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LAHORE / QUETTA / PESHAWAR: Lightning strikes and rain-related incidents left 24 people dead and injured several others in Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as downpour continued to lash the three provinces for a second day on Saturday. Heavy rains damaged highways, roads and houses, disrupting traffic and forcing people to move to safe places. In Punjab, 17 people, including children, died …

Thousands of passengers travelling to and from Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were stranded on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Tuesday as landslides triggered by heavy rains blocked the main artery at multiple points. Intermittent rain and snowfall have disrupted life in the region for the past three days. As temperatures dropped below zero, electricity remained suspended in several areas. According …

LAHORE: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) teams have disconnected 7,187 connections — 7,144 domestic and 43 commercial — in several operations from September 8 to date in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to gas pilferage and other complaints. The company imposing heavy fines totalling Rs55.2 million, according to an SNGPL spokesperson. “Over the past 17 days, we have disconnected …

KARACHI: With the deadline for the country’s first digital census approaching on April 10, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Wednesday that more than 90 per cent of work had been completed in Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, according to official data released on Wednesday, Islamabad and Balochistan trail significantly behind, with 72pc and 62pc work completed …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed PTI and the coalition government to sit together and come up with a date for elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab — which have been under caretaker governments since the provincial assemblies were dissolved in January — by 4pm. “Even if we take a decision [on the matter], the litigation will continue and this …

In an unexpected development, five judges of the Supreme Court — instead of a nine-member bench — on Monday resumed hearing the suo motu proceedings regarding the delay in the announcement of a date for elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The original bench included: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial Justice Ijazul Ahsan Justice Syed Mansoor Ali …

Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial said on Thursday that the Supreme Court will not tolerate the violation of the Constitution as the top court began its suo motu hearing to determine who has the constitutional responsibility and authority to announce the date for elections to a provincial assembly after it was dissolved in different situations, under the Constitution. …

A day after President Arif Alvi announced the date of elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) decided on Tuesday to consult the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) and legal experts on the matter. In a press release issued today, the electoral watchdog said that a meeting with the AGP and legal experts — the …

LAHORE: According to a report by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has failed to supply gas to consumers, particularly home consumer, during mealtimes in certain areas of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). The IB was tasked by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with investigating SNGPL’s claims that it supplies gas throughout its entire …

ISLAMABAD: The National Flood Res­ponse Coordination Centre (NFRCC) on Mon­day announced that a joint survey of damages caused by the catastrophe has been completed in 46 districts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A meeting of the NFRCC, held with Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal in the chair, was informed that out of the 46 districts where the …