ISLAMABAD: With active Covid-19 cases falling below 18,000 in the country, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday directed the provinces to prepare guidelines to manage tourism so that a resurgence of cases does not occur. The centre pointed out violations of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) at almost all tourist destinations, saying […]
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ISLAMABAD: Continuing their onslaught on the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the country’s major opposition parties — the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) — have asked NAB chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal to step down after recent observations of superior courts regarding its functioning and appointments in the bureau and the […]
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WASHINGTON: The Indian government’s insistence on Kashmir being a purely domestic issue is “a fiction maintained only by a large security presence”, says a report released by the US Institute of Peace. The report by the Washington-based think tank, which is funded by the US Congress, argues that New Delhi’s claim will “be sorely tested by the […]
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LAHORE: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has asked the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government to explain how it will generate huge funds for the ambitious Rs5 trillion Ravi urban development project, which, according to it, was dropped by the Shahbaz Sharif administration considering it economically unviable. “The PML-N’s Punjab government in 2013-14 had started the process […]
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LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has again asked the civil and police bureaucracy to improve governance and root out corruption as it is damaging the country’s economy beyond repair. “Corruption begins from elite segment of a society,” he said while speaking to the civil and police bureaucracy at the CM secretariat through video link. Reiterating […]
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A man shot and killed his sister for “honour” in the Clifton area of Karachi on Saturday, police officials said. They said the suspect, Hasnain Qamar, shot his 19-year-old sister, Noorul Huda Shah, in the city’s Marine Drive area, located in Clifton Block 2. The girl was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued a stay order against new membership of the Navy Sailing Club and asked the naval authorities to file replies till Aug 19. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued the restraining order while hearing a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman […]
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday appointed retired Brig Shujah Hassan as new chief executive officer of the Pakistan Steel Mills. A notification issued by the Establishment Division says the appointment of Shujah Hassan will be for one year with immediate effect and until further orders. However, the appointment is subject to termination on one […]
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A Rawalpindi district and sessions judge on Friday extended the interim bail of two men accused of sexual assault, committing “inappropriate acts”, and filming a girl. A third man, who is accused of filming the incident, was arrested on Thursday but was also granted interim bail by the court on Friday. The case was registered […]
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ISLAMABAD: An accountability court here on Friday dismissed the application seeking acquittal of former president Asif Ali Zardari in the Park Lane case and decided to indict him on Aug 10. The court also dismissed another application of Mr Zardari that challenged the accountability court’s jurisdiction and sought transfer of the case to a banking […]
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