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 …

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar and Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in their ‘Anti-corruption day’ messages said corruption had weakened Pakistan and termed the corrupt country’s enemies, pledging the PTI government won’t budge an inch from its principled stand against such elements. The governor said corruption was the root cause of all problems faced by the country, including economic constraints, price-hike, …

PESHAWAR: The United Business Group, a group of businessmen, has hailed the Peshawar High Court’s verdict, directing the FIA to conduct probe into the alleged corruption in the BRT project within 45 days. The group’s leader and former senator, Ilyas Ahmad Bilour,while talking to mediapersons here on Sunday, said the people of Peshawar, particularly the business community, had suffered heavily …

ISLAMABAD: The four provinces jointly provided a whopping cash surplus of Rs202 billion to the Centre during the first quarter (July-September) of the current fiscal year to help meet its fiscal targets committed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This means the provinces did not utilise more than one-fourth (25 per cent) of the funds for the welfare of their …