Category: Pakistan

LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has given a go-ahead to the home departments to ‘take over control of the police’ in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad. Under the new system, the major functions of the police would be performed by the deputy commissioners (DCs) who have been given judicial powers of 22A and 22B besides […]

The federal government has decided to mark September 27 as “Kashmir Solidarity Day” to express solidarity with the people in India-occupied Kashmir against Indian brutalities. According to a notification issued by the interior ministry on Wednesday, the day will be observed under the theme “Let us save the innocent children of India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir”. […]

The Larkana district and sessions judge will initiate on September 27 a judicial probe into the death of Nimrita Chandani — a BDS final year student at Bibi Aseefa Dental College (BADC) who was found dead in her hostel room two weeks ago — after the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday granted permission in this regard. […]

The death toll from yesterday’s devastating earthquake in southern Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) rose up to 38, with the most number of victims belonging to the Mirpur district, a situation report released by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Wednesday said. Other victims belonged to Bhimber and Jhelum districts. Survey teams, constituted by […]

Leaders of the PPP and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) on Wednesday said that there are no differences between their parties on sending the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government packing, but that the method of accomplishing that objective is still open to discussion. The resolve came after JUI-F leader and convener of the opposition’s Rahbar Committee Akram Durrani […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Zafar Mirza on Tuesday said that over all 11,783 cases of dengue had been reported from across the country. “However, as many as 95 per cent of the cases in Sindh were reported from Karachi and 84 per cent of the cases in Punjab from […]

LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) suspended power generation for a couple of hours at Mangla after Tuesday’s earthquake jolted the country’s biggest dam, but decided to resume supply after concluding that it was safe to do so. Power generation at Mangla resumed at 7.20pm, restoring 700MW to the national grid and easing fears of […]

A nine-member Supreme Court bench on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s petition, against a presidential reference, until October 8 and directed Additional Attorney General Amir Rehman to submit a response on the judge’s appeal. Justice Umar Ata Bandial, who was heading the bench, pointed out that Justice Mansoor Ali Shah — […]

A powerful 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted several cities and northern parts of the country on Tuesday afternoon, leaving at least 23 people dead and over 300 others injured, officials said. At least 100 of those injured are in a critical state. The tremors lasted for 8-10 seconds and were felt strongly, DawnNewsTV reported. Prime Minister Imran Khan, who […]

National Disaster Management Authority Chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Afzal held a press conference on Tuesday evening to brief the media regarding the damages suffered and rescue operations underway in the wake of a 5.8-magnitude earthquake which hit the northern parts of the country. “Right now, I can confirm the death of 10 people. Some reports have placed […]