Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on the Independence Day announced Civil Awards for citizens of the country as well as foreign nationals for showing excellence and courage in their respective fields and for martyrs of Covid-19. The investiture ceremony for the civil awards will take place on Pakistan Day, March 23, 2024. Nishan-i-Imtiaz Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi (late), Nuclear Science; Iftikhar …

ISLAMABAD: While around 200 hardship cases of pharmaceutical companies have been pending with the federal cabinet, it is feared that over 50 medicines will soon vanish from the market as the caretaker cabinet will not be empowered to increase the prices. Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) Chairman Syed Farooq Bukhari said uncertainty about the hardship cases will lead to black …

PESHAWAR: The police and security forces repulsed three midnight militant attacks at as many locations in the jurisdiction of Mattani police station — an area bordering the Kohat district — some 50 kilometres south of the provincial capital. Police officials said that militants attacked Hameed Khan police post with latest weaponry from a nearby forest. However, they said that the …

ISLAMABAD: After he took oath as the eighth interim prime minister of Pakistan on Monday, Anwaarul Haq Kakar will start consultations for the formation of the caretaker cabinet today, even as former ruling coalition members, particularly PML-N, expre­ssed reservations over his ‘surprise’ selection to lead the interim set-up. The appointment of the former senator, who founded the Balochistan Awami Party, came as …

A Lahore accountability court on Tuesday remanded PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) till August 21 in a case pertaining to bribes over development project contracts. A day earlier, the former Punjab chief minister was arrested by the anti-corruption watchdog shortly after he was released from Adiala jail. He was set free upon the …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to the city police chief, chief commissioner, deputy commissioner (DC) and other officials on pleas filed by PTI leaders Shehryar Afridi and Shandana Gulzar Khan against their ongoing detentions under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). Afridi was first arrested on May 16 from his Islamabad residence under Section 3 …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has placed a complete ban on exit and entrance polls including those on official digital media accounts of print and electronic media outlets as well as social media influencers. In a code of conduct for the upcoming general polls shrouded by mystery, the ECP has also barred any kind of surveys at any …

Senator Raza Rabbani on Tuesday warned the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against a delay in general elections, which are to be held within 90 days of the National Assembly’s (NA) dissolution as per the Constitution. In a statement issued today, Rabbani said, “Any delay in the holding of general elections, within the constitutional period will have serious consequences for …

Sindh Chief Minister-designate, Justice (Retd) Maqbool Baqar, underscored on Tuesday that the primary duty of a caretaker government upon taking office was to ensure elections were conducted in a timely and transparent manner. “As I take on the role of head of the provincial government, the primary focus of the caretaker set-up will be to facilitate prompt elections, providing the …

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial said on Tuesday that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) should conduct the process of delimitations transparently, stressing that it was a “matter of public interest”. The top judge passed these remarks as a two-member Supreme Court (SC) bench, comprising Justice Bandial and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, took up a …