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ISLAMABAD: In a bid to put an end to animal abuse and raise awareness among citizens, the prime minister’s Strategic Reforms Unit has planned a comprehensive law pertaining to animal welfare that aims to revisit centuries-old laws regarding animals besides “strict regulations” to discourage the import of exotic animals. The head of the reforms unit, Salman Sufi, told Dawn that his department …

KARACHI/PESHAWAR: Amid multiple crises faced by the country, Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday urged all political parties to rise above partisan politics and sit together to make decisions for the sake of the country’s security. Addressing a condolence reference on the first death anniversary of Baloch nationalist leader Attaullah Mengal in Karachi, the chief of the …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sounded the alarm over an impending “second disaster” of disease and death as concerns grow over the spread of water-borne diseases among the flood-hit people in Sindh. The warning, issued late on Saturday by WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, comes after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called on the nation to generously donate baby food and …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will address the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Sep 23 with his speech focusing on climate-induced catastrophic floods in the country, the Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement on Sunday. According to the FO, PM Shehbaz will participate in the UNGA high-level debate in New York from September 19-23. The premier’s speech at …

KARACHI: The provincial authorities are all set to demolish the sealed Khurshid Memorial Complex, the headquarters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan near Nine Zero in Azizabad, on the grounds that it was allegedly built on an amenity plot, it emerged on Saturday. The temporary headquarters of the MQM-P, which is a coalition partner to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government at …

LAHORE: As under the newly amended accountability laws, courts have started sending back corruption references — involving an amount less than Rs500 million — to the anti-graft watchdog, with its new chief apparently in no hurry to forward them to a relevant forum for action, the corruption cases such as Ramzan Sugar Mills virtually stand closed, at least for the time …

NAROWAL: The Sialkot police registered a first information report (FIR) under sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) against 30 people for an alleged attack on the main Chehlum procession. According to the FIR registered with the Hajipura Police Station, dozens of devotees were going to the Shahabpura Road to participate in the main procession of the Chehlum of Hazrat Imam …

ISLAMABAD: The number of polio cases this year in the country has increased to 19 after a new case was reported from South Waziristan — the first case from the area after a gap of two years. Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Thursday confirmed the infection in a six-month-old boy. Of the 19 children …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman on Friday said instant rescue and humanitarian relief had become an urgent task, as those who had survived, could not find dry land to pitch their tents. She said this during her meeting with Japanese Ambassador Mitsuhiro Wada. The minister apprised the ambassador of the devastation caused by the floods across the country, …

KARACHI: Data released by the Sindh health department showed a spike in dengue fever cases as their numbers doubled in just two days, from 201 cases on Wednesday to 403 cases on Friday. Majority of these cases were reported at hospitals located in district East (116) followed by healthcare facilities in Korangi (107), Central (72), South (61), Malir (26), West …