Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Care­ta­ker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has ordered the authorities concerned to enhance security in the federal capital and take action against criminals supplying drugs in and around educational institutions. A high-level meeting pre­­sided over by PM Ka­­kar and attended by senior government officials, including the caretaker interior minister, on Mon­day discussed the Islam­abad Capital Territory’s (ICT) administrative issues, …

ISLAMABAD: The government has sought documents, including a ‘deed of confidentiality’, from former special assistant to the prime minister Mirza Shahzad Akbar about the agreement which resulted in the transfer of around 136 million pounds and $44m from the UK. The cabinet division has written a letter to Foreign Secretary Syrus Sajjad Qazi to be delivered to Mr Akbar through …

PESHAWAR: The Federal Investigation Agency’s Anti-Corruption Circle arrested two customs employees for their alleged involvement in corruption, officials said on Saturday. They said that the customs employees, including a superintendent and a sepoy, were involved in granting clearance to cell phones and electronic gadgets brought from abroad at the Bacha Khan International Airport, Peshawar.     “These employees allowed clearance …

PESHAWAR: A premature closure of Torkham border by the Afghan authorities on Sunday evening left scores of illegal immigrants, including women and children, under the open sky for several hours, compelling the Pakistani authorities to take the risk of shifting the families just before midnight to Peshawar instead of abandoning them at the border crossing. Officials at this side of …

ISLAMABAD: The abrupt changes in the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council have caused concerns in the medical community, which sees the removal of the PMDC registrar and appointment of a new member of the executive council as an attempt by the health ministry to ‘pressurise’ the council to do its bidding. Over the past few days, the PDMC registrar was …

In an unexpected turn of events, the PML-N and MQM on Tuesday announced they would contest the upcoming general elections together. The development comes days after the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and President Arif Alvi agreed on February 8, 2024, as the date for polls — an announcement that has stirred activity in the camps of major political parties. In the …

Expect warm and breezy conditions today with a high in low 80s (which is about 10 degrees above normal). A south wind will keep things nice and warm through Wednesday. High temperatures will hold in the 80s before a big weather change the second half of the week. The next cold front will arrive Thursday. While it won’t be as …

KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party won majority seats in the by-elections held in Karachi’s nine local government constituencies for the seats of union committee (UC) chairmen, vice chairmen and ward councillors on Sunday. Among the successful candidates are Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab and Deputy Mayor Salman Abdullah Murad, who, according to unofficial results, won a union committee (UC) each …

MANSEHRA: Religious figures on Sunday refuted reports that they were against working of non-government organisations, particularly their women staffers, in Kohistan region. “We are law-abiding citizens and have never hurled threats on NGOs and their women staffers. We have always welcomed them on our soil,” Maulana Kareem Dad, chairman of Muttahida Kohistan Ulema Jirga, told Dawn. He said he was also the chairman …

KARACHI: Amid persistent failure of the provincial government to plug gaps in the water distribution system and ensure provision of proper chlorinated water to consumers, another man died of Naegleria fowleri, commonly called brain-eating am­o­e­ba, in district Central, raising the death toll from the deadly infection to 11 this year. The latest victim was a 45-year-old man, who was reported …