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GWADAR / QUETTA: Some semblance of normalcy returned to Gwadar after five days of unrelenting protests and a shutter-down strike, as shops and business centres started opening on Friday and tra­ffic was restored betw­een the port city and Karachi as well as other areas. Though bazaars remai­n­­ed open in different areas of Gwadar town, the situat­i­­on was still tense and …

ISLAMABAD: Reviving a dec­i­sion taken by the government of his PML-N in 2017, Prime Mini­ster Shehbaz Sharif on Friday issued directives calling for initiating the process of outsourcing the management of three major airports in the country. In April 2017, the then prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif had approved the policy to outsource the management of the country’s three main …

Responding to criticism of a photograph of minors behind bars that went viral on social media recently, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon on Friday said 129 Afghan female illegal immigrants were jailed in the province — with 178 children — but insisted the minors were not under arrest. The media talk comes after a picture of jailed children, smiling behind …

A meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) — the principal decision-making forum on foreign policy and national security — concluded on Friday in Islamabad with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the chair as the country has seen a spate of terrorist attacks. Senior civilian and military leaders were part of the meeting. The decision to convene the meeting of …

ISLAMABAD: While the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday sought a new timeline for the local government (LG) elections in the federal capital from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the latter proposed amendments to the legal framework to ensure timelypollsfor the lowest tiers. IHC Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir was hearing identical petitions filed by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and the …

ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: The issue of resignations of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders from the Nat­ional Assembly remained unsettled on Thursday as a crucial meeting between NA Speaker Pervaiz Ashraf and a PTI delegation failed to break the deadlock. The PTI delegation was led by former NA speaker Asad Qaiser after senior party leaders Shah Mah­mood Qureshi and Pervez Khattak decided …

ISLAMABAD: In what appears to be a U-turn on the issue of delimitations, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in its detailed order said it was the government’s prerogative to increase the number of union councils (UCs) from 101 to 125 in the capital. In its earlier response to the increase in the number of union councils, the election watchdog …

The Sindh government on Thursday recommended to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) and National Institute of Health (NIH) to test travellers coming from China for Covid-19 at airports across the country. According to CBS News, China is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases due to a strain that is a sub-variant of the highly infectious Omicron variant: BF.7 or …

ISLAMABAD: The army on Wednesday signalled a strong response to the country’s escalating terrorism problem. The corps commanders at their monthly conference at the General Headquarters — the first after the change of command last month, according to ISPR, “resol­ved to fight against terrorists without any distinction and eliminate this menace as per the aspirations of the people of Pakistan”. …

Police said on Thursday that “no loss of life or property” was reported in a blast that took place last night at the Deputy Commissioner camp office in Gilgit Baltistan’s Diamer district. On Wednesday night, there was a loud explosion at the DC camp office premises, prompting the security guards present to open fire in the air. Speaking to Dawn.com, Diamer …