Pakistan

RAWALPINDI: A poliovirus was found for the second time in a month in Rawalpindi district during a sewage sampling carried out by the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to an official of the District Health Authority, the poliovirus was found in a sample collected from a nullah at Safdarabad near Pirwadhai. The area is located in the middle of Rawalpindi …

ISLAMABAD: A common Asian Leopard, the apex predator of the Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP), was spotted near the Earth Sciences Department building early Friday morning. The Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) and Islamabad Capital Territory police were informed by the university’s administration and a team of the board paid a visit to the QAU to confirm the presence of …

ISLAMABAD: In a significant move towards the conduct of general polls “as soon as possible”, the Election Commi­ssion of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday squee­zed the timeline for delimitation of constituencies of the national and provincial assemblies to complete the exercise by Nov 30. Informed sources told Dawn that the decision paves the way for holding elections in the last week of January …

RAWALPINDI: The district administration on Friday sealed Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) and OMG outlets in Chaklala Scheme-III and Askari-3 for using rotten meat and having unhygienic conditions of their kitchens. Assistant Commissioner Cantonment Qandeel Fatima Memon sealed KFC Scheme 3 after a complaint was received that a steel wire was found in the fillet of a burger. On confirming that …

DERA GHAZI KHAN: A married woman belonging to the Alkani tribe was allegedly killed by her husband and his accomplices over ‘honour’ in the limits of Chucha Border Military Police (BMP) station in the tribal area of Rajanpur district. Local sources say the woman, accused of having relations with a man, was allegedly killed by her husband, her brother-in-law and …

ISLAMABAD: Questio­ning the bonafides of the petitioner, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah on Friday said sometimes he felt tired of pushing too hard to find errors in the amendment made to the National Account­ability Ordinance (NAO). If someone believes that the amendment is tailored to benefit certain politicians and their family members, then the only available remedy is to throw …

TOBA TEK SINGH: The Faisalabad Anti-Terrorism Court on Friday sent 83 Jaranwala riot suspects on physical remand until Sept 9. At the end of their physical remand, they were produced before the court with a request to grant further remand for investigation. A spokesperson for the Faisalabad city police said that they were arrested in the Jaranwala city police FIR numbers: 1260, …

ISLAMABAD: Amid continued unrest over inflated power bills across the country, the Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Friday termed the issue a national crisis. Taking serious notice of the hike in electricity prices, the committee noted that a number of suicide cases linked to excessive billing have been reported from different areas. Committee Chairman Rana Maqbool Ahmad, who belongs to PML-N, stated that …

NORTH WAZIRISTAN/KHYBER: Three military personnel, including an officer, were martyred in separate attacks in North Waziristan and Khyber districts, according to the military’s media wing. A statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday that two security personnel, including a major, were martyred during an intelligence-based operation in Miramshah area of North Waziristan. The operation was being carried …

ISLAMABAD: As a countrywide wheel-jam and shutter-down strike is being observed today (Saturday) on inflated electricity bills, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has called it a “non-issue”, insisting that it was being raised by some political parties as a “tool” in their election campaigns. “It is not a very serious issue, but political parties are in election mode and using it …