Pakistan

MUZAFFARABAD: The ruling PTI in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) appeared to have lost to its arch-rivals PML-N and PPP in Muzaffarabad district, but was ahead of them in Neelum and Jhelum valley districts, as polling for the first phase of local government (LG) elections in Muzaffarabad division was held on Sunday in a generally peaceful atmosphere. Contrary to the …

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has decided to install an air and water quality monitoring system in 10 districts of Punjab including Rawalpindi to deal with smog and other environmental problems caused by climate change. Under the Punjab Green Development Project, the monitoring system will be installed in Rawalpindi, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Multan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Gujranwala, Vehari and other cities. For …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought Rs47.42 billion from the government in order to make preparations for next year’s general election. However, the Ministry of Finance is apparently in a difficult position to earmark a major supplementary grant at least during the current quarter of the fiscal year in view of engagements with the International Monetary Fund …

TAXILA: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis Sardar Saleem Haider Khan said the PTI and its chairman Imran Khan would have to wait for two years for the general elections as the National Assembly will take an extension for another year after the completion of its ongoing term in 2023 to fix the mess created by the …

MANSEHRA: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday said that PTI chief Imran Khan wanted to create a political and economic mess in the country through resignation of his party’s lawmakers from assemblies but he would never be able to accomplish his design. “Imran Khan could hardly assemble 10,000 people. He threatened to quit assemblies to destabilise the country …

ISLAMABAD: Four public-sector hospitals in the federal capital spent Rs5 billion in less than six months, documents submitted to the National Assembly (NA) revealed. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MNA Naveed Aamir Jeeva had asked the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) to share total amount spent on each government hospital in Islamabad during the tenure of the present government. The …

KARACHI/LAHORE: Pakistan Railways (PR) has received a consignment of 46 high-speed modern coaches from China, paving the way for provision of state-of-the-art travelling facilities to the masses in the country. After receipt of 46 completely built units (CBUs) manufactured in China, PR is set to soon start manufacturing 184 similar coaches (passenger, luggage and brake vans) at its carriage factory …

ISLAMABAD: An anti-polio campaign in 23 districts across the three provinces will be launched on Monday (today). The campaign will be launched in six districts of Balochistan, eight districts of Sindh, nine districts of Punjab and Islamabad. Meanwhile, a campaign targeting 12 high-risk districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will be launched on Dec 5. The third ‘Sub-National Immunisa­tion Days’ (SNIDs) campaign, …

Outgoing army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who is set to retire tomorrow, has said he is certain that the “political quarantine of the armed forces” will bode well for Pakistan in the long term. “Despite some criticism and undue vilification of the armed forces through mass propaganda and meticulously crafted false narratives, the institutional resolve to remain apolitical will …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday asserted that by-polls will be held within 60 days if mass resignations were served in Punjab and KP assemblies. The statement from the electoral watchdog came after former prime minister Imran Khan announced on Saturday that his party was leaving all provincial assemblies and opting out of the “corrupt political system”. ECP Spokesperson Ibrahim …