BAHAWALPUR: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has sought the resignation of Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed following the Tezgam fire near Liaquatpur which left 74 people dead. He was talking to media at the Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH) after enquiring about the health of some of the victims admitted here after the train inferno. He demanded a probe to know …

ISLAMABAD:  The presidential notification of  appointment of two Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) members has been suspended by  The Islamabad High Court (IHC), Geo News reported  on Monday. The orders came as the high court heard a petition filed by Jahangir Khan Jadoon. The lawyer representing the government told the IHC  no progress was made on appointment of the ECP …

Residents of Islamabad were facing immense difficulties due to the various road blockades set for the ongoing Azadi March, but the situation is normalising according to a traffic update provided by Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Hamza Shafqaat. The city administration has placed shipping containers across major intersections to block the protesters from entering Islamabad’s high security zone. Deputy Commissioner Islamabad@dcislamabad …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Youth Affairs Program (PMYAP) gears up to ensure two million jobs through its programme ‘Job for Pakistan’ in line with the Prime Minister’s vision to make the young generation economically strong and independent. A PMYAP official told APP that the programme has been planned systematically through digitalized system. It would help collect the data of the applicants …

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Monday that the army is ready to thwart any threat including that of from across the border, according to Inter-Services Public Relations. According to the ISPR, the COAS presided over the 226th Corps Commanders’ Conference held at the General Headquarters today. The forum reviewed geo strategic and national security …

The Government of Pakistan completed the Kartarpur Corridor in 11 months and made the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib the biggest Sikh shrine of the world. The Sikh pilgrims (yatris) term it as a gift from Pakistan government on the eve of 550th birthday of Baba Guru Nanak. Prime minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the Corridor on November 9. As per Geo …

A Fayetteville family says a medical mix up cost their loved one’s life. The family of Bertha Small is suing a mail-order pharmacy, claiming she died after taking the wrong medication which was delivered to her. Bertha Small spent her entire life taking care of her children and grandchildren. “Everything she could do while here, she did it” said her …

Office workers bemoan driving home in the dark. Night owls relish the chance to sleep in. As clocks tick toward the end of daylight saving time, many sleep scientists and circadian biologists are pushing for a permanent ban because of potential ill effects on human health. Losing an hour of afternoon daylight sounds like a gloomy preview for the dark …

You may want to give this a shot: Participants have the chance to get paid to intentionally get infected with the flu–specifically the H1N1 virus. Researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will pay healthy adults up to $3,300 to participate in the study. Researchers want to closely monitor the symptoms of H1N1 to better understand how the virus works and …

The number of vaping-related lung illnesses in the United States is nearing the 2,000 mark, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of October 29, the agency has 1,888 confirmed and probably lung injury cases, with 37 deaths in 24 states. The ailments have been reported in 49 states – Alaska has yet to record a case. …