Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Members of the federal cabinet on Thursday announced a Rs600 billion package for development projects in south Balochistan. The announcement was made by Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar along with Information Minister Senator Shibli Faraz, Minister for Defence Production Zubaida Jalal and Minister for Communication Murad Saeed. The projects will be implemented in nine districts of southern …

ISLAMABAD: The utilisation of ventilators allocated for Covid-19 patients in the capital has increased to 61 per cent, the second highest occupancy ratio in the country, officials of the capital administration on Thursday. They said 295 ventilators were available in different hospitals in the capital city out of which 70 were allocated for the coronavirus patients. Currently, 43 of the …

ISLAMABAD: As more than 2,500 Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours were reported on Thursday after a gap of over four months, the number of critical patients is also continuously increasing with 234 patients being treated on ventilators. Balochistan is the only province in which there is no patient on ventilator. The data released by the National Command and …

PESHAWAR: The burnt body of a seven-year-old girl was found in a graveyard of Badhber area here on Thursday morning, a day after she went missing. The incident was the second of its kind in the area in less than a week’s time as last Saturday, the body of a four-year-old boy with ruptured abdomen was recovered in a neighbouring …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government of initiating contempt of court proceedings if it failed to hold local government elections in accordance with the Constitution. A two-judge SC bench headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, which had taken up a case relating to implementation of Sections 39 and 41 of the Local Government Act 2013, …

FAISALABAD: The chairman of the Supreme Anjuman-i-Tajran City has protested against the district administration for not allowing him to attend the prime minister’s function despite official invitation. Traders of Jail Road and Narawala Road also faced issues as the administration allegedly forced them to shut their shops en route the prime minister’s convoy. Aslam Bhali along with others had met …

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Shibli Faraz on Wednesday urged the opposition parties to avoid public meetings in the wake of rising number of coronavirus cases. Addressing a press conference, Mr Faraz said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had cancelled all its public meetings and even postponed an event in Rashakai.He advised people to stay away from the opposition’s public meetings and take …

ISLAMABAD: After rejecting Prime Minister Imran Khan’s offer for a dialogue on electoral reforms, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is now considering an option to present its own reforms in parliament in the form of a legislation. “Since we have decided to completely boycott all the activities under the present illegitimate government, there is no question of talking to it …

LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) supreme leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif this week had a string of unscheduled hospital visits here after he developed acute pain in his kidney, family sources. “He is very unwell and has serious pain in his kidney owing to deteriorating kidney function. Doctors are conducting tests and scans to determine a course of …

LAHORE: With the number of coronavirus patients admitted to various public sector hospitals of the province reaching 623 on Wednesday, the Punjab government enforced smart lockdowns in many areas of six cities, including Lahore, over reports of hundreds of positive cases. Other cities included Rawalpindi, Multan, Bahawalpur, Sargodha, Bhakkar. The government notified smart lockdowns in new localities of these cities …