KARACHI: The Sindh Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission on Saturday approved the annual policing plan submitted by Inspector General of Police Dr Syed Kaleem Imam and it would be tabled before the provincial cabinet for final approval. The meeting was chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and attended by all permanent members — MPAs Sharjeel Memon, …

KARACHI: Amid the wait for a serious government initiative to tackle the problem of stray dogs in the province, the Indus Hospital (IH) has seen a spike in dog-bite cases over the past three weeks while a suspected case of rabies is currently being looked after at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), it emerged on Saturday. Recently, sources …

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday delayed announcement of decision in two of the cases of alleged terror financing against Jamatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and his associates. The court will now decide first a fresh application filed by the lawyers of the suspects demanding collective verdicts after completion of trials in all the cases pending against them. …

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) has begun benchmarking the country’s pharmaceutical units to check if they are following current good manufacturing practices (CGMP). The new initiative will start tomorrow (Monday). It aims to bring the authority at par with international standards and pave the way for the export of medicines from Pakistan. “We were working on this …

ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel will meet on Wednesday (Feb 12) to consider Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani’s proposal for retention of the numerical strength in the upper house of parliament at 104 after retirement of eight senators from erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). The Senate’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice, headed by Javed Abbasi of the opposition Pakistan Muslim …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said that “come what may”, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government would announce various measures to be taken by the federal cabinet, in its upcoming meeting, to reduce the prices of basic food items. In a tweet, the premier said: “I understand the difficulties ordinary people [including] salaried class are confronting and have decided, come …

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Saturday moved the Lahore High Court against pre-arrest bail granted to Advocate Hassaan Niazi, nephew of Prime Minister Imran Khan, and seven other lawyers by the trial court in Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) attack case. “The learned trial court has granted bail to the accused persons in a hasty manner without applying its judicial …

Pakistan Army Aviation pilots rescued two foreign mountain climbers from Broad Peak, Baltoro Glacier, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Sunday. In a statement, ISPR said the climbers — Donald Allen Bowie from the United States and Lotta Henriikka Nakyva from Finland — were part of an international winter expedition attempting to summit Broad Peak but were “stranded en route …

ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) has received 43 samples of suspected novel coronavirus cases, all of which have tested negative. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS), Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on NHS Dr Zafar Mirza said on Saturday that there has not been a single confirmed case of …

A day after backdoor negotiations between deposed khateeb of Lal Masjid Maulana Abdul Aziz and the Islamabad administration failed to make headway, the standoff continued for the third day on Sunday. A tense environment had prevailed over the weekend near the capital’s state-owned mosque, which has been occupied by its deposed Maulana Aziz, with the cleric’s supporters raising slogans amidst …