Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: With the promulgation of the ‘Pakistan Medical Commission Ordinance, 2019’ unlimited autonomy has been given to private medical and dental colleges as they will now be able to charge fees of their choice. These colleges have been allowed to give marks or points for additional tests such as interview of students. Rather than following […]

A Karachi court on Tuesday awarded one-year jail imprisonment to a convicted drug peddler who was found guilty of selling ‘ice’ – a dangerous drug – to students in the metropolis. Rohail Shakeel was found guilty of selling the notorious substance in the Defence Housing Authority and arrested in 2018. The model criminal trial court […]

A team of foreign diplomats posted in Pakistan were taken to the Neelum Valley in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to witness firsthand whether the Indian army had “smashed four terror launch pads” there early Sunday, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said in a tweet on Tuesday. The diplomats were taken to the Nauseri, […]

Local leaders of various opposition parties convened in Islamabad on Tuesday for an All Parties Conference in which it was unanimously decided that no sit-in will be staged by the opposition on October 27. “As in other parts of the country, October 27 will be observed as Kashmir Solidarity and Black Day,” said JUI-F’s Maulana […]

KARACHI: An antiterrorism court has directed the investigating officers to produce nine prosecution witnesses to record their testimonies against two detained alleged Islamic State-inspired facilitators in a suicide attack on the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan. The counter-terrorism department claimed to have detained Nadir Ali, alias Murshid, and Furqan, alias Farooq alias Azam, […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank provided assurances of their continued support to Pakistan’s economy in meetings with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, a press statement issued by the government on Monday said. According to the press release, issued by the Finance Division, Sheikh, along with […]

SAHIWAL: Harappa police claimed to have booked on Sunday five people for kidnapping and raping a transgender at gunpoint a month ago near village Dhoop Sari. A Kamalia-based transgender person had been allegedly tortured and raped at gunpoint by two men on the night of Sept 20. The district police officer (DPO) ordered registration of […]

The federal cabinet on Monday approved a summary seeking a ban on the “militant wing” of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), sources in the cabinet division said. According to the sources, the summary, moved by the interior ministry, was approved through circulation just a day ahead of a cabinet meeting. The government took the measure to […]

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has promulgated an ordinance which has left the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) dissolved and paved the way for establishment of a new organisation namely Pakistan Medial Commission (PMC). The PMC will be run by a nine-member body and the head of the commission would be called president. The […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Energy on Friday decided to summon officials of the departments concerned to settle the issue of security clearance and remove restrictions on oil and gas exploration in Khuzdar. Dr Imran Khattak, chairman of the committee, observed that the parliamentary panel should play a major role in oil and […]