Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: PML-N Senator Kalsoom Parveen passed away after battling with the coronavirus here on Monday. She was 75 years old. Ms Parveen, who was elected senator in 2015 from Balochistan, had contracted the virus last month and was initially admitted to Polyclinic and later shifted to a private hospital in the capital. An official of the Senate said the body …

QUETTA: Serious differences have emerged between Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and former Islamic Ideological Council chairman and senior party leader Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani, with the latter levelling serious allegation against the party chief and rejecting the politics of the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). Former MNA and senator Sherani, who also served as provincial chief of …

ISLAMABAD: Veteran journalist, Muhammad Hasan Musanna died of a protracted illness here on Monday. He was 94. He is survived by three sons and a daughter. His wife passed away in March. Funeral prayers will be offered on Tuesday (today) after Zuhar at 1:30pm at Gilania Mosque, Sector G-8/1, near his house No-525 in street 18. According his son Mehmood …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi pointed out on Monday that the pace of scientific developments in the present era was so fast that it would widen the gap between the developed and developing Muslim countries if immediate and focused actions were not taken. He identified the spirit of enquiry and boldness as characteristic of the Muslim scientists and philosophers in …

KARACHI: The federal government has issued special permits to King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa and six other members of the royal family to hunt the internationally protected Houbara bustards during the hunting season 2020-21, it is learnt here reliably. According to sources, others in the elite list of hunters include the king’s uncle, interior minister, commander-in-chief …

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Judges’ Appointment has approved the appointment of Babar Sattar and Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri as judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The eight-member committee held its meeting at the Parliament House on Monday and Mr Sattar and Mr Jahangiri appeared before it. The committee comprised Senators Farooq H. Naek of PPP, Javed Abbasi of PML-N, …

ISLAMABAD: The issue related to the construction of a cremation centre in the capital was on Monday resolved as the city managers issued permission to the Hindu community to raise the boundary wall around the proposed site. In July this year, after strong reaction from right-wing groups, who criticised the government for its intention to build a Hindu temple with …

RAWALPINDI: The head offices of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), including the flight services division, commercial department and human resource divisions, will be shifted from Karachi to Islamabad by the end of January as part of the restructuring plan of the national flag carrier. The airline’s other operations, including flights scheduling and medical division, corporate development department, works division and supply …

CHAGAI: Eleven members of the royal family of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday arrived in Chagai district for hunting Houbara bustards. According to official sources, the royal hunters who arrived at Dalbandin Airport in a special plane were led by Sheikh Sultan Bin Tehnoon Bin Mohammad Al Nahyan. Salar Khan Sanjrani, younger brother of Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, …

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati says that Pakistan Railways (PR) will collapse the day the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government begins politicising it. “Our country is in deficit. And this is a department from the Victorian era that needs to be modernised with (the help of) state-of-the art intervention or automation,” said Mr Swati while talking to journalists …