ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Monday called for shifting the cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari from Islamabad to Karachi. A demand to this effect was made by Senator Kulsoom Parveen during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior. The demand was converted into a resolution by committee chairman Senator Rehman Malik that was passed by a …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Inf­or­­mation Commission has directed Pakistan Railways to provide data concerning minorities’ quota in the organisation in writing within 10 days. The directive was issued by the commission after hearing a case regarding Pakistan Railways’ violation of the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 and the commission’s statement that there is no provision in the Right of …

RAWALPINDI: The Metro Bus Service between Rawalpindi and Islamabad will remain suspended from 9am to 10.30am and from 4pm to 6pm from Tuesday till Dec 15 as part of the security arrangements for the cricket test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi. “The bus service will not be suspended for the whole day as it will be closed …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday summoned the deputy inspector general (DIG) of the Safe City Project in a missing person case. Hearing a petition filed by father of the missing person, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani observed that the billions of rupees Safe City Project had apparently failed to deliver. Professor Mohammad Sharif filed the petition for the …

Teach the World Foundation (TTWF), a non-profit led by US-based Pakistanis, has been selected for the finals of the University of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Solve Challenge. Their project, “Enhancing Literacy and Numeracy”, aims to improve education outcomes in developing countries. According to an article published by Techjuice on Monday, the TTWF, led by Shafiq Khan and Imran Sayeed, is working …

ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Javed Iqbal on Monday revealed that references had been made against those involved in alleged corruption in the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) and Malam Jabba resort projects. “People often ask as to what the NAB is doing on Peshawar BRT and Malam Jabba cases. For them, I want to say that references have …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that its earlier observations — in which it held that the video clip concerning former accountability court judge Mohammad Arshad Malik will only benefit Nawaz Sharif if its genuineness is established — will not influence high court proceedings. The court made this statement while hearing the former prime minister’s review petition against …

In his message on global Human Rights Day, marked on December 10, Prime Minister Imran Khan appealed to the international community to act against the “illegal annexation” of occupied Kashmir by the Indian government. “On Human Rights Day, we must appeal to the world’s conscience, to upholders of international law [and] to the UNSC to act against the illegal annexation …

CAPE CANAVERAL: SpaceX made an early holiday delivery to the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing muscle-bound mighty mice, pest-killing worms and a smart, empathetic robot. The station commander, Italy’s Luca Parmitano, used a large robot arm to grab onto the Dragon three days after its launch from Cape Canaveral. The two spacecraft soared 420 kilometres above the South Pacific …

PESHAWAR: Changes in the pattern of rainfall and cold stress phenomenon have resulted in the loss of normal yields of food grains, including wheat and maize, and fruits in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in recent years. A report by the Climate Change Centre, University of Agriculture, Peshawar, reveals that the climate change had serious repercussions for the farming sector …