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KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon on Tuesday said that as many as 3,072 people were diagnosed with malaria and 1,098 others with dengue during the current month in the province. Briefing the media about a meeting chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to review flood situation and relief work in the province, the minister told a …

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday that Washington expected Islamabad to take “sustained action” against all terrorist groups and that a recently proposed $450 million military sale package for the maintenance of Pakistan’s F-16 fleet would help serve this purpose. “Pakistan’s F-16 programme, it’s an important part of the broader US-Pakistan bilateral relationship, and this proposed sale will sustain …

The Islamabad police on Wednesday recovered Haseeb Hamza, a 27-year-old farmer who had reportedly gone “missing” in August, and presented him before the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The development comes a day after IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah, while hearing a petition for Hamza’s recovery, instructed the police to present him before the court by 10am today. “If that doesn’t happen, then …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday vetoed another proposal seeking an increase in the prices of 10 medicines up to 25 per cent, saying he cannot support such a move. However, a senior official of the Ministry of National Hea­lth Services (NHS), wis­h­ing not to be named, said the majority of the medicines whose prices were sought to be …

The water level in the Manchhar Lake — one of the largest freshwater reserves in Pakistan — receded to some extent on Wednesday while efforts continued to protect ring embankments raised to protect Mehar town from further deluge. Manchhar Lake has been the main source of the threat, compelling authorities to breach its protective dykes and other structures along its …

KARACHI: While three people died from electrocution, many parts of the metropolis received light to moderate showers that broke the ongoing hot spell and brought some respite for Karachiites on Monday. After a gap of around three weeks, the city, under the ongoing monsoon season, received rain that caused inundation of roads, power outages as well as hours-long traffic jams …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) says it will take legal action against PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz for what it calls her ‘controversial’ social media campaign accusing PTI Chairman Imran Khan of blasphemy that may endanger his life. Maryam Nawaz on Monday uploaded two purported statements of Imran Khan and as many verses of Quran on her Twitter account to draw …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be travelling to Samarkand, Uzbekistan later this week to attend the annual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Council of Heads of State (CHS), where climate change will be on the agenda. Unprecedented rains and flashfloods have affected around 33 million people across Pakistan, caused economic losses estimated at $30 billion and resulted in …

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that a change of government in Punjab would bring political stability given the current state of affairs and also confirmed reports about the federal government flexing muscles for a political change in the province. Speaking in an interview on Dawn News show ‘Live with Adil Shahzeb’, he said: “Yes, we always have the option of [change of] Punjab …

Several areas in Sindh remained inundated with floodwater as authorities continued efforts to safeguard Sehwan’s Bhan Syedabad city and Dadu city from a possible deluge. Dadu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Syed Murtaza Ali Shah told Dawn.com that work on Ring bund to protect Dadu city continued on Tuesday morning. MPA Pir Mujeeb ul Haq, elected from Dadu’s PS-74 constituency, said heavy machinery was …