HEALTHThe Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to outsource diagnostic services at selected public hospitals under a PPP model. The first phase includes MRI and CT scan facilities at six hospitals across the province.
LocalPolice in Gujranwala said they arrested a woman’s husband and a neighbour in the murder of Nida and her three-year-old daughter. The city police officer said the husband planned the killing and the suspect also confessed to rape and murder.
NATIONALThe Lahore High Court has allowed the PPP to become a party in a petition over rising stray dog attacks. The case, originally filed by the Young Doctors’ Association, will now be heard again on May 20.
NATIONALThe labour department says it conducted 27,005 inspections at factories and workshops over the past one and a half years and registered 527 cases, but no convictions have followed. Officials and labour rights advocates cited weak enforcement, procedural flaws and legal loopholes.
BusinessA new Payoneer white paper says Pakistan’s e-commerce sector loses an estimated $1.61 billion annually due to cross-border payment inefficiencies. The biggest share of losses comes from cart abandonment at checkout.
CITYThe CDA has halted transfers of 22 plots and stopped processing around 60 more in Islamabad’s Sector D-13 over an alleged land scam. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi directed the FIA to complete its probe on a priority basis.
CITYA green electric bus in Rawalpindi came under stone attack on Peshawar Road, damaging a window but causing no injuries. Police also recorded three robbery cases in different parts of the city on the same day.
WorldA New Zealand court has rejected Brenton Tarrant’s appeal against his convictions and sentence for the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks. Judges said his guilty pleas were voluntary and his case had no merit.
CITYThe Sindh High Court has ordered authorities to implement earlier directives on Karachi’s notified development plan and said KSDP 2020 will remain in force until a new plan is legally notified. In separate proceedings, the court also ordered inspection of a government school in Thatta, while an anti
PoliticsShahid Khaqan Abbasi questioned the use of Sindh’s Rs3.6 trillion budget and criticised governance in Karachi and rural areas. The Sindh government rejected his remarks as politically motivated and defended its development record.
LocalA man and his two daughters were killed in Kot Addu when a speeding truck hit their motorcycle, police said. The girls, both college students, died at the scene along with their father.
CITYA container driver died after being electrocuted when his vehicle hit overhead electric wires while reversing on Jaranwala Road in Faisalabad. The conductor was shifted to hospital unconscious.
