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Polls are under way on 21 national and provincial seats as cellular services were temporarily suspended in “specific districts” of Punjab and Balochistan to “safeguard” the electoral process. According to a statement issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Saturday, “cellular services will be temporarily suspended in specific districts of Punjab and Balochistan during the by-elections” on April 21 …

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday that Iranian President Dr Ebrahim Raisi would undertake an official visit to Pakistan from April 22 (Monday) to April 24 (Wednesday). In a statement, the FO said this would be the first visit by any head of state to Pakistan after the February 8 general elections. “The Iranian president will be accompanied by his …

RAWALPINDI: A 27-year old woman gave birth to sextuplets at the District Headquarters Hospital on Friday – a rare event occurring once in a blue moon. Zeenat Waheed, wife of Mohammad Waheed, a resident of Hazara Colony, was brought to the hospital Thursday night with labour pains. On Friday, she delivered six babies one after another within one hour. Four …

ISLAMABAD: Sindh and Punjab police will launch yet another joint operation against notorious dacoits of Kacha area in Sindh. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Na­­ti­o­nal Action Plan Imple­m­e­ntation Review Com­mit­tee held at the National Counter Terror­ism Auth­ority (Nacta) headquarters on Friday. Presided over by Fed­eral Minister for Interior Mohsin Raza Naqvi, the meeting was attended, among …

ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday said opposition members were afraid of his sister Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari and father President Asif Ali Zardari. Talking to reporters in the parliament house, he said the opposition resorted to shouting when Aseefa was taking the oath as MNA and Mr Zardari was addressing the joint sitting of the parliament on Thursday. “This shows …

PESHAWAR: The Pesh­awar High Court (PHC) has directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister and cabinet to convene the assembly session within a fortnight to ensure that those elected on reserved seats for women and non-Muslims take oath. A PHC bench comprising Justice Syed Mohammad Attique Shah and Justice Shakeel Ahmad, in its 24-page detailed judgement on three identical petitions filed …

The United States has imposed sanctions on four entities for their alleged involvement in supplying “missile-applicable items” to Pakistan’s ballistic missile program, stating that the move is intended to bring about a “change in behavior.” In response, the Foreign Office (FO) said it was unaware of latest listings but added that such actions had been taken in the past as …

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that the economic and cultural relationships between Pakistan and China were rapidly growing due to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). In a message on global observance of the Chinese language as one of the largest dialects for communication, he said that a “sufficient number of Pakistanis” were learning the Chinese language, cementing …

QUETTA: The road link to many areas of Balochistan couldn’t be restored till Friday as rains and thunderstorms continued in different areas of northern and southern Balochistan during the last 24 hours. The border district of Chaman continued to witness disaster as flash floods entered the town from Khozak and other mountain ranges. The deluge also damaged the Quetta-Chaman highway, …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistani airlines, including PIA, are awaiting the restoration of facilities at Du­bai airport, and PIA will promptly resume its air operations once the situation improves, the flag carrier’s spokesperson said on Thursday. The torrential rains in the Uni­ted Arab Emirates over the past three days have flooded runways, severely affecting flight operations at Dubai International Airport. The PIA spokesperson said that …