global list of near-endangered species due to multiple factors, most of them human-made. Wildlife...
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PM Shehbaz seeks Nawaz’s counsel over JUI-F, PTI ‘threats’
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on his brother and president of the ruling PML-N, Nawaz Sharif, at the latter’s residence on Sunday. Though no official word was given on the meeting...
View ArticleRawalpindi’s parking woes compound due to stalled projects
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC) and the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) failed to launch work on the approved projects of three parking plazas in the city centre. In 2019,...
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Attaullah Tarar slams civil disobedience call as PTI shifts strategy
• Minister slams PTI over ‘fake narratives’ on social media • Hammad believes ‘minus-Imran formula’ will fail; Sahibzada says PTI eying talks with establishment LAHORE: Information Minister Atta Tarar...
View Article13 terrorists killed in North Waziristan operation
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: At least 13 terrorists were reportedly killed and several others injured as militant hideouts near the Afghan border were targeted by security forces in the North Waziristan tribal...
View ArticleFazl says he won’t accept govt’s interference in seminaries
PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said here on Monday that they were not ready to accept any interference of government in the affairs of religious seminaries. Addressing...
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Mass protests force AJK govt to withdraw controversial law
PEOPLE attend a thanksgiving rally at Muzaffarabad’s Lal Chowk after the withdrawal of the controversial ordinance and acceptance of some other demands by the AJK government.—Photo by the writer •...
View ArticleCoalition partners meet today to bridge rift
ISLAMABAD: In order to sort out differences between the ruling partners, PML-N and PPP teams will meet today to start negotiations on contentious issues that have led to a rift between the two sides....
View ArticleSC suspends ECP decision to disqualify PML-N lawmaker Adil Bazai
The Supreme Court on Monday suspended the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to disqualify PML-N lawmaker Adil Bazai. In October, the National Assembly Secretariat sent a request to the...
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Two terrorists killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s DI Khan district: ISPR
Two terrorists were killed and one was arrested in an operation carried out by security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan area on Sunday, the military’s media wing said in a statement....
View ArticlePakistan ranked among lowest 12pc globally in mobile, broadband internet...
Pakistan was ranked among the lowest 12 per cent globally for mobile and broadband internet speeds in October, data from Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index showed on Monday. The index ranked Pakistan at...
View ArticleKarachi Police foil MQM-London rally in Azizabad, detain 24 protesters
The Karachi police on Monday foiled a rally planned by MQM-London (MQM-L) to commemorate the party’s martyrs’ day near its former headquarters in Azizabad and detained several workers and leaders....
View ArticleFazl blasts ‘attempt to divide ulema’ as tensions escalate with govt over...
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday criticised the government for its “conspiracy to divide the ulema” while speaking about the madressah reforms bill issue. The...
View ArticlePolice probing murder of army man gunned down in Karachi’s Bahadurabad
Karachi police on Monday launched an investigation to ascertain possible motives behind the murder of an army man who was gunned down in Bahadurabad the previous night, officials said. Police said that...
View ArticleFBR to bar passengers from bringing in ‘commercial quantity’ of goods beyond...
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to bar travellers coming from abroad from bringing any goods beyond $1,200 in value, it emerged on Monday. An FBR notification dated December 6, a copy of...
View ArticleMay 9 riots: SC constitutional bench rejects govt plea allowing military...
The Supreme Court’s (SC) constitutional bench on Monday rejected the federal government’s request allowing military courts to announce verdicts of completed trials of civilians allegedly involved in...
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