Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Widespread rain-thunderstorm is expected in Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan divisions), Upper Punjab (Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Lahore, Faisalabad divisions), Islamabad, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir, while at scattered places in Bannu, D.I.Khan, Multan, Sahiwal, Bahawalpur, D.G.Khan, divisions, while at isolated places in Mirpurkhas division. Moderate to Heavyfalls are also expected at isolated places in Malakand, Hazara divisions, …

OTTAWA: The daughters of Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, whose blasphemy case spotlighted religious extremism in her country, are now in Canada, a source close to the case said Wednesday. Unconfirmed Pakistani reports earlier claimed the children had already fled to Canada, and speculation was rampant that she would seek asylum in North America or Europe. Canadian officials reached by …

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leaders are visiting former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Kotlakhpat prison today, Geo News reported on Thursday. The Jail authorities has fixed Thursday as meeting day for visitors. Muslim League leaders Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ayaz Sadiq, Muhsahid Hussain Syed, Saia Afzal Tarar had reached the prison to meet the party Supreme Leader who has been …

Live Stock Department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa plans to develop donkey farms with an aim to boost country’s  exports. Officials said work at two donkey farms was likely to kick off at two places  in Dera Ismail Khan and Mansehra with foreign partnership. They said though Chinese companies have shown interest in donkey farming in Pakistan, the government would want to …

ISLAMABAD: The government has in principle decided to make the Saidu Sharif Airport in Swat operational to promote tourism in the country. Established in 1978, the airport used to handle two flights a day from Islamabad and Peshawar but it was closed down when the law and order situation in the valley deteriorated. As part of preparations for reopening the …

LAHORE: Jailed PML-N leader Hanif Abbasi on Tuesday underwent a cardiac procedure at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore. An official told Dawn that PIC doctors inserted a stent and shifted him to the cardiac care unit (CCU) where he would be kept for a couple of days. Mr Abbasi was shifted to the PIC from the Camp Jail on …

ISLAMABAD: Defending the controversial provision of plea bargain in the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), 1999, a senior official of the National Accounta­bility Bureau (NAB) has said that it is the only law in the country for the swift recovery of plundered wealth. “A plea bargain is the quickest way for the recovery of looted wealth and its return to victims …

FAISALABAD: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar says the government will dispense justice in the Sahiwal incident and action has been taken against the officials following initial inquiry report. Speaking to journalists at the Government College University Faisalabad convocation on Tuesday, he promised that the case would be dealt with impartially. He said medical facilities would be provided to the PML-N …

ISLAMABAD: Postmortem reports of four of the eight nilgais that died recently at Marghazar Zoo have found that they were poisoned. Eight nilgais died at the zoo between December and January, and their cause of death was initially attributed to severe cold due to a lack of timely measures to protect them. However it has now emerged that four of …

HYDERABAD: Poor and needy patients continued to suffer as doctors and paramedics across Sindh remained on strike on Tuesday and boycotted outpatient departments (OPDs) of all public hospitals for the second straight day to pressurise the provincial government to meet their demands. According to reports, a cardiac patient, Alam Lashari, of village Abdullah Shah, died in the Civil Hospital of …