Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to strip the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of powers to investigate the affairs of persons other than holders of public offices by amending the National Accountability Ordi­nance (NAO), commonly known as the NAB law. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, the federal Minister for Law and Justice, Dr Farogh […]

KASUR/SAHIWAL: Displacement of villagers and livestock in Kasur continued on Wednesday, as the Sutlej went on swelling for the third consecutive day here in Ganda Singhwala locality, its adjacent villages and hamlets owing to the water released from the Indian Punjab. The water discharge at Ganda Singh had increased to 12,000 cusecs during the last […]

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Thursday its Cyber Crime Unit in Lahore has arrested three suspects for harassing and blackmailing three separate women, including a foreigner. The agency also filed three separate cases under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). The FIA officials also recovered digital equipment, including cell phones, allegedly used […]

KARACHI: Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar and Pak Sarzameen Party chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday engaged in a war of words over the state of affairs in the metropolis with both sides trading serious allegations against each other. In the morning, the PSP chief held a press conference to respond to Mayor Akhtar’s allegations that […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday expressed “serious concern” over the recent spike in polio cases in the country and directed federal and provincial government officials to undertake effective awareness and immunisation campaigns so that the disease can be kept in check. In a high-level meeting called by him, the premier impressed upon the attendees the fact […]

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Asif Saeed Khosa on Tuesday wondered why the federal government had not repatriated Judge Arshad Malik of the accountability court to the Lahore High Court (LHC) for initiation of disciplinary proceedings against him. “Is the federal government protecting the judge by keeping his services with them?” the chief justice […]

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary body on Tuesday objected to delays in the completion of the Nai Gaj dam, the construction cost of which has escalated from Rs17 billion to Rs47.7bn in the last decade. The Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reform was informed that the project, which started in September 2009, had been delayed […]

An accountability court in Lahore granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) a 14-day extension in the physical remand of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz and her cousin Yousuf Abbas in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills (CSM) case. Earlier, the two had been remanded into NAB custody following their arrest on August 8. Amid strict security arrangements, the duo was […]

KASUR: Scores of people were evacuated from the villages near the Sutlej while over 2,000 were provided with transportation on Tuesday, according to Rescue 1122. Crops stretching over hundreds of acre land near the bed of Sutlej was submerged while water had started flowing into villages including Chanda Singhwala, Basti Bangla Desh, Gati Kalanger, Mastayki, […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday raised concerns with Twitter for suspending some 200 accounts of Pakistani users for posting views in support of Kashmiri people and against atrocities committed by the Indian forces in India-held Kashmir. In a statement, the PTA said this action was in violation of the policy and community standards […]