Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: While the Pakis­tan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health confirmed the detection of wild poliovirus in an environmental sample from district South Waziristan of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Islamic Devel­opment Bank approved a financing contribution of $100 million, inclusive of a $35 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to the fourth phase of polio eradication …

LAHORE: PTI’s Pun­jab chapter president Dr Yasmin Rashid was arrested again, just hours after the Lahore High Court had ordered her release along with 17 other women workers of the party detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). In a midnight development, Dr Yasmin was ‘arrested’ again, this time in cases registered at three different police stations of Lahore. …

ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has developed National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) platform coupled with an SMS verification service to help citizens and institutions identify and track individuals convicted of sex crimes against children and women. It is a dynamic database of sexual convicts. The links are established with various law enforcement departments and provincial governments so …

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky celebrated their baby boy’s first birthday. The Umbrella hitmaker, 35, and rapper, 34, celebrated their son RZA Athelston on his birthday with a carousel of adorable family photos and videos on Instagram. In the first photo, the baby boy is seen crawling towards the camera as Rihanna kisses Rocky on the cheek. The next photo features a shot …

A day after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had announced restoring mobile broadband services, social media platforms still remained inaccessible on Saturday, according to Reuters and user reports. On May 9, the regulatory authority had suspended mobile broadband and restricted access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube on the interior ministry’s instructions in the wake of violent protests sparked by PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest. The decision was …

KARACHI: For the first time since the results of recent local government elections have emerged, the Pakistan Peoples Party has came up with calculations of the possible formation of the upcoming City Council to prove the prospects of its success in the crucial mayoral election and announced that its nominee would be the next mayor of Karachi. The claim came …

ISLAMABAD: A few hours after Interior Minis­ter Rana Sanaullah on Friday proclaimed to keep the internet blocked “till the arrest of miscreants who set fire to people’s houses,” mobile data services and the suspended social media platforms were restored. The services, which have been suspended since violent protests broke out following the arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan on May 9, were …

QUETTA: Security forces killed seven militants in separate incidents on Friday in Balochistan, while two soldiers were also martyred, the military’s media wing ISPR said. In the first incident, security forces killed two militants after an early-morning attack on a Frontier Constabulary camp in the Muslim Bagh town in Qilla Saifullah district. However, in a gunfight between the two sides …

“I believe in free markets, but that doesn’t work in Pakistan where my son, who goes to the best university in the world that money can pay for, is competing with my driver’s son whose options for education are limited,” he said. He also criticised the structure of the political class, saying that families dominate politics and that the family …

ISLAMABAD: Having locked himself in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) premises for hours for fear of arrest despite being granted bail on Friday, a triumphant Imran Khan left for Lahore late in the night without addressing the charged party workers who had been earlier directed by him to be ready for a possible protest. The PTI chairman was granted a …