Category: Pakistan

The death toll of miners, who were trapped in a coal mine for nearly two days, rose to nine after a worker succumbed to his injuries in Civil Hospital Quetta on Tuesday. Earlier today, rescue workers had managed to recover two coal miners as well as the bodies of eight others who had been trapped […]

Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of incarcerated former premier Nawaz Sharif and a vice-president of the PML-N, announced on Tuesday that she would be leading protest rallies across the country and asked people who wish “to live in a free, democratic and just Pakistan” to join. “Insha’Allah I shall be leading protest rallies across Pakistan that […]

Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Tuesday slammed the “kingly” spending of national wealth by past public office holders on the pretext of setting up camp offices, security arrangements and entertainment. Before he began discussing the figures, Saeed said that it was important to provide the context under which such lavish expenditures […]

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday extended the date for by-polls for National Assembly seat NA-205 Ghotki to July 23. According to a notification, the date for by-elections in NA-205 has been changed from July 18 to 23. The notification read that the by-polls were extended “due to disposal of pending constitutional petitions […]

A rescue operation to recover 11 miners, who have been trapped in a coal mine in Quetta district’s Degari area for over 20 hours, is still underway without success. The miners were trapped on Sunday when poisonous gas accumulated in the mine that is thousands of feet deep. The Minister of Mines and Minerals Development […]

LAHORE: As death toll in Thursday’s train crash at the Walhar railway station rose to 23 on Friday, a railways team in its initial report held the Akbar Express driver and his assistant responsible. The team comprises lower cadre technical staff and its report is called ‘joint certificate’ in the PR correspondence. Another investigation team […]

• Apex court to hear plea seeking probe on 16th• Law minister says president to decide judge’s fate• In affidavit, Arshad Malik claims he met Nawaz at Jati Umra after latter’s conviction ISLAMABAD: After consultation with the Supreme Court amid deepening political and judicial crises, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday removed accountability court judge […]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information (SAPM) Firdous Ashiq Awan in a press conference on Saturday revealed that the federal cabinet this week granted approval for launching an inquiry against senior PML-N leader Khawaja Asif for allegedly posing a risk to national security. “A person who served in the capacities of a defence […]

LAHORE: Pakistan on Friday again extended its partial airspace ban along its eastern border with India till July 26, says an official of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). “Airspace ban along its eastern border with India has been extended till July 26,” CAA spokesperson Nawaz Ahmed Sipra told Dawn. He said a notice to airmen […]

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday said it had taken necessary flood management preparatory measures ahead of heavy rainfall predicted by weather pundits for next week. The countrywide preparatory measures were reviewed at a coordination meeting of the Federal Flood Commission (FFC) that was presided over by Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda and attended by […]