Category: Pakistan

KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: While one more patient of novel coronavirus has been found in Sindh, taking the number of cases to four in the province and seven in the country, the National Institute of Health (NIH) is content that the country has avoided a major outbreak of the deadly disease as 16 days have passed […]

Prime minister’s assistant Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday promised to extend complete support for the upcoming Aurat March provided it “does not trample on Pakistan’s honour”. While addressing an event in Islamabad, Awan, special assistant to the prime minister on information and broadcasting, said strengthening women was the government’s “most important mission”. But, she […]

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday dismissed a petition seeking to restrict the Aurat March as non-maintainable and not justiciable. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah dismissed the petition saying the right of assembly is a fundamental right but he stated that the court expects that the participants of the march will exercise their rights […]

A case was registered at Karachi’s Rizvia Police Station on Friday over the collapse of a five-storey residential building in the Gulbahar area of Nazimabad as the death toll from the incident rose to 16. On Thursday, the residential building had fallen on two adjacent structures, bringing them to the ground as well. The FIR, […]

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Friday issued an advisory pertaining to coverage of International Women’s Day — commemorated on March 8 — and warned TV channels against airing “unethical slogans, play cards (sic) with objectionable content”. The advisory pointed out that the Lahore High Court (LHC) had issued conditional permission for the […]

At least 70 people were affected by a gas leak at Engro Polymer & Chemicals Plant in Karachi’s Port Qasim area, officials said on Friday. According to an official statement from Engro, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the incident was caused due to the “release of chlorine gas through the vents”. The statement […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday promised that 2020 would be the year of jobs and housing facilities for deserving people and said it was his government mission to construct homes for low-income groups of society. “Before this, the government system was a bit slow but now we have taken off and 2020 will […]

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza on Wednesday dismissed rumours that the number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan were being understated due to the ongoing Pakistan Super League matches. Speaking to media in Rawalpindi, Mirza said rumours of a higher number of confirmed cases in the country were “100 per cent […]

The Supreme Court (SC) reminded the government on Wednesday of its earlier ruling that civilians cannot be court-martialled. A two-member bench, headed by Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Munib Akhtar, made these remarks during a hearing on the government’s appeal against the release of Inamur Rahim — a retired colonel. On Jan 2, the defe­nce […]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said that “there was an outpouring of press conferences immediately after writing a letter to London”. She was referring to a letter the government wrote to authorities in the United Kingdom for the repatriation of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif who it […]