Category: Pakistan

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Zafar Mirza also resigned from the cabinet after Tania Aidrus citing the “ongoing negative discussion about the role of SAPMs and criticism on the government” as the reason for his decision. The announcements from the two senior government functionaries came after severe criticism from the opposition parties over […]

Pakistan’s largest charity organisation Edhi Foundation has suspended its ambulance service in Karachi due to out of order telephone lines caused by the rains that hit the port city, confirmed the spokesperson of the organisation. “Telephone lines of the Edhi Foundation are out of order due to the rains,” said the spokesperson. He added that […]

ISLAMABAD: August 9 will be celebrated as the Tiger Force Day, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Tuesday, announcing a massive plantation drive across the country to combat adverse effects of climate change. In a message broadcast today, the prime minister said he would personally become a part of the plantation drive. “We will have to […]

KARACHI: The power woes of Pakistan’s financial hub continued Tuesday amid the fresh rain spell, with the sole power supplier, the K-Electric, carrying out unannounced load-shedding in various areas. Since Monday, several areas of the city have been suffering from prolonged electricity outages including Surjani, Orangi, New Karachi, North Karachi, and Paposh. Karachi’s Liaquatabad, Khamosh […]

LAHORE: Opposition parties have decided to devise a strategy for the ouster of the incumbent “failed government” in post-Eid meeting, PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif said Tuesday. The two leaders were holding a press conference following a series of meetings that the opposition leaders convened today ahead of the All Parties […]

The federal government has ordered the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to initiate a probe against sugar mills based on the Sugar Inquiry Commission report, Geo News reported. The directions to launch an investigation come after the Sugar Inquiry Commission report released last month […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan may see a “spike in cases” of the deadly coronavirus if people failed to follow the predetermined standard operating procedures (SOPs) on the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha and the holy month of Muharram, Prime Minister Imran Khan warned on Monday. PM Imran’s cautionary comments came almost three weeks after he advised people not to repeat […]

The third spell of rain Monday wreaked havoc in Karachi as most areas in the city’s northern areas remained inundated with rainwater, causing citizens to suffer due to urban flooding, prolonged power outages, and traffic jams. Heavy downpour in Nazimabad, North Nazimabad, Ayesha Manzil, Baldia, Power House Chowrangi, Orangi Town and Haideri caused roads and […]

PESHAWAR: After much controversy, the federal government on Monday transferred the services of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s brother Zia-ur-Rehman, back to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Rehman had been appointed to a key post in Karachi, which caused a hue and cry from opposition parties who blamed the Sindh government for favouring the JUI-F to make the […]

Rawalpindi Police announced on Monday that they had arrested the main accused and his co-conspirators in the murder of nine people, mainly women and children. According to the police, Danish, the main accused, said that he committed the murders to take ‘revenge’ for his mother’s murder. The police also said it arrested six people accused […]