Pakistan

LAHORE: An accountability court on Saturday issued show- cause notices to the inspector general of prisons, capital city police officer of Lahore and SP headquarters as Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz was not brought to the court to attend proceedings against him in Ramzan Sugar Mills reference. At the outset of the hearing, Presiding Judge Amjad Nazir …

ISLAMABAD: One third of the journalists facing legal cases filed mainly by the Pakistani state are at risk of being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law, a research study has found. Print media practitioners are twice as likely to be the target of legal action that television media practitioners, and Sindh is the most dangerous region for journalists in Pakistan when …

ISLAMABAD: For the first time since the end of July, the number of coronavirus cases being reported on a daily basis has surpassed the 1,000 mark, while active cases have also doubled in one and a half months with around 100 patients requiring ventilators at present. In view of the deteriorating situation, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on …

ISLAMABAD: The government has agreed to talks with traders’ leaders to address their demand to expel the French ambassador from Pakistan. Traders and a number of religious groups protested in the capital on Friday against the publication of defamatory caricatures in France. Security measures were in place at Khayaban-i-Suharwardy to intercept the protesters as they headed towards the Embassy of …

KARACHI: The Indus Hospital (TIH) — one of the five sites in Pakistan selected for the multi-country phase-III clinical trial of a potential Covid-19 vaccine — has seen a positive public response to the recent low-key launch of the trial, raising the hope that the effort would meet its target. Till Saturday — day 18 of the trial — over …

QUETTA: Retired Lt Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch, who heads the Balochistan chapter of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has developed serious differences with the central leadership of the party for not inviting former chief minister Sardar Sanaullah Zehri to the recently held Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) rally in Quetta and over the remarks of former speaker of the National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq. …

Khloe Kardashian is constantly at war with herself over having to co-parent with her ex Tristen Thompson, mostly since it is a “challenging” ordeal. However, at the end of the day, Khloe knows it is something that “pays off” in the end. The reality TV star opened up about the tumultuous co-parenting journey, during her interview on The Ellen Show and …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said Pakistan wants “even-handed treatment” from the United States with respect to India, especially on the Kashmir issue. In an interview with German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel, he warned that the region was a hotspot and could flare up at any time. “That’s why we expect the US, as the strongest country in the …

LAHORE: The accountability court has served show-cause notices to the government and police officers over failing to produce Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shehbaz in the hearing of Ramzan Sugar Mills case. The show-cause notices have been served to secretary home department, Superintendent Central Jail, Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Superintendent Police (SP) headquarters and other officers. …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday extended condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the people of Turkey over the loss of precious lives in an earthquake in Izmir city. He tweeted: “We stand with the Turkish nation, offering every help we can give. We can never forget the way Turkey stood with us when the devastating earthquake …