Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: Heavy rain accompanied with gusty winds and thunderstorms lashed twin cities on Saturday, leaving many areas without power. Though the day started sunny, the rain started just ahead of iftar. In some areas of Chaklala Scheme III and vicinity, the people broke their fast without electricity. The rain also brought down the temperature by two celsius: from 26 to …

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly (NA) Deputy Speaker Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah took notice on Saturday of the supply of contaminated water in the Parliament House and Parliament Lodges. The issue of contaminated water was highlighted in an investigative report by the Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR), Ministry of Science and Technology. The government of Pakistan has directed PCRWR …

MUZAFFARABAD: Police in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have detained 54 individuals under different sections of the Penal Code and an anti-terrorism law for ransacking an international fast-food restaurant franchise in the southern lakeside city of Mirpur, an official said on Saturday. On Friday night, a mob of around 250-300 people, chanting anti-Israel and pro-Palestine slogans, marched from a mosque …

KARACHI: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday assured the Sindh government that the issue of at-source deduction of taxes from the provincial government’s head by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and other federal entities would be resolved amicably. This emerged in a meeting between the federal minister and Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah at the CM’s House. …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s Secretariat has said that it hasn’t received any government orders to call a sitting of the house for the swearing-in of the lawmakers elected to the seats reserved for women and non-Muslims. The Peshawar High Court had ordered Speaker of the provincial assembly Babar Saleem Swati to administer oaths to those MPAs on April 2, according to …

KARACHI: While there has been a slight decrease in measles’ cases with the weather conditions getting warmer in a couple of days, the highly contagious infection remains a serious public health concern in Karachi as complicated cases continue to be reported at the city’s tertiary care hospitals, it emerged on Saturday. According to experts, the majority of children being brought …

ISLAMABAD: As many as 59 candidates are left in the run for 30 vacant seats of the Senate following unopposed election of 18 senators from Punjab and Balochistan. The Election Commis­sion of Pakistan (ECP) said in a statement on Saturday that all was set for the Senate elections on April 2, as the printing of ballot papers and delivery of …

Ten people were killed while 12 were injured in rain-related incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the past two days, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said on Sunday. The province has been witnessing heavy rain since Friday. Late on Saturday night, heavy downpours coupled with hailstorms hit parts of the province, resulting in cattle perishing, including a cattle pen in …

MUZAFFARGARH: Two nine-year-old girls were raped in separate incidents at the District Headquarters Hospital Layyah and Kot Addu. A mentally challenged minor girl was raped at the DHQ Hospital, Layyah, on Thursday evening. The nine-year-old girl belonged to Chak 515-TDA of Kot Addu who was visiting the hospital with her family. A CCTV footage showed the victim child being taken …

ISLAMABAD: In a recent reshuffle, the federal government has replaced Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Akbar Nasir Khan, with Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, a BS-20 officer currently posted in Punjab. According to the notifications issued by the Establishment Division, Dr Akbar Nasir Khan was posted to the Establishment Division “with immediate effect and until further orders”. Khan had been …