Pakistan

KARACHI: The Karachi Coordination Committee, constituted to monitor development works of the city, on Friday reviewed progress of various uplift initiatives, including cleaning of nullahs, lifting of garbage, water supply and construction of some important roads. The meeting was attended by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and his team including Local Government Minister Nasir Shah, Chief Secretary Mumtaz …

Veteran politician Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari passed away on Saturday at the age of 90, his family said in a statement. “The Mazari family is deeply grieved to announce the passing away of our cherished elder, Sardar Sherbaz Khan Mazari,” it said. “A devoted and loving patriarch, fiercely dedicated to his country, loyal to his friends — he commanded respect …

ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday approved the nomination of two prominent lawyers, Babar Sattar and Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, for appointment as judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The meeting of JCP — which comprises besides the chief justice of Pakistan senior most judges of the Supreme Court, chief justice …

prot ISLAMABAD: The employees of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Thursday continued their protest against the Medical Teaching Institution (MTI) Ordinance, suspending all services, except in the Covid-19 ward and emergency department. The ordinance was promulgated by President Arif Alvi last month under which the hospital would be run through a board of governors. A large number of …

ISLAMABAD: As the second wave of Covid-19 continues to surge in the country, President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday issued a declaration to revive the already agreed SOPs (standard operating procedures) for collective prayers in mosques and imambargahs. The joint declaration was issued after a meeting of more than 86 clerics from the four mainstream schools of thought in the …

GILGIT: A three-member team has begun their expedition to summit the world’s second highest peak, K2 (8,611m), for the first time in the winter season. The climbers include John Snorri, 47, from Iceland, Mohammad Ali Sadpara, 44, from Gilgit-Baltistan, and his son, Sajid Ali Sadpara, 21. K2 has never been scaled during the winter season. According to the expedition officials, …

LAYYAH: A resident of Choubara has alleged that her two daughters, a daughter-in-law and she herself were held captive for nine months and raped by nine people. Karor police registered a case against the culprits. Desert Tehsil Choubara’s Union Council Nawan Kot resident alleged that nine people raped them to avenge an elopement. She said a girl of the suspects’ …

One person died and seven others were injured after a blast in a parked auto rickshaw at Rawalpindi’s Pir Wadhai bus station on Friday, officials said. According to city police spokesperson, Sub-Inspector Sajjadul Hassan, the injured were admitted to Holy Family Hospital and efforts were ongoing to identify all victims. The nature of the blast is still being determined, Hassan …

ISLAMABAD: While the government appears to be in no mood to notify the final results of the population census carried out in 2017, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) wants it to either issue a formal notification at the earliest or find out an alternative solution. A meeting of the ECP presided over by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan …

ISLAMABAD: The controversial provision empowering the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to detain an accused for 90 days came on the radar of the Supreme Court when on Thursday Justice Umar Ata Bandial described the clause as cruel and an injustice. “To detain an accused for 90 days on physical remand in every reference is cruel and an injustice,” regretted Justice …