Pakistan

UPPER DIR: At least two women of a family were killed and five others, including a child and woman, sustained serious injuries when a car plunged into a deep ravine in Daskor area of Wari tehsil in Upper Dir, police and local people said here on Friday. They said that the car fell into a deep ravine when it reached …

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) has been directed to conduct a study into the socio-economic background of the over 11,000 out-of-school children identified for enrolment as most of these children live in the capital’s rural areas. Chairing a meeting on out-of-school children in Islamabad, Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood directed FDE to initiate the process of admitting the children …

RAWALPINDI: The metro bus service between Rawalpindi and Islamabad was closed on Friday as bus drivers went on strike against the non-payment of their salaries the last few months and the deduction of fines from their salaries. More than 110,000 people were affected due to the strike and the Punjab Mass Transit Authority (PMA) and the divisional administration had not …

KARACHI: Two senior Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leaders said on Friday that Prime Minister Imran Khan would announce a comprehensive package for Karachi in his upcoming visit to the provincial metropolis. Senior Vice President of PTI’s Karachi chapter Hunaid Lakhani and MNA Aftab Siddiqui told a press conference that the recommendations of the package had been worked out by a committee formed …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf government has apparently shown distrust in reforms in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police as Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued new terms of references (ToR) for a high-profile committee notified to suggest amendments to the both KP Police Act 2017 and in Punjab police rules. The PM has directed the committee to come up with fresh amendments to make, …

ISLAMABAD: An audit report on the Benazir Income Support Programme’s (BISP) accounts during the period when Farzana Raja was its chairperson has disclosed irregularities involving billions of rupees. The audit report on the BISP accounts for 2012-13 produced before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has alleged “irregular appointment of State Life Insurance Corporation without open competition” which caused a loss …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday sought arguments from Pakistan Peoples Party MNA Faryal Talpur’s counsel in the light of the findings of the Supreme Court-appointed Joint Investigation Team (JIT) that probed into the allegations of money laundering and ‘fake accounts’ against her, former president Asif Ali Zardari and others. A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Ali …

LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been diagnosed as a patient with serious health problems and the specially constituted medical board that examined him has recommended his removal to a hospital. The six-member board, which included two specialists from the army medical corps, examined Mr Sharif at the Kot Lakhpat prison on Wednesday after other doctors suggested that he …

An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday sent the Khwaja brothers’ to jail on 14-day judicial remand after rejecting the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request for an extension in the physical remand of the two in the Paragon Housing scam case. Accountability Court Judge Syed Najamul Hassan heard the accountability bureau’s request for an extension in the physical remand of …

Renowned Pakistani teacher Ahmed Saya has become the winner of the prestigious Cambridge University’s Dedicated Teacher Awards 2019. Saya was among six teachers shortlisted for the award from across the globe by an esteemed panel of educationists. The winner was selected through an online poll conducted by the Cambridge University Press where students were required to vote for the ‘World’s …