Pakistan

KHYBER/PESHAWAR: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed paid his first visit to the Torkham border on Friday after assuming his new responsibilities. Upon arrival at the border, he was received by Khyber Rifles commandant Col Rizwan Nazir and security and district administration officials. The minister was briefed on border security and bilateral trade with Afghanistan. He was told that the government …

ISLAMABAD: Tension ruled the Senate on the first day of year 2021 with senators from the two sides of the aisle locking horns over the issue of performance of the anti-corruption watchdog and process of accountability. During a debate on the performance of the National Accountability bureau (NAB), the opposition members rejected the process of accountability as one-sided and accused …

ISLAMABAD: Of the 1,195 lawmakers belonging to parliament and four provincial assemblies, 394 legislators, including as many as eight ministers, have failed to submit their statements of assets to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) even after the expiry of the deadline, but their membership will not be suspended because a grace period of 15 days has been granted to …

When I came across this baked French toast recipe, I was a bit apprehensive about it, not too sure how it might meet the fussy taste buds of our family since they were not a big fan of the microwave French toast I had made earlier. So I halved the original recipe and had only one layer of bread slices …

ISLAMABAD: Convinced that police have mishandled the case, a parliamentary committee on Thursday ordered a fresh inquiry into the abduction of a minor Christian girl in Faisalabad. The 13-year old was freed five months after Muslim men allegedly abducted, forcibly converted her to Islam, and then one of them married her. A meeting of the Senate Functional Committee on Human …

RAWALPINDI / ISLAMABAD: With the sun setting on the tumultuous year of 2020 on Thursday, the management of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) closed its Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) and began tallying the total number of employees availing the facility and generating final settlement and release letters for them. Spokesman for PIA Abdullah Hafeez Khan said in a press release that …

KARACHI: The coronavirus pandemic, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and precautions to prevent its spread and the Covid-19 vaccine were at the fore of the media talk by former adviser to the prime minister on health Dr Zafar Mirza here on Thursday. “These days, any talk about health turns to talk about Covid-19. We have been quite lucky here in Pakistan …

au LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Husain has asked the government to seriously consider the suggestions of the opposition and both should unite in the interest of the country. “Both the government and the opposition should unite in the interest of the country. The government representatives should not make everything an issue of their ego instead they …

ISLAMABAD: While the federal government on Thursday decided to establish Covid-19 vaccine administration cells across the country, pharmaceutical companies suggested that licences should be issued for local manufacturing of the vaccine as it may take years to import jabs for the entire population of Pakistan. Meanwhile, 2,475 new Covid-19 cases and eight deaths were reported in a single day as …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday issued notices to the provincial and jail authorities on a petition seeking contempt proceedings against them for not releasing four men after their conviction order was set aside in the abduction and murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl. Petitioners Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil through their …