RAHIM YAR KHAN: The families and relatives of those who died or went missing in the Tezgam train inferno have complained of alleged improper response by the district administration and “manhandling” by guards of the Sheikh Zayed Medical College Hospital (SZMCH), besides lack of any support or guidance by railway ministry. The families and relatives of the train blaze victims …

PESHAWAR: Due to the prevailing uncertainty in the federal capital, the interior ministry has asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to provide 5,000 additional police personnel to the administration of Islam­abad Capital Territory. Through an official communiqué on Saturday, the interior ministry asked the chief secretary of the province to approve provision of another 5,000 personnel of the KP police along …

LAHORE: Serious administrative, operational and security lapses led to Thursday’s Tezgam train inferno, as the officials who were supposed to take measures to avert such accidents apparently showed sheer negligence in performing their duties, ignoring the relevant laws or the standard operating procedures (SOPs). Under section 59(1) of the Railway Act, 1890, “no passenger/person is allowed to take with him/her, or …

ISLAMABAD: Rahbar Committee Convener Akram Durrani said during a press conference, on Saturday, that there was consensus among the opposition on the issue of Prime Minister Imran’s resignation and the demand for fresh elections. The presser followed a high-level meeting of the Rahbar Committee in which members of the PPP, the PML-N, the JUI-F and the ANP participated. “In the …

ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman gave a stern message to the government by telling it that “Your writ over Pakistan has ended…now we will peacefully run this country.” The JUI-F chief was addressing participants of the Azadi March gathering in Islamabad, Fazl said that his party was implementing the agreement that had been reached between the Rahbar Committee and …

Parallel to our TV screens there’s another battle going on. The ongoing Azadi March led by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Ameer Maulana Fazlur Rehman against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has triggered a social media war between the two sides. Prominent leaders of major political parties and even ministers are active on social media amid tense environment in the federal capital. …

Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated his government on Sunday for readying Kartarpur for Guru Nanak jee’s 550th birthday celebrations in a “record time”. The prime minister tweeted the message along with pictures of the set up at the Pakistani side for the incoming Sikh pilgrims at Kartarpur. Imran Khan ✔@ImranKhanPTI  · 5h I want to congratulate our govt for readying Kartarpur, …

A multistate outbreak of salmonella linked to ground beef has caused one death in California and eight hospitalizations, U.S. health officials said on Friday. A total of 10 people in six U.S. states were infected with a strain of the bacteria called Salmonella Dublin, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The illnesses from this strain, a type …

PESHAWAR: The health authorities confirmed that as many as 37 new cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever were detected during the last 24 hours across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported on Saturday. According to Dengue Response Unit (DRU), the number of dengue positive cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has soared to 6,662 with the confirmation of 37 new patients. The officials said …