Pakistan

KARACHI: While investigators are unable to find a breakthrough in the probe into Friday’s suicide bombing in the metropolis, they are focussed on finding those who facilitated the gruesome attack, it emerged on Saturday. Five Japanese travelling in a van escaped the suicide attack but their private security guard was killed in Landhi’s Mansehra Colony. The investigators said that the police had …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) on Saturday demolished some structures at a tennis club – named after slain prime minister Benazir Bhutto – located on Embassy Road, prompting a strong response from the PPP which claimed that the civic body violated the stay order of the court. The civic agency claimed that as per the directions of the Islamabad …

CHAKWAL: A neck-and-neck contest is likely to be witnessed in PP-22 (Chakwal-cum-Talagang) between candidates of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) in the by-election on Sunday (today). PP-22, a sub-constituency of NA-59, was won by PML-N candidate Sardar Ghulam Abbas who was also victorious in NA-59 in the Feb 8 polls. Mr Abbas, …

Polls are under way on 21 national and provincial seats as cellular services were temporarily suspended in “specific districts” of Punjab and Balochistan to “safeguard” the electoral process. According to a statement issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Saturday, “cellular services will be temporarily suspended in specific districts of Punjab and Balochistan during the by-elections” on April 21 …

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday that Iranian President Dr Ebrahim Raisi would undertake an official visit to Pakistan from April 22 (Monday) to April 24 (Wednesday). In a statement, the FO said this would be the first visit by any head of state to Pakistan after the February 8 general elections. “The Iranian president will be accompanied by his …

RAWALPINDI: The All Pakistan Naanbai Association ended their strike on Friday evening and agreed to sell Roti at Rs16 and Naan at Rs20 after getting assurance from the district administration that their union leader would be released. This was announced after the meeting of the association delegation with Deputy Commissioner Dr Hassan Waqar Cheema after Friday prayers. The delegation was …

RAWALPINDI: A 27-year old woman gave birth to sextuplets at the District Headquarters Hospital on Friday – a rare event occurring once in a blue moon. Zeenat Waheed, wife of Mohammad Waheed, a resident of Hazara Colony, was brought to the hospital Thursday night with labour pains. On Friday, she delivered six babies one after another within one hour. Four …

ISLAMABAD: Sindh and Punjab police will launch yet another joint operation against notorious dacoits of Kacha area in Sindh. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Na­­ti­o­nal Action Plan Imple­m­e­ntation Review Com­mit­tee held at the National Counter Terror­ism Auth­ority (Nacta) headquarters on Friday. Presided over by Fed­eral Minister for Interior Mohsin Raza Naqvi, the meeting was attended, among …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Sh­e­h­baz Sharif was apprised on Friday that government officials were facilitating elements involved in the misuse of Afghan Transit Trade for smuggling. During a meeting chaired by the PM on smuggling, a committee rep­ort was presented, according to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). “The committee identified the elements involved in the misuse of Afghan Transit Trade for …

ISLAMABAD: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday said opposition members were afraid of his sister Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari and father President Asif Ali Zardari. Talking to reporters in the parliament house, he said the opposition resorted to shouting when Aseefa was taking the oath as MNA and Mr Zardari was addressing the joint sitting of the parliament on Thursday. “This shows …