Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC), which was earlier called Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), has changed the permanent status of around 200 employees into contractual. Moreover, salaries have been reduced and in the contract letters it has been mentioned that they can be fired on one month’s notice. In the meanwhile, about 70 new employees have been appointed. …

LAHORE: Judges of a Lahore High Court (LHC) bench on Saturday finally came up with a split decision on the post-arrest bail petition of Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, sending the matter to the chief justice for the nomination of a referee judge. Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar, who headed the bench, allowed the petition while …

RAWALPINDI: A brawl occurred between policemen and doctors in the emergency department of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) on Saturday, halting medical services and creating problems for patients. Doctors accused the police of misbehaving and taking illegal advantage of their uniforms. However, the police said doctors showed negligence in providing emergency treatment to an ailing officer. City Police Officer (CPO) Mohammad …

• Calls on western govts to outlaw negative comment against Holy Prophet • Confiscation of TLP assets ordered • Fawad terms imposing ban on TLP internal matter ISLAMABAD: Western governments should treat the people who insult the Prophet (peace be upon him) the same as those who deny the Holocaust, Prime Minis­ter Imran Khan said on Saturday. Speaking after the …

Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said on Sunday that the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) examinations would take place as per schedule and there would be no delay or cancellation. In a series of tweets, the education minister said the decision, among others, had been taken in a special meeting of health and education ministers from the four provinces, Azad Jammu …

Workers of the recently proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) “brutally tortured” a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and took him, as well as four other officials, hostage on Sunday, spokesperson for Lahore CCPO Rana Arif told. Police said the violence occurred after “miscreants” — an apparent reference to TLP workers — attacked a police station and abducted the DSP, adding that …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is likely to take up appeals of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the acquittal of newly-appointed Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin in the Rental Power Projects (RPPs) case on June 1. Sources said the IHC’s registrar office had initiated a note for fixing NAB’s appeals against acquittal of Mr Tarin, former prime minister Raja …

• Over 100 people die on fifth consecutive day • 100pc beds allocated for Covid-19 patients in use in Swabi ISLAMABAD: While coronavirus-related deaths in the country have surpassed the figure of 16,000, number of active cases has swelled to 79,108 with 4,984 patients admitted to hospitals. The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) decided on Saturday to start vaccination …

RAWALPINDI: The police along with officials from law enforcement agencies on Thursday continued taking action against Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and rounded up more than 50 of its members in the district, a police spokesman said. Chief of Pakistan Youth Parliament Shaheer Sialvi, who was held during a raid at his house and booked under terrorism charges, is one of them. …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will likely inaugurate 32-km-long Margalla Avenue project on Monday. Sources said that CDA’s team remained busy on weekend to do necessary work for the inauguration ceremony. The Margalla Avenue is part of Islamabad’s master plan prepared in 1960 but it could not be constructed yet. However, the present government decided to construct this road from …