KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday set aside the notifications of the provincial authorities to surrender the services of a deputy inspector general (DIG) and a senior superintendent of police (SSP) to the federal government. The two-judge SHC bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar ruled that no decision to surrender the services of […]
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KARACHI: As the chief minister is set to appoint a vice chancellor at Karachi University (KU), the Federation of All Pakistan Universities Academic Staff Association (Fapuasa), Sindh chapter, announced on Wednesday that a ‘black day’ would be observed at public sector universities on Thursday (today) to register their protest against the government for “making a […]
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A Punjab University MPhil student who was allegedly picked up by “unidentified men” in Lahore early on Thursday morning has returned home, his family said. Mohsin Abdali, who is completing his MPhil in Agricultural Sciences at the university, was allegedly abducted by unidentified men from his residence in Lahore. An initial report of the incident, […]
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A Pakistani man arrested earlier this month in Islamabad over the 2005 killing of a British woman police officer does not want to be extradited to Britain and is asking that he be tried in his home country, his lawyer said on Wednesday. The 71-year-old suspect, Piran Ditta Khan, appeared before a court in the […]
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Two mortar shells were fired into Pakistan from the Afghanistan territory, said Foreign Office spokesperson Aisha Farooqui on Wednesday. No casualties were reported. Following the incident, the Torkham border gate was closed off for security reasons, she added. “The matter is being coordinated with Afghan authorities,” Farooqui said in a statement, adding that the gate […]
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The government is initiating a programme to privatise a number of public institutions to make them profitable, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information Firdous Ashiq Awan told the media on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, flanked by Minister for Privatisation Mohammad Mian Soomro and Secretary Privatisation Commission Rizwan Malik, Awan said that […]
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Two polio workers were killed on Wednesday when their team came under attack in Swabi’s Parmoli area. According to Swabi’s District Police Officer Imran Shahid, unidentified men opened fire at the polio team while they were on duty. As a result of the firing, a lady health worker was killed on the spot while another […]
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Pakistan on Wednesday backed Palestine’s demand for making Jerusalem as the capital of its independent state on the basis of pre-1967 borders, a statement released by the Foreign Office said. The announcement comes a day after US President Donald Trump presented his Middle East plan as a solution to one of the world’s longest-running conflicts. The plan […]
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Dawn Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hameed Haroon on Wednesday filed a case in the Sindh High Court (SHC) against filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood, popularly known as Jami, for making “defamatory statements” against him. Last year in October, Jami came forward with the accusation that he was raped by a “media tycoon” 13 years ago and on […]
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Four Pakistani students in China tested positive for the coronavirus, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza said on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, Dr Mirza said that a large proportion of the Pakistanis living in China were students of which over 500 students were based in the central city of Wuhan, […]
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