Pakistan

LAHORE: People in five major cities of Punjab are likely to face massive disruption in water supply services in the summer, as water and sanitation agencies (Wasas) are unable to pay their monthly electricity bills that may force their power distribution companies to disconnect tube well connections. The situation started worsening in December last after the government abolished monthly and …

QUETTA: Under a programme initiated by the Balochistan government, closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will be installed in Mastung city to keep an eye on terrorists and other criminals. Inspector General of Balochistan Police Mohsin Hassan Butt has launched a safe city project for Mastung. Under the project, which will cost Rs30 million, 46 CCTV cameras will be installed at different …

KARACHI: “He is missing both his eyes, his skull is open with the brain gone, his kidneys, too, have been taken out but yes, he is our father. We can still say this much about this shell of a corpse handed over to us,” cried Sakina, the eldest daughter of Noor-ul-Amin, the octogenarian Pakistani fisherman whose remains were handed over …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Min­ister Imran Khan gave instructions on Friday to National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar regarding legislation. According to the Prime Minister Office, the speaker called on the prime minister shortly before he proceeded on a six-day foreign visit. The meeting is believed to be quite significant as it came before the commencement of a fresh session of the lower …

PPP co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday urged his party’s supporters to “march towards Islamabad” and oust the government. “Before the elections, I told you that they want to repeal the 18th Amendment,” Zardari said while addressing a gathering in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh on the occasion of PPP founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s 40th death anniversary. “That’s why they are lodging …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa on Thursday held security consultations. In a brief statement issued after the meeting, the PM Office said that the army chief had called on Prime Minister Khan at PM Office where they discussed various important security-related matters. The meeting was held two days after the corps …

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court will take up on April 19 the first reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the fake bank accounts case also involving former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur. After an initial hearing on Thursday, accountability court judge Mohammad Bashir summoned nine accused in the case, including senior serving and retired …

LARKANA: Pakistan Peoples Party-Shaheed Bhutto chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto has hit out at Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and said that he takes after his paternal grandfather Hakim Ali Zardari more than maternal grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and now he has encircled himself with thieves and criminals. Ms Bhutto said at a public meeting held to mark the 40th death anniversary of Zulfikar Ali …

SUKKUR: A jirga (tribal court) presided over by Sardar Manzoor Khan Panhwar — a former Sindh minister belonging to the Pakistan Peoples Party — in Adam Khan Panhwar village of Jacobabad district on Wednesday evening settled a 27-year-old blood feud between the Badani and Phulwani communities of Domki clan living in the Bakhshapur area of Kandhkot-Kashmore district. The well-attended jirga …

Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar on Thursday hit back at former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s criticism of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government, questioning the absconding PML-N leader’s right to point fingers at the state of the economy when the financial crisis the country is currently mired in “was a result of his own policies”. “There are [corruption] allegations against …