Category: Pakistan

Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa on Saturday said that the “tragic, unbelievable and shocking” attack by a group of lawyers on Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) earlier this week “should not have happened” and is “an opportunity for introspection and self-accountability”. On Wednesday, members of the legal fraternity had staged a violent protest […]

Police registered a case early on Friday after one student was killed and several others were injured during a clash between two groups over an event at the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) a day earlier. According to police sources, 16 students have been arrested so far after a search operation at the university and […]

Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) first female judge Lubna Saleem Pervaiz was officially sworn in at a ceremony on Friday, reported Radio Pakistan. She took her oath alongside judges Fiaz Anjum Jadran and Ghulam Azam Qambrani. The oath was administered by IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah. She was previously working as deputy general at the Sindh High […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday urged parents to ensure that their children are administered with the anti-polio vaccine not only for the sake of their health but also for the nation. While speaking at the launching ceremony of the Nationwide Polio Eradication Campaign in Islamabad, the premier pointed out that Pakistan is one of […]

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday said that an agreement under which Switzerland will share financial information of Pakistanis with Islamabad will bring transparency in the shifting of money to foreign destinations. Speaking to reporters in his native Multan at a wide-ranging press conference, the minister said the government welcomes the accord under which […]

Prime minister’s aide Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday announced that it had been decided that a committee be formed to “overcome challenges” that are being faced by media houses, workers and the industry as a whole. Speaking to reporters in Islamabad, the special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) on information and broadcasting said that […]

MINGORA: Unidentified assailants shot dead Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz local leader Feroz Shah Advocate here on Wednesday. According to Kanju police, Mr Shah was going home after offering Maghrib prayers that unidentified gunmen who were waiting on him opened fire, leaving him critically injured. His personal guard was also injured in the attack. They both were […]

KARACHI: A six-year-old boy, who was admitted to the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) over three weeks ago after being brutally bitten by half-a-dozen dogs in Larkana, died on Wednesday. The boy, Hasnain, could not receive critical treatment in Larkana or any other district nearest to his home town and was brought to Karachi […]

ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition have reached close to an understanding under which candidate for the post of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) is most likely to be picked from the three names proposed by the government, while members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from Sindh and Balochistan are in all probability […]

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday expressed concern over the federal cabinet’s proposal to curb media coverage of convicts and absconders, warning that the move “may eventually return to haunt the government” On Tuesday, Prime Minister Imran Khan, while chairing a federal cabinet meeting, had directed the law minister to draft laws […]