Pakistan

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) cabinet on Tuesday granted approval to amendments in a law to ensure enhanced compensation for loss of lives and moveable and immovable properties in Indian shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC). The amendments to the AJK Ceasefire Line Incidents Relief Act were approved in the light of the recommendations made by …

PESHAWAR: “Havoc has been played with the public money through faulty planning & designing, negligence in execution of work, and poor management of the project,” a 27-page official report on the multi-billion rupees Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Peshawar said. The report compiled by the Provincial Inspection Team (PIT) on the orders of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister also points …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Health Services (NHS) Aamer Mehmood Kiani has ordered a countrywide crackdown on pharmaceutical companies for increasing the prices of various medicines. “Though the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) deals with the matter, being [a] government [representative] I consider myself responsible to provide relief to [the] masses and answerable to them. I am personally looking into …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday administered the oath to newly appointed Minister for Parliamentary Affairs retired Brigadier Ijaz Ahmed Shah despite opposition from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) which believed that Mr Ijaz’s appointment would further spoil the environment in parliament. The oath-taking ceremony, atten­ded by a limited number of guests, including Minister of State …

LARKANA: Sindh Chief Minis­ter Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tues­day expressed his lack of aware­ness about the reported arrest of former MPA Owais Muza­ffar alias Tappi, said to be foster brother of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, by Interpol in Dubai. Speaking to reporters at Garhi Khuda Bakhsh Bhutto on Tuesday, Mr Shah said he too, like …

QUETTA: The provincial home department has extended ban on Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement chairman Manzoor Pashteen’s entry into Balochistan for 90 days. In a notification issued here on Tuesday, the provincial Home and Tribal Affairs Department said: “The Government of Balochistan has extended Pashteen’s entry ban following incitement of unrest in the province through his hate speech and incendiary statement against …

KARACHI: A court on Tuesday allowed additional time to the investigating officer to submit the final investigation report in a case pertaining to the death of six members of a family allegedly due to gas poisoning in a state guesthouse. Nadeem Akhtar Shaikh, chief engineer of the Pakistan Public Works Department, Zakir Hussain, an assistant executive engineer, overseer Mehram Ali …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court hearing the implementation of the landmark 2012 Asghar Khan case on a financial scam of the 1990s has ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to come up with a report highlighting banks showing reluctance to offer information about those who allegedly received money in the scam. A two-judge SC bench consisting of Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed …

PSNT hosted a grand Pakistan day celebration with national fervor and fanfare By: Raja Zahid A Khanazada  Dallas: Overseas living Pakistanis are always waiting to celebrate their national days and festivals. Pakistani Americans largest organization in Dallas Fort Worth, Pakistan Society of North Texas hosted a grand Pakistan day celebration with national fervor and fanfare. US congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson …

The rapid spread of e-cigarette use among young teenagers has not slowed the decline in smoking in the same age group, much less reversed it, according to a new study. Nor has vaping caused 13-to-15 year olds canvassed in Britain to see tobacco use in a more positive light, researchers reported Tuesday. The findings, published in the BMJ journal Thorax, …