Category: Pakistan

The Punjab education department on Thursday decided to keep all public and private schools in Lahore, Gujranwala and Faisalabad closed on November 15 and 16 due to poor air quality. According to a notification issued by the provincial government, the schools will remain closed due to “dense smog” in the three districts. Punjab Minister for […]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday said that the government had thrown the ball in the PML-N’s court on the subject of Nawaz Sharif going abroad for his medical treatment. On Wednesday, Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farogh Naseem announced that the former prime minister will […]

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to induct highly qualified professionals of relevant fields in top positions into federal ministries, on the pattern of under secretaries in the United States, to improve efficiency and output of the government. They would be officially called ‘technical advisers’ and paid according to market conditions in the private sector for […]

KARACHI: The police on Tuesday booked two staff members of a private school in Gulshan-i-Maymar for sexually assaulting a four-year-old boy, officials said. They said the grandfather of the child contacted the police on Monday evening with a complaint that his grandson was subjected to sexual assault by the two non-teaching staffers of the private […]

LAHORE: An accountability court judge on Tuesday rebuked Leader of the Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz for not maintaining decorum of the court during hearing of the Ramzan Sugar Mills case against him and his father, PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif. Presiding Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry was busy in the proceedings when he noticed Hamza […]

Three soldiers of the Pakistan Army were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in North Waziristan tribal district, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday evening. The martyred soldiers were a part of the army’s patrolling team. One other soldier was also injured when the IED went off, the ISPR statement said The […]

The Edhi Foundation was awarded the Isa Award for Service to Humanity in a ceremony in Bahrain’s capital Manama for its humanitarian services, a press release by the organisation said. According to the press statement by the Isa Award for Service to Humanity, the charity organisation was shortlisted along with several other qualifiers from other countries by […]

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Tuesday formally charged Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi and others in a case concerning the violent protests initiated by TLP following a Supreme Court verdict acquitting Aasia Bibi last year. ATC-I Judge Arshad Hussain Bhutta announced the charges brought against the religio-political leaders. Strict security arrangements […]

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) may get its first lady judge since its establishment in January 2011. The law ministry has formally informed the Judicial Commission of Pakistan headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khan Khosa about the recommendation of IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah. As per a document forwarded to […]

ISLAMABAD: The issue of Kartarpur Corridor echoed in the National Assem­bly on Monday as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) opposed the government’s initiative while it was fully backed by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). On the other hand, the government could not defend its decision to open the corridor before the house was adjourned till […]