Category: Pakistan

As Pakistan observes Independence Day as ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ on Wednesday to express solidarity with Kashmiris and highlight their plight, President Dr Arif Alvi said that Pakistan has always stood with Kashmiris and would continue to do so. While addressing a flag-hoisting ceremony at the convention centre in Islamabad, President Alvi, who was the guest […]

ISLAMABAD: The incomplete Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) awaits a new crisis as the incumbent chief election commissioner (CEC) is set to retire in less than four months. Abdul Ghaffar Soomro and retired Justice Shakeel Baloch — the ECP members from Sindh and Balochistan — retired in January this year and under the law their […]

KARACHI: Over two dozen people lost their lives and 46 others suffered injuries in rain-related incidents across Sindh as the monsoon showers that began on Saturday morning wreaked havoc on several areas and their residents during its three-day spell amid prolonged power outages. Up to nine inches (200.6mm) of rainfall was recorded in Karachi’s Surjani […]

ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has allowed grant of civil awards to 116 Pakistan and foreign nationals for showing excellence and courage in their respective fields. According to a handout issued by the cabinet secretariat, the president granted Hilal-i-Pakistan to four persons; Hilal-i-Shuja’at to one person; Hilal-i-Imtiaz to four; Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam to one; Sitara-i-Pakistan to three; Sitara-i-Shuja’at […]

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Karachi received 200 millimetres of rain and his government is now exploring ways and means to construct new storm-water drains to cater to the requirement of the entire city. He said this while talking to the media after offering Eid prayers at a mosque […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Muzaffarabad on August 14, as part of the government’s decision to observe Independence Day this year in solidarity with Kashmiris. The prime minister will address the Azad Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly, Radio Pakistan reported. Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto had already arrived separately in the AJK capital […]

Two men allegedly vandalised a statue of Punjab’s ruler Raja Ranjit Singh placed near his grave in Shahi Qila, Lahore. The incident occurred on Saturday when the Qila had been routinely opened for visitors. Two men — one pretending to have a leg disability carrying a wooden rod and another “helping him to walk” — […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that a “comprehensive package” for Karachi will be announced by the federal government in order to “end the decades of neglect and suffering of the people of this great metropolis”. In a tweet, the prime minister said that he had directed all Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MNAs and MPAs elected […]

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari arrived separately in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s (AJK) capital Muzaffarabad on Sunday night to celebrate Eidul Azha and show solidarity with the Kashmiri people. They offered Eid prayers alongside AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider in Muzaffarabad on Monday and will spend the festival in […]

PPP leader Faryal Talpur, who is named in a fake accounts case being probed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), was shifted from Islamabad’s Polyclinic Hospital to Adiala jail at midnight on Monday. Earlier, Polyclinic Executive Director Dr Shuaib Khan had told Dawnthat Talpur was recovering and might be discharged on Sunday after which she would […]