Pakistan

UMERKOT: Foreign Min­is­ter Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that winds of change have started blowing from Karachi and will reach every nook and cranny of Sindh. Mr Qureshi said at a large gathering outside the residence of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MNA Lal Malhi here on Friday that people of Punjab and Balochistan had rejected the Pakistan Peoples Party and now people …

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has opposed accepting the claim of Tabassum Ishaq Dar, wife of former finance minister Ishaq Dar, to the ownership of a property in Lahore and said her husband is the original owner of the confiscated property. In response to an application filed by Ms Tabassum for de-freezing of the property in Gulberg, Lahore, NAB …

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Friday constituted a third special medical board to examine former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. “On the recommendations of the medical board of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) for evaluation of the health condition of National Accountability Bureau convicted prisoner Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, a special medical board is constituted for examination and management of …

ISLAMABAD: After receiving a SOS call from the embassy of China, which a police officer said was unjustified, the capital police, paramilitary troops and the army along with emergency and rescue officials reached the premises within minutes. However, once in the embassy located in Diplomatic Enclave, the law enforcement agencies were informed that the alarm had been sent out only …

ISLAMABAD: Senator Kalsoom Parveen on Thursday criticised the government decision to vacate land near Park Road to develop a housing society for lawyers, judges and bureaucrats. During a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Housing and Works, Senator Parveen announced that she would bring affected people – those whose land is acquired for the development – to the next …

KARACHI: The Sindh wildlife conservator has been transferred and an officer of the forest department besides being allowed to continue in his own position, has been given the additional charge of the wildlife conservator, it has been learnt. According to sources, the development is against the superior judiciary’s directives which had recently expressed concern over influential officials of one department …

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Thursday told the Lahore High Court that it did not intend to allow kite flying or Basant festival during the coming spring season, however, it will take a balanced decision to permit the activity in future. During hearing of petitions against the government’s plan to allow the activity, a provincial law officer submitted a report …

LAHORE: The Sharif family members and some PML-N leaders on Thursday visited the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Kot Lakhpat jail here. The PML-N leaders warned the government that if anything happened to the imprisoned ex-premier the people would be on roads. Those who visited Mr Sharif included his daughter Maryam Nawaz, his mother Shamim Akhtar, son-in-law retired …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court will resume on Feb 18 hearing of appeals filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the verdict in the Al-Azizia and Flagship Investment references. Mr Sharif has challenged the conviction and seven-year sentence awarded to him in the Al-Azizia/Hill Metal Establishment reference, while NAB in its appeal sought …

ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate on Thursday rejected the mini-budget as an attempt to appease the corporate sector, multinationals and capitalists. Taking part in the discussion on the money bill, senators from the opposition criticised the government for what they called a ‘directionless policy’, and its failure to address issues facing growers. They said that the government was adding to citizens’ problems …