ISLAMABAD: The scrutiny committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will take up the foreign funding cases against two major opposition parties — the PML-N and the PPP — on Thursday (today). Informed sources told Dawn that notices had been issued to the parties on Monday on the orders of the commission. The scrutiny committee has issued notices to the PML-N …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that the information technology (IT) industry could be the basis for the growth in export of services. He said IT, cyber connectivity and digitisation should be promoted because the country’s growth was connected to the adoption of the latest modes of science and technology. Mr Khan was addressing a signing ceremony for …

FAISALABAD: The health officials have requested the district administration for imposition of a ‘micro smart lockdown’ following detection of Covid-19 cases among 10 people, including four children, of Madina Town. The Covid-19 has been detected among Hurain, 4, Zaman, 6, and Mariya, 30, Kashif, 40, Eman, 5, Hira Zia, 35, Umat Rasool,74, Adiyan, 8, Rasal, 12 and Shumaila, 38. All …

LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday addressed the PML-N Central Executive Committee (CEC) in Model Town here via video-link from London and asked party supporters to stay with him in his struggle for civilian supremacy. If the nation stays together “the change may take place within weeks,” he declared. “I refuse to live in my own country like …

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Thursday took notice of a woman’s suspected gang-rape in the province’s Nankana Sahib district and directed the regional police officer to submit a report regarding the incident. Mangtanwala police have registered a case against six accused, four of whom have not been identified. A first information report, registered on the complaint of the victim’s …