Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A National Assembly panel on Wednesday called for provision of ‘adequate’ funds to the Sindh Rangers for shifting their headquarters from Jinnah Courts — a historically significant pre-Partition national heritage building in Karachi. The NA standing committee, which met here with Raja Khurram Shahzad Nawaz in the chair, also sought details of funds provided to the Sindh Rangers and …

PESHAWAR: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri has said that the government would take full care of Haj pilgrims by providing them maximum facilities during their stay in the holy land. He was addressing a media awareness workshop jointly organised by the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Haj Organisation of Pakistan (HOP) at a local hotel here on …

ISLAMABAD: A grade 20 officer at the Regional Directorate of National Savings (RDNS) has been demoted and a naib qasid was made to retire for harassing a colleague. The victim, also a naib qasid, had alleged harassment by four RDNS officials. Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against them in response to her complaint under the Protection Against Harassment of Women at …

Police arrested two men in Lahore on Wednesday for their alleged torture of one suspect’s wife over her refusal to dance for them. According to a first information report registered on March 26, Asma Aziz’s husband of four years and two of his employees tortured her over her refusal to dance for them. The Punjab police in statement said the …

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Revenue Mohammad Hammad Azhar has explained that there is no change in cash limits or tax rates on withdrawal from bank accounts and the Finance 2nd Supplementary Act 2019 has taken out only filers of income tax returns from the scope of the relevant law. “There has been no change in cash limits or tax …

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday questioned former chief minister of Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah for his alleged involvement in the fake bank accounts and money laundering case. The senior politician, who was grilled for 40 minutes at the bureau’s office in Islamabad, was the fourth top leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party who appeared before NAB …

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that he believes the government’s housing scheme — which aims to build five million houses for the less fortunate — will be extremely popular once it is launched in April. The prime minister had promised to build five million houses in a launching ceremony, that was held in October last year, of the Naya Pakistan …

The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cybercrime Wing is seeking inquiries against certain journalists and parties for allegedly executing what it called “a targeted social media campaign” against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman during his February visit to Pakistan. The development came to light when a copy of a letter dated March 13 ─ the authenticity of which was verified …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has finally ‘reconsidered’ his strategy and began ‘consultation’ with Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif by suggesting to him through a letter three nominations each for the vacant posts of the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from Balochistan and Sindh as the deadline set by the Constitution for …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said he feared another security incident with India after the two nuclear-armed countries engaged in a dangerous escalation that fuelled “war hysteria” in New Delhi ahead of elections next month. In an interview with the Financial Times on Tuesday, Mr Khan said tensions were still high even after the crisis over a suspected militant attack in India-occupied …