Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: There is a general perception among the opposition parties that after facing a revolt-like situation in Balochistan and Khy­ber Pakhtunkhwa, Jam­iat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Reh­man has considered it better to skip the PPP-hosted gathering of the Pakistan Dem­ocratic Movement (PDM) leaders at Larkana on Sun­day (today) to avoid a similar situation in Sindh. Though officially both the Pakistan Peoples …

ISLAMABAD: The city managers are considering setting up the capital’s first ever landfill site in Mandra instead of Sangjani following objections from locals. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) had planned the landfill site in Sangjani but during a public hearing conducted by Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) last month, people living in the adjoining areas, including B-17, raised objections and …

ISLAMABAD: Two days after the government invoked advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over open voting for Senate polls, the Pakistan Peoples Party has warned the government against any unconstitutional move. “Under the garb of so-called transparency of the vote, the federal government wants to destroy the pith of the Senate which is enshrined in Article 59 of the Constitution …

QUETTA: The Foreign Office has requested the Canadian government to conduct an investigation into Karima Baloch’s death and sought its inquiry report, said Adviser to Balochistan Chief Minister on Information and Parliamentary Secretary Bushra Rind on Friday. While expressing grief over the tragic death of Ms Baloch, former chairperson of BSO Azad, in Canada, Ms Rind said it was the …

KASUR: Scores of villagers of Sarai Mughal on Friday staged a protest demonstration against, what they said, police failure to register cases and arrest the rapists of minor girls. Six girls between 5 and 15 years were allegedly raped or subjected to rape attempts during the last one month. Panic prompted the locals to gather outside the Sarai Mughal police …

us ISLAMABAD: A team comprising American scientists and paramedical staff of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) commenced research on Covid-19 patients in Pakistan. In the first phase, the team started collecting samples of Covid-19 patients and sending them for lab tests. For this purpose, it also visited Taxila where 300 samples were collected, Pims spokesman Dr Wasim Khawaja told Dawn. …

GILGIT: A local official hunted Himalayan ibex with horns measuring 44 inches near the Nanga Parbat base camp in Astore district here on Friday. Masood Sifat, a CSP officer, claimed the trophy hunting after travelling for 14 hours amid snow. According to the GB wildlife and environmental department, Mr Sifat hunted the ibex in Chorat Rupal Conservancy. The local hunter …

KARACHI: After finding “high concentration of pollutants” during an inspection on Thursday, the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) has directed the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) to immediately stop all operational activities related to soybean at the port till further orders. The inspection was undertaken after reports emerged that a suspected gas leak in the Keamari area had claimed the lives of four …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed has expressed concern over the poor pace of implementation of the reports prepared by the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) recommending amendments to different laws. Chairing a meeting of the commission the other day, Justice Ahmed asked the federal government to consider steps for expeditious implementation of the commission’s reports. …

TAXILA: Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that most concerns of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regarding process of issuing licences to commercial pilots have been addressed and it is hoped the ban imposed on Pakistan International Airlines to operate flights to and from European countries would be lifted soon. Speaking at a press conference on Friday …