Pakistan

• Says ‘stress’ root cause of diseases in reference to Dar’s interview • Vows speedy work for grant of new status to GB • Congratulates members of cabinet at oath-taking ceremony • Two national parks, formation of Park Service Nigahbaans announced GILGIT: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is adamant about holding public rallies despite …

Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking a ban on public gatherings due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, observing that it was not the court’s job to intervene in the enforcement of standard operating procedures (SOPs) after having passed a judgment in this regard. The petitioner, in his prayer, had said that even though …

us Amid a rise in Covid-19 infections and deaths, Pakistan on Thursday reported almost 3,500 daily cases, its highest since July 2, when 4,087 cases were recorded. According to data from the government’s portal for tracking the spread of the virus in the country, 3,499 coronavirus cases were reported in Pakistan on December 2. Breakdown of cases and deaths reported on December …

Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani on Thursday said that “several elements, including mafias, were eyeing Pakistan Steel Mills’ land” and accused the federal government of wanting to “hand over [the property] to one of their ATMs”. The minister, in a press conference, said that the reason behind shuttering down Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) was not fiscal loss, but the value …

PESHAWAR/DI KHAN: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has summoned a close aide of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and his father on Dec 10 as part of the ongoing assets inquiry against the JUI-F chief. The call-up notices were issued to JUI-F district information secretary Noor Asghar Wazir and his father, Gul Asghar Wazir, under Section 19 of …

ISLAMABAD: The employees of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Tuesday decided to suspend all services, except in Covid-19 wards and the emergency unit, from Wednesday (today). The employees took the decision after the government ignored their demand to withdraw the Medical Teaching Institution (MTI) Ordinance promulgated by President Dr Arif Alvi last month. Holding a protest on Tuesday, …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday adjourned hearing of a case against the acquittal of accused persons by the Sindh High Court (SHC) in the American journalist Daniel Pearl’s murder case till Wednesday. A three-member special bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Yahya Afridi heard the appeals …

KARACHI: An accountability court has issued show-cause notices to the National Accountability Bureau and judicial officials over ‘technical defects’ in framing of charge in a reference against former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former finance minister Miftah Ismail and former Pakistan State Oil (PSO) managing director Sheikh Imranul Haq, it emerged on Tuesday. NAB in Dec 2019 had filed a …

LAHORE: The Punjab government would not allow any extension in parole period of Shehbaz Sharif, the leader of opposition in the National Assembly, and his son Hamza Shehbaz, who holds the same portfolio in the Punjab Assembly, as requested by both. Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information Firdous Ashiq Awan said here on Tuesday “extending release on parole is …

MULTAN: Pakistan Democratic Movement chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said the next meeting of the leadership of the 11-party opposition alliance will be held on Dec 8 in Islamabad where its further strategy will be devised. The Maulana who heads his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) paid a visit to the Gilani House on Tuesday to congratulate …