Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has convened a meeting of the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) in Karachi on April 11 to discuss its response to the “show-cause notice” sent to it by the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership and devise its future line of action in the wake of the party’s possible and formal exit from …

RAWALPINDI: The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has extended travel restrictions imposed on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for an indefinite period and has directed the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) to get its safety audit done by International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) scheduled in July. The EASA had suspended PIA from operating flights to European Union member countries for …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After a weak front, fog has settled into some Houston-area neighborhoods. After the fog burns off we’ll make our first run at 90-degrees in 2021. It’s going to get a little toasty Thursday! We’ll fare better than places like Laredo which will make a run into the triple digits. But we do have some cool fronts …

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday for delegation-level talks on a number of important issues from enhancing bilateral cooperation to the Afghan peace process. “Building multi-dimensional relations with Russia is a key priority for Pakistan and we believe a strong relationship contributes to regional stability and global security,” …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senators, who had formed a separate group on the opposition benches, on Tuesday met Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani and asked him to treat them as “independent opposition”. According to an official handout issued by the Senate Secretariat, the PML-N delegation, headed by Azam Nazeer Tarar, informed the Senate chairman that their group comprised 27 …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has arranged three more flights to transport Pakistani migrants to the United Kingdom before April 9. PIA spokesman Abdullah Hafeez said the airline has added two more flights to meet the demand for flights to the UK before the ban; these flights are in addition to the three morning flights. Both flights will take off …

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given assurance that it will take all possible steps to strengthen healthcare services in the federal capital. The assurance came at a meeting attended by WHO Country Director Dr Palitha Mahipala and Director General Health Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) Dr Hasan Orooj at the WHO headquarters on Tuesday. It was decided that Dr …

LAHORE: In what appears to be an unprecedented move, 61 station house officers (SHOs) with alleged criminal record have been suspended from service and also removed from their posts across the province. Most of the SHOs are from Faisalabad, Lahore, Sheikhupura and Kasur. Of the 61 officers, the list of 48 was generated and forwarded by the Central Police Office …

ISLAMABAD: Former judge of the Islamabad High Court Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui on Tuesday again requested the Supreme Court to adjudicate on his plea against the Oct 11, 2018 notification under which he was removed. In a six-page application, the former judge also requested the apex court to suspend the notification. The once outspoken judge was removed from the high judicial …

RAWALPINDI: A woman, who allegedly threatened and used abusive language against a civil judge, landed in the judicial lockup at Adiala jail after she was arrested on terrorism and other charges while the proceeding of a case was in progress at the district court premises on Monday. The woman, who was complainant in a cheque dishonour case (489 F), got …