Pakistan

QUETTA: The Balochistan cabinet reviewed the Public Sector Development Programme 2018-19 and took various decisions about work on ongoing development projects and release of funds and sought the list of the old projects under investigation and those which could not have been completed over the last 10 years. A meeting of the cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan …

HARIPUR: Child abuse cases are increasing day by day and need to be curbed through a holistic approach otherwise such incidents would continue to deface the society. Speakers said this at an awareness seminar organised jointly by Society for Peace and Conflict Management, University of Haripur, and district police here on Tuesday. They said that it was quite unfortunate that …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), hearing a complaint against Justice Muhammad Farrukh Irfan Khan of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday, refused to summon former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry as a witness. A request was made by senior counsel Hamid Khan, who is defending the sitting judge, to call the former chief justice to testify the …

ISLAMABAD: The electronic media regulator has advised television channels to observe decency in their non-news content. In an advice issued to all TV channels, the Pakistan Ele­ctronic Media Regu­la­tory Authority (Pemra) on Tuesday asked them not to air dramas containing controversial themes, indecent clo­thing and gestures, controversial plots (involving infidelity and extramarital affairs, etc) and unnecessary details of events. “Such …

A re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) pipeline in Rahim Yar Khan was targeted in a bomb attack early on Wednesday. According to Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd (SNGPL) sources, the blast was caused by a timed explosive device. The explosives were planted in a 36-inch-diameter pipeline at Bhong Road in Sadiqabad near the Bhong Sui Gas repeater station A-1, Rescue …

GHALANAI: A car was badly damaged after it hit an improvised explosive device planted on the roadside in the Ambar tehsil of Mohmand tribal district on Tuesday. Local traders of chromite were on board the vehicle, but they remained unhurt, officials said. They said the car ran over the IED in the Olai Shah area of Ambar. Assistant Commissioner, Lower …

LAHORE: A district and sessions court judge granted on Tuesday pre-arrest interim bail to PML-N MNA Afzal Khokhar and his brothers MPA Saiful Malook Khokhar and Shafi Khokhar in a case of occupying private land unlawfully. The Khokhars brothers along with their counsel appeared before the court of Additional District and Sessions Court Judge Shahzad Raza where their counsel said …

MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan said the AJK government is determined to achieve the goal of economic self reliance by exploring new avenues of financial resources and completing projects of national importance. He expressed these views while addressing officials of the AJK Planning and Development Department after a briefing on important development projects in AJK. …

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has decided to establish foreigners’ security cells in the Central Police Office (CPO) and the Home Department as well as in all the districts with requisite staff and logistics. All foreigners will inform their first arrival to the desks concerned. The District Foreign Security Cell (DFSC) will be headed by an officer not below the rank …

OKARA: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar has approved Rs9.5 million compensation for the victims of the February 2018 terrorist attack in Kharan district of Balochistan and ordered the two employer companies to pay Rs20,000 per month to each of the six families for the next three years. About 11 months back, labourers Mazhar, Shahzad Ali, Riaz, Waqas, …