Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The government plans to establish 48 nutrition centres under its Ehsaas programme to overcome common health problems like stunting, underweight and overweight in children under five years of age, especially in under-developed and poor areas of the country. Under this programme, nutrition/health services and conditional cash transfers will be made available to mothers and children. In the beginning, these …

KARACHI: A major anti-polio campaign was launched on Monday to vaccinate nine million children across the province, including two million in Karachi. “Parents must avail this opportunity for the sake of their children’s future and save them from disability,” said Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho, who formally inaugurated the drive. Under the current campaign, organised by the Emergency Operation …

ISLAMABAD: Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a US citizen of Pakistani origin, refused to meet Pakistan’s consul general for processing her mercy petition, the foreign ministry informed the Islamabad High Court on Monday. The ministry submitted the report in connection with a petition filed by Dr Aafia’s sister, Dr Fowzia Siddiqui, seeking her repatriation from the US. Justice Aamer Farooq heard the …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has constituted a five-member ministerial committee to monitor law and order situation in the context of protests planned by multiple organisations and groups in the federal capital. According to a notification issued with the signature of Zafar Yab Khan, joint secretary security and administration, Ministry of Interior, the committee will be headed by Interior Minister …

LAHORE: After deferring its decision to resign from assemblies, the PML-N has now declared that it is not in the favour of an in-house change as proposed by another party in the opposition’s 11-member alliance. “An in-house change can be a proposal by any other opposition party, but we are not in its favour as it is not a viable …

KARACHI: The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination has released a notification under which four health facilities — three of them located in Karachi and one in Lahore — have been added to the Schedule of Federal Medical Teaching Institutes Ordinance, 2020. These institutions are Karachi’s Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday accepted for regular hearing the plea of artist Meera Shafi popularly known as Meesha Shafi who is embroiled in a dispute with another singer Ali Zafar, seeking a direction that the provincial ombudsperson for protection of harassment against women at workplace should rehear her grievance. A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Mushir …

LAHORE: Adviser to Prime Minister on Accountability and Interior Shahzad Akbar says the Sharif family has yet again been declared ‘liars’ as it tried to “spin” the London High Court judgment in the Broadsheet case in its favour and welcomed it through tweets. At a news conference here on Monday, Mr Akbar claimed that the case was between the Broadsheet …

ISLAMABAD: While 1,877 more cases and 32 deaths were reported in a single day, the number of active cases of Covid-19 was cut by 15,000 in one and a half months. In November 2020, the total number of cases had surpassed the figure of 50,000, but then it started decreasing and on Monday the number of active cases in the …

ISLAMABAD: A judicial inquiry into the killing of Osama Satti conducted by the additional deputy commissioner Islamabad has recommended that officials of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) should never jointly work with the regular force without permission from the superintendent of police (SP). Chief Commissioner Islamabad Aamir Ahmed Ali had ordered the judicial inquiry to establish facts and fix responsibility over …