Pakistan

LAHORE: People in most urban and rural areas of Punjab faced the menace of loadshedding for most part of Wednesday when various power plants, transmission lines and grid stations started tripping owing to what officials said dense fog. The situation forced the distribution companies (Discos) to observe forced loadshedding and load management on an hourly basis in most parts of …

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Wednesday directed the defence secretary to file comments by January 22 on a petition filed by the mother of chief of outlawed Peoples Amn Committee Uzair Jan Baloch seeking his production before trial courts. A two-judge SHC bench headed by Justice Mohammad Iqbal Kalhoro expressed displeasure over a federal law officer for not filing …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) is installing thermal scanners at airports and other points of entry to prevent cross-border disease transmission. While visiting Islamabad International Airport (IIA) on Wednesday, NHS Minister Aamer Mehmood Kiani said the PTI government is emphasising the strengthening of health departments and the Directorate of Central Health Establishment (CHE) at all points of …

The Federal Investi­gation Agency (FIA) has confiscated properties worth Rs3.5 billion owned by the Khid­mat-i-Khalq Foundation (KKF) of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, sources in the agency said on Thursday. MQM’s London-based founder Altaf Hussain along with other party leaders, including former federal minister Babar Ghauri, former senator Ahmed Ali, Karachi Deputy Mayor Arshad Vohra, Khawaja Sohail Mansoor and Khawaja Rehan …

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Qamar Zaman Kaira says the party has the capability to topple the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government but won’t do so and let it complete the term so that its ineptness stands exposed before the masses. “We have the ability and required number to oust the PTI government but are observing restraint only to fully expose its …

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Qamar Zaman Kaira says the party has the capability to topple the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government but won’t do so and let it complete the term so that its ineptness stands exposed before the masses. “We have the ability and required number to oust the PTI government but are observing restraint only to fully expose its …

A court in Tando Adam on Thursday sentenced Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MPA Dewan Sachanand to three years in prison after he was found guilty of issuing a fake cheque, which was dishonoured by the bank due to insufficient funds in his account. The judicial magistrate of the court, Kamran Kalhoro, sent the Sindh Assembly lawmaker to a sub-jail in Tando …

LAHORE: Although former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been given ‘better class’ in the Kot Lakhpat jail, the Punjab government on Wednesday said it could not provide a prisoner to him who could serve as his ‘orderly’ and that he would have to maintain his room on his own. Inspector General of Prisons Shahid Saleem Beg said “Nawaz Sharif has …

RAWALPINDI: Following the directives of the federal government, the police have re-opened the case of the kidnapping of Chinese engineer Pingzhi Liu, who went missing under mysterious circumstances while working on a tunnel linked to a river at the Karot Power Project, Kahuta on Dec 20, 2017. A kidnapping case was registered with the Kahuta police, who had closed the file. Sources …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday embarked on a two-day official visit to Turkey on the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Radio Pakistan reported. The premier will discuss the “entire spectrum of bilateral relations as well as [the] regional and international situation” with President Erdogan. During his stay in Ankara, Prime Minister Khan will address a business forum and hold …