Pakistan

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday said that the government should “at least inform” the families of missing persons if their relatives are alive or dead. She was speaking to the media at Islamabad’s D-Chowk where she came to visit protesters who are demonstrating over the issue of missing persons in Balochistan. She urged the army chief and the …

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that the tech industry in Pakistan had been hurt by state policies and court decisions, including worsened relations with Information Technology (IT) companies, as he urged judges to desist from hearing cases pertaining to technological matters. The federal minister was addressing a a two-day International Media Conference at the …

ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has disowned the statement of its central finance secretary claiming the receipt of donations from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the accounts of four of its paid employees. During the brief proceedings of the ECP’s scrutiny committee, the PTI submitted a written response to petitioner Akbar S. Babar’s application seeking investigation into ‘front …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has issued an unprecedented two-liner ordinance to reappoint prosecutor general of the National Accountability Bureau Syed Asghar Haider for an indefinite period, drawing criticism from the opposition that claimed the person-specific ordinance had made NAB even more controversial. The ordinance was promulgated on Feb 9 and its gazette notification was made public on Feb …

ISLAMABAD: Two joint investigation teams (JITs) have been constituted to probe cases registered against lawyers under Anti-Terrorism Act and Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), sources told Dawn. Chief Commissioner Islamabad Amer Ahmed Ali issued separate notifications in this regard. The cases against the lawyers were registered in the Ramna and Margalla police stations in connection with their attack on Islamabad High Court …

ISLAMABAD: Despite efforts by the health department to expedite the process of vaccination and supply ample quantity of doses to the federal capital, only around 700 healthcare workers got themselves vaccinated against Covid-19 during the last two weeks. Those who got the shots blamed National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) and lack of awareness for the delay. Though 14 adult …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) vice chairman Khush Dil Khan on Monday urged the Supreme Court to review its Feb 11 order of barring Justice Qazi Faez Isa from hearing cases concerning Prime Minister Imran Khan. It is in the larger interest of the smooth functioning of the Supreme Court and for safeguarding the independence of its judges for discharging …

PESHAWAR: Opposition parties in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly have worked out a formula for the distribution of tickets for the March 3 Senate elections under which they will get one ticket each. The Jamaat-i-Islami has been excluded from the process. The decision was made during the meeting of the provincial leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance of 10 …

ISLAMABAD: With 37,289 healthcare workers having been inoculated against Covid-19 across the country since the launching of the vaccination drive, the government on Monday opened registration for people aged 65 years and above. On the other hand, the country reported another 1,048 cases and 26 deaths in a single day. Meanwhile, the represen­tative body of doctors, Pak­istan Medical Association (PMA), …

QUETTA: Differences among Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leaders over the issue of award of party ticket to Syed Zahoor Agha for the Senate elections in place of business tycoon Muhammad Abdul Qadir could not be removed on Monday. The son of Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind, the parliamentary leader of PTI in the Balochistan Assembly, Sardar Khan Rind, filed his nomination papers …