Category: Pakistan

KARACHI: Tropical Cyclone “Vayu” in the East Arabian Sea has intensified as ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’ (VSCS) and is currently located at a distance of about 725 km from Karachi, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said in an update issued to media on Wednesday. The PMD said that cyclone has moved further north-northwestward during last the […]

The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that annual increase in the tuition fee of private schools will be five per cent, upholding a Sindh High Court (SHC) order that was passed earlier. The top court also withdrew an order from last year — passed by former chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar — for private schools […]

KARACHI: The hot weather conditions prevailing in the city might lose or increase their intensity depending on whether the system developing in the Arabian Sea turns into a cyclone, a Met department official said on Monday. “It’s still developing, so we can’t be specific but if it does turn into an intense cyclone, it could […]

ISLAMABAD: The literacy rate increased by 1.6pc to 62.3pc in 2017-18, from 60.7pc in 2014-15, according to the Economic Survey of Pakistan launched on Monday. The survey stated: “Pakistan social and living standards measurement (PSLM) survey could not be conducted in 2016-17 and 2017-18 on account of ‘Population & Housing Census in 2017’. However, according […]

An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) 11-day physical remand of former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, a day after his arrest. Accountability court judge Mohammad Arshad Malik announced the decision and ordered that Zardari be presented before the court again on June 21. NAB’s grounds for […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has once again asked provincial governments to come up with draft laws aimed at conservation of precious water resources through uniform policies. “We are giving final notice to all the governments to furnish draft laws for conservation of water resources and we expect positive steps from them since it is not […]

QUETTA: Opposition parties in the Balochistan Assembly have announced that they would launch a movement against the provincial government after the presentation of the provincial budget. A meeting presided over by the Leader of the Opposition Malik Sikandar Khan here on Monday slammed the government for not taking the opposition parties into confidence over the […]

LAHORE: PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz has said there are two separate laws in the country; one for all others, and another for the ‘selected’ Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cronies. “This fake premier used to say that there were separate laws for the poor and the rich. But the fact is that there is […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounta­bility Bureau (NAB) on Monday arrested former president Asif Zardari after cancellation of his pre-arrest bail by the Islamabad High Court in the fake bank accounts case, prompting a strong reaction from the opposition and sporadic protests by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) workers in various parts of the country, mostly in the […]

Bumburate: In a remote valley in Pakistan dozens of Kalash minority women dance to celebrate spring’s arrival — but as a gaggle of men scramble to catch them on camera, the community warns an influx of domestic tourists is threatening their unique traditions. Every year the Kalash — a group of less than 4,000 people […]