ANF directed to submit ephedrine quota report
LHC division bench gives two weeks to ANF to submit a detailed report RAWALPINDI: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) to submit a detailed…
Minor boy recovered after having gone missing in Karachi
The six-year-old-boy was recovered on Wednesday after having gone missing for a few hours on Tuesday night, which resulted in people coming out on streets to protest against the disappearance. Earlier, the protestors…
Signal-free Islamabad Expressway going nowhere
Project on halt due to lack of funds ISLAMABAD: Expansion of the Islamabad Highway has been halted for the last one year owing to lapse of funds, failure to approve PC-1 on time…
BZU expels 10 students for torturing fellow
MULTAN: Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) on Tuesday expelled ten students for torturing a fellow and imposed a total fine of Rs100,000 besides banning the entry of the expelled students to the varsity. Sources…
Elections in FATA soon with delimitation in final stages
Ali Khan says govt has re-designated tribal agencies as districts, sub-divisions of KP ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Tuesday informed the National Assembly that the delimitation process in…
Dr Mazari assures to resolve Hindus issues
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Tuesday said that the government was committed to resolve issues of the Hindu community residing in Pakistan through taking all necessary measures. Speaking…
KP’s transgender people to get education scholarships
Advocacy group says scholarship launched to mainstream community, increase opportunities ISLAMABAD: Blue Veins, a Peshawar-based women’s health advocacy group, has launched the educational scholarships for the transgender community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) with…
Asad seeks 27 different projects for Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Soon after taking charge as the federal minister for finance and economic affairs, ruling party’s key leader Asad Umar has forwarded a list of 27 different projects for the federal capital to…
Alvi suggests cost-effective approach against diseases
President asks religious scholars to encourage organ donation, population planning ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday said that the focus must be made upon the preventive healthcare by including it in all…
CCRD-CUI finalises EU’s rural uplift programme
Ambassador Jean-François Cautain says EU decides to conduct an environmental assessment for all of its planned development projects ISLAMABAD: The COMSATS University of Islamabad (CUI) and the Centre for Climate Research and Development…
Political activities at rise ahead of NA-131 by-poll
–Neck and neck expected between PML-N, ruling PTI –PTI ‘breaks’ promise of ticket to Waleed Iqbal, Abrarul Haq –PML-N leadership expects positive impact of Nawaz, Maryam’s bail on polls LAHORE: With the by-elections…
4 police officials involved in smuggling of goods in Karachi: report
An investigation report issued the other day identified four police officials allegedly involved in smuggling goods worth millions in Karachi, a private media outlet reported on Tuesday. The report was dispatched by…
NICVD to establish 10 more chest pain units by end of 2018
KARACHI: Number of Chest Pain Units (CPUs) of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) would be enhanced to 17 in Karachi by the end of this year, NICVD Executive Director Dr…
Population surge major cause of poverty, say experts
KARACHI: Health experts on Tuesday said that increasing population of Pakistan is the root cause of poverty, illiteracy, poor health and violence in society. This was stated by experts on the occasion…
SHC rejects plea against convict’s death sentence
The Sindh High Court (SCH) on Tuesday rejected a plea against death sentence to a convict, Aijaz Nawaz, and upheld the verdict of the anti-terrorism court. The anti-terrorism court had sentenced Aijaz…
Rs30,000 fine? Fake traffic violations list breaks the internet
Ever since Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Muhammad Tahir suggested a 2,000 per cent raise in traffic challans fee to discourage the growing culture of violating traffic laws, a list of “new…
Two CDA officials suspended after German ambassador’s tweet
Two officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) were suspended on Tuesday after German Ambassador Martin Kobler tweeted a picture of him in Islamabad standing besides a dumpsite. Kobler, who has gained…