Pakistan

• Says bureau committed to taking cases to logical conclusion • Mandviwala wants bureau to hold own officials accountable ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Sunday claimed that it was an unbiased anti-white collar crime agency, maintaining a balance between cases involving the ruling alliance and the opposition. In a statement, NAB chairman retired justice Javed Iqbal said the …

KARACHI: As part of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s initiative, the federal government has identified five places in Karachi to set up as many Panahgahs, where underprivileged and other people from poor segments of society will be provided free food and shelter, in a first such move for the metropolis after more than 100 such centres have already been established in …

ISLAMABAD: The investigation wing of Islamabad police has been revamped with the purpose to ensure speedy and quality investigation in criminal cases. A senior superintendent of police (SSP) has been appointed as head of the investigation wing while a forensic science team will assist during the investigation of a crime. Two separate squads – Special Investigation and Anti-Proclaimed Offenders – …

usm LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar says no one will be allowed to create hindrance in the process of development and progress being carried out under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan. “There is transparent and honest leadership on the one side but the former rulers being a symbol of disgrace on the other side,” he said. In a …

ISLAMABAD: All eyes will be on the Parliament House on Monday (today) where a crucial government-opposition meeting is scheduled to take place in an effort to lower down political temperatures in the country. Besides, a meeting of the parliamentary group of the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) will be held and it was likely to be attended by party’s vice president …

LAHORE: In a day-long operation, the Punjab government on Sunday demolished several structures around houses of the PML-N leaders MNA Afzal Khokhar and former MPA Saiful Malook Khokhar and their relatives near Johar Town, retrieving 38 kanal land from the ‘illegal occupants’. The PML-N sees the move as one of the extreme actions to punish those supporting the Pakistan Democratic …

Information Minister Shibli Faraz on Monday said that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance was “making its way back to the Parliament after being rejected from the masses”, while referring to differences between the PML-N and PPP over ways to oust the government. “One PDM and multiple narratives,” remarked Faraz in a tweet. “Bilawal’s insistence on no-confidence [motion], Ahsan Iqbal’s …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday called for further debt relief for stressed countries amid a surge in the coronavirus pandemic around the world and the detection of the new Covid-19 variants, saying “much more needed to be done” to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by the 2030 target. Addressing the fourth session of the United Nations Conference on …

ther The government is ready to review new social media rules introduced last year and will consult all stakeholders in this regard, Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) during a hearing on Monday. IHC Chief Jus­tice Athar Minallah was hearing a petition by the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) against social media …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded as many as 1,594 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a single day with 48 more fatalities. According to the latest update released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 1,594 new cases emerged after 40,285 samples were tested. The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country has soared to 532,412 with addition …