Pakistan

KARACHI: A tech-based initiative of the Sindh police in collaboration with the Citizens-Police Liasion Committee (CPLC) and a non-government poverty alleviation organisation is emerging as a fresh success in building a database of domestic labourers, industrial and corporate workers and hundreds of thousands of blue-collar employees of different organisations where their data can be verified before appointment with the aim …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) misstated before the Supreme Court about the illegal construction of courts on the premises of the sessions courts Islamabad. This was disclosed in a written reply submitted to the Supreme Court by the registrar of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in response to the apex court’s order of April 5. A bench headed by …

GILGIT: Prominent scholar and veteran politician Syed Yahya Shah passed away on Sunday. He was 93. He left behind five daughters, a son and a widow to mourn his death. His funeral prayers were held in Markazi Jamia Masjid Gilgit that were attended by a large number of people including Opposition Leader in BG Assembly Advocate Amjad Hussain and former …

ISLAMABAD: One month after emergence of the new Senate, political parties having representation in the upper house of parliament are now eyeing chairmanship of key committees as negotiations between the government and the opposition are under way to reach an understanding over the share of each side. Sources in the government and the opposition parties told Dawn on Sunday that an understanding …

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said on Monday that the member parties of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) were all committed and that she trusted the leadership of PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Speaking to the media outside the Lahore High Court (LHC), Maryam said that the PDM alliance was still going strong. “The parties in the PDM are very …

LAHORE: Health minister Dr Yasmin Rashid says the health department is witnessing an alarming rise in the number of critically-ill patients and sudden rise of admissions to the ICUs. Chairing a meeting at Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Sunday to review the situation of the coronavirus pandemic in the wake of alarming rise in number of patients at the ICUs, Dr …

• Region may be given Punjab’s 32pc govt job quota • Five devolved departments to be run from Lahore LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has given the nod to a plan envisaging development of south Punjab as a separate “administrative zone” in the province with an all-powerful secretariat to tackle issues ranging from lack of resources to under-representation of the …

Remittances from Pakistani workers employed abroad exceeded $2 billion for the 10th consecutive month in March at $2.7 billion — up 43 per cent from a year earlier, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday. Proactive policy steps by the government and the SBP to spur inflows through formal channels, combined with limited cross-border travel, medical expenses and …

• 5,050 more people contract virus • PMA seeks walk-in vaccination facility, special service for bedridden, handicapped ISLAMABAD: While the country reported the highest number of single-day deaths since June last year, 5,050 more people contracted Covid-19 on Sunday. The number of critical patients reached all-time high of 4,920 and that of active cases crossed 70,000 mark. According to data …

The Central Executive Committee of the PPP has asked all the party members to resign from their positions in the opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). Making the announcement at a press conference after the conclusion of the crucial CEC meeting on Monday, PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said no party “should try and impose their will and dictation on any …