Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Local PML-N and PTI leaders are making efforts to get party tickets and 15 candidates have submitted their nomination papers for contesting the election for the seat of mayor. The last day for submission of nomination papers was Friday. According to District Election Commissioner Naeem Ahmed, the election will be held on Dec 28. The seat fell vacant on …

KARACHI: A labour court has asked the counsel for the management of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) to argue on Jan 6 on maintainability of its application seeking court’s permission to sack more than 50 per cent employees due to a financial crunch. The PSM management had filed an application, through its acting deputy general manager Riaz Hussain Mangi, pleading …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will establish an endowment fund with the initial capital of Rs200 million for the rehabilitation of non-Muslim victims of terrorism in the province. The provincial assembly on Friday passed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rehabilitation of Minorities (Victims of Terrorism) Endowment Fund Bill, 2020, with four amendments for the purpose. Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani chaired the sitting, …

ISLAMABAD: City managers have decided to restore a historical mosque that caught their attention during the construction of Lotus Lake in Shakarparian. The mosque is believed to be over 100 years old and was used as a worship place for villagers of Pairan, who were moved out of the area in the 1960s during Islamabad’s development. Like Pairan, a large …

ISLAMABAD: As the year 2020 draws to a close, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a ‘White Paper on Global Journalism’ listed five countries, including Pakistan and India, as the ‘Most Dangerous Countries for Practice of Journalism in the World’. The white paper marks the 13th anniversary of the ‘The List of Journalists Killed (1990-2020), during which 2,658 journalists …

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Friday extended ban on all kinds of gatherings of five or more people, processions and rallies and demonstrations at any public place in Islamabad, including the Red Zone for a period of two months. Likewise, the ban also extended over use of cassette players sound, system, CD/DVD and other mediums for making objectionable/sectarian related speeches. …

ISLAMABAD: In a surprise cabinet reshuffle, portfolios of three ministers were changed and an adviser was appointed as minister on Friday with Sheikh Rashid Ahmed getting the coveted slot of interior minister, apparently to tackle the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) sit-in likely to be staged in Islamabad following the opposition’s public meeting in Lahore on Sunday. According to a notification …

ISLAMABAD: Amid rumours that PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s chief spokesman Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar has quit the party in protest against some decisions taken from the platform of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, informed sources confirmed to Dawn on Friday that Mr Khokhar was “unhappy” and “uncomfortable” with the party leadership for quite some days. According to a PPP leader, Mr Khokhar has …

imra Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that the recent revelations regarding an Indian disinformation network made in a report by a Brussels-based group had “vindicated Pakistan’s position and exposed its detractors”. The premier’s comments come a day after a report was published by EU DisinfoLab, which uncovered a “vast network of fake media outlets, think tanks and NGOs serving Indian …

PESHAWAR: Members of opposition parties in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly postponed their protest against the government for 10 days after a meeting with Chief Minister Mahmood Khan at the CM House here on Thursday. The MPAs had set up a protest camp outside the Chief Minister’s House for the three consecutive days, where leaders of different political parties expressed support …