Pakistan

LAHORE: As many as 18 departments will be housed in the planned south Punjab “mini secretariat” though the issue of selection of a city for setting it up has become more complicated for the provincial government because of the jumping in of Mr Jehangir Tareen who reportedly wants the establishment at Lodhran. Earlier, Executive Council on Creation of South Punjab Province chairman Chaudhry Tahir …

WASHINGTON: A US lawmaker has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to grant asylum to Aasia Bibi, arguing that she should be allowed to be settled in the United States because she has been allegedly persecuted for being a Christian. Aasia Bibi was arrested in 2009 for allegedly using blasphemous words during a quarrel with other women of …

LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan in a one-on-one meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar here on Sunday directed him to ensure speedy justice to the grieving family in the Sahiwal killings case. The prime minister, who came to Lahore on a day-long visit, expressed complete solidarity with the bereaved family and hinted at constituting a judicial commission to investigate the Jan 19 …

Police on Monday arrested dozens of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers after they tried to block an armoured vehicle carrying the party chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who was produced by the law enforcement agencies before an anti-terrorism court (ATC). Several workers had gathered outside an ATC in Lahore where Rizvi had been brought for the hearing of a case registered against …

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police on Sunday night introduced an SMS-based system to facilitate complainants of heinous crimes, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) announced on Twitter. The Raabta system will facilitate the tracing of progress in cases and allow complainants to remain in contact with the Investigation Officer (IO) tasked with probing their case, the PTI said, quoting Peshawar Capital City …

Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Shamim Ahmed on Monday said that the federal government should be informed that resolving the Sahiwal killings case is its responsibility. The elite Punjab police had in an alleged fake encounter last month killed four people, including parents Khalil and Nabeela, their teenage daughter, and neighbour Zeeshan, sending shock waves across the country as …

ISLAMABAD: The ad hoc committee of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has recognised 13 medical and dental colleges – four from the public sector and nine from the private sector – in almost a year out of which nine have been notified since Dec 31, 2018. The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has criticised the registration of new colleges …

ISLAMABAD: Expressing solidarity with the people of Kashmir, the country’s political leadership, except that of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and nationalist parties, has called for establishment of an autonomous commission in the light of the reports and recommendations of international bodies to investigate atrocities being committed by security forces in India-held Kashmir. “An independent and autonomous commission be formed …

PESHAWAR: Delay in the customs clearance of the glucantime injections has caused problems for the people infected by cutaneous leishmaniasis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. “The Medecins Sans Frontieres and World Health Organisation are importing drug for free treatment of leishmaniasis patients but they will take around two months for clearance. The government should accelerate the process in view of the outbreaks of the …

KARACHI: Balochistan has been a victim of external belligerence and internal mismanagement causing some general and perceived grievances to emerge. This was stated by General Fida Hussain Malik, the author of Balochistan: A Conflict of Narratives, which was launched at one of the pre-lunch sessions of the on-going Adab Festival on Saturday. Balochistan, he said, is the largest yet the …