LARKANA: Pakistan Peoples Party Sindh president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has expressed his serious doubts about independence of state institutions saying that only such an impression is being created. He claimed that attempts were made to “make them follow instructions”. Speaking at a press conference at the local press club on Sunday, he argued that “if they [institutions] are free to …

ISLAMABAD: Religious scholars, clerics and caretakers of various shrines in the country have decried the practice of recklessly issuing fatwas (religious decrees) by some religious leaders and urged the government to devise a mechanism which could streamline the practice. These observations were made at the ‘Seerat-i-Rehmatul Aalameen Con­fe­rence’ held here on Sunday under the aegis of the Pakistan Ulema Council …

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Law Minister Mohammad Basharat Raja said on Sunday that the government was working to make amendments to Police Order 2002 to make the force people friendly. “The government is bringing new reforms to improve the police working and bridge the gap between the police and the citizens,” he said while chairing a meeting on law and order held …

SHEIKHUPURA: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar paid a surprise visit to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital on Sunday and suspended a doctor from service on the patients’ complaints. He went to various wards of the hospital to inquire after the patients who complained about the shortage of medicines and other facilities in the hospital. They also complained about the indifferent …

A banking court in Karachi on Monday extended the interim bail of PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur until Jan 23 in a case pertaining to alleged money laundering of billions through fake bank accounts. The siblings face allegations that they had illegally channelled funds through the said accounts in connivance with the chief executive officers of …

LAHORE: The Punjab government has appointed Dr Amir Nazir, awaiting posting, as the new programme director/manager of the provincial TB Control Programme allegedly in violation of the laid-down criteria. The Primary & Secondary Health Care Department issued a notification of Dr Nazir’s appointment to run the programme meant for fighting tuberculosis, reducing mortality, morbidity and the spread of TB infection. …

LAHORE: The federal and all provincial governments have been asked to work out ways to implement the prime minister’s desire of fixing two percent job quota for special persons in all government departments and issuing driving licences to the deaf. The directions received from the federal government in Punjab have been conveyed to the departments concerned for response within a …

BADIN: Former president Asif Ali Zardari said on Sunday he was not afraid of graft and other cases and vowed to face all of them with courage even if 50 more were instituted against him. Speaking to his party’s lawmakers, leaders, workers and supporters at a rally held in a village near Matli, the Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman said he …

KARACHI: Observing that there could not be any progress in Sindh amid a controversy between the centre and the province, President Arif Alvi has urged the Sindh government to join hands with the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led federal government for the implementation of the Karachi package. Talking to reporters at the Governor House on Sunday on the occasion of the Vintage and …

A Mesquite mother says her sons and nephews were racially profiled at the Kroger off Faithon P. Lucas Sr. Boulevard Thursday night. Ukiah Swain said the boys went to the store without her to buy snacks and they left with a bad taste in their mouths. “I’ve been crying for days, I don’t want to cry anymore,” Swain said. The …