Pakistan

An accountability court in Lahore on Monday extended the physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader Aleem Khan until March 5. Khan is in custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for allegedly owning assets beyond his known sources of income. He is named in multiple corruption cases including one involving offshore company Hexam Investment Overseas Ltd, and inquiries into his involvement in …

PESHAWAR: Public and private hospitals have reserved beds and ambulances after government’s directives to stand alert for ‘national cause’, a reference to the tension with neighbouring India. On February 22, health department ordered hospitals to reserve 25 per cent beds on a special directive of government for ‘national cause’. “The institutions have been directed to reserve a minimum of 60 …

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Minister for Law and Local Government Raja Mohammad Basharat on Sunday said the PTI-led government would introduce a new local government system soon. “We are working to replace the old local government system with a new one so that the citizens could get civic facilities at their doorsteps,” he said while speaking at a function at Chungi No …

MANSEHRA: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has claimed that under pressure from Prime Minister Imran Khan, the National Assembly speaker is not issuing production order for his party’s MNA Saad Rafique, saying that this attitude of the government is undermining the sanctity of parliament. “The production order is the basic right of any …

A three-storey residential building collapsed in Jaffer Tayar Society of Malir area in Karachi on Monday morning. A rescue operation is currently underway. According to rescue and police officials, three families — a total of 20 to 25 people — were residing in the 30-year-old building. They said three bodies have been recovered while two survivors have been rescued so …

ISLAMABAD: The tax payment by Prime Minister Imran Khan fell by about 35 per cent to Rs103,763 in the tax year 2017 from Rs159,609 a year ago, while that of former premier Nawaz Sharif saw a staggering fall during the period. Mr Sharif paid Rs2.524 million in 2016, when he was prime minister, but it fell to Rs263,173 in 2017, …

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday said that because governments across the world are not able to fill every single gap in the development process, NGOs in all countries play a vital role in fulfilling major needs of development. Speaking at the 25th anniversary celebrations of Strengthening Participatory Organisation (SPO), an NGO, here at the National Library auditorium, the …

ISLAMABAD: Amid an intensifying tension in gas sector, the board of directors of Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGCL) on Monday appointed Muhammad Waseem as new acting managing director – the third in less than two months. Mr Waseem was working as deputy managing director (MD) operations in the company and reluctantly assumed the charge of acting managing director after …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has drafted a bill to bring over 15,000 Federal Levies Force operating in seven tribal districts and six sub-divisions of defunct Fata under its control. “This Act may be called the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Levies Force Transition Act, 2019,” says an official document. The bill will be introduced in the provincial assembly after the cabinet’s approval. …

LAHORE: The joint investigation team (JIT) of the Sahiwal incident has declared Khalil and his family innocent while the driver of the car Zeeshan an active member of a terror outfit. Submitted to the chief minister on Friday, the report also unveiled other facts of the Sahiwal incident in which Khalil was shot dead by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) …