Pakistan

KARACHI: Sindh to launch anti-mosquito fumigation in nine flood-hit districts of the province from the next week, quoting sources. The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), Sindh has received 5,000 KG of anti-mosquito spray powder, 2,000 kilograms of the spray power has been shifted to Jamshoro warehouse of the PDMA, according to sources. Moreover, 3,000 KG anti-mosquito spray powder has been …

Karachi continues to see a rise in the number of dengue cases as 167 more infections of mosquito-borne disease were reported during the past 24 hours. According to Sindh Health Department, as many as 167 cases of dengue fever were reported in the metropolis in the past 24 hours, taking the monthly tally to 3,850. During the ongoing year, as …

QUETTA: Nearly half a dozen suspected terrorists were killed and three security personnel sustained injuries in a gun battle during an intelligence-based operation in Splinji in Mastung district, on Sunday. “The suspect terrorists were planning to attack pilgrims and security forces,” claimed a spokesman for the counter-terrorism department of police, adding that heavy consignment of arms and ammunition was seized …

ISLAMABAD: Pattan Development Organisation (Pattan), an NGO, claimed that despite overwhelming uncertainty and repeated postponement of by-elections a ‘moderate to high percentage of voter’ turnout was witnessed across all the constituencies during the polling on Sunday. Meanwhile, the PTI has said its victory in the by elections was a message that people will not accept any regime change through conspiracy. In Pattan’s …

LAHORE: The Punjab chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party has deferred its decision to lay siege to the residence of former party senator Aitzaz Ahsan citing by-polls as the reason behind the change of mind. Acting president Rana Farooq Saeed told a press conference on Friday that Lahore-based members of the PPP Punjab executive council had adopted a resolution against …

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday rejected Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s allegations of rigging in by-elections held for eight seats of National Assembly and three seats of provincial assembly, and termed these allegations “baseless” and “ridiculous”. A spokesman for the ECP said that by-elections had been held according to the voter lists prepared in 2018 (when the PTI won the general …

LAHORE: Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah says the government is not ready to accept pre-conditions for holding negotiations with the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf. Talking to the media after casting his vote in the National Assembly’s constituency NA-108, Faisalabad, on Sunday, he told a questioner that they would not accept any pre-condition for going into talks with the PTI, which demands …

KARACHI / PESHAWAR / LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: Though Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf managed to secure six out of eight National Assembly seats in the crucial by-election on Sunday, the victory might have brought bittersweet moments for the party as the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) managed to clinch two — NA-157 Multan and NA-237 Karachi — which were bagged by the PTI in the …

ISLAMABAD: The flood-affected people in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are returning to their places of origin or at least close to it to assess livelihood’s condition, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humani­tarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has said. In its latest situation report, the UNOCHA said that during the last week, receding waters were observed, particularly in Sindh and Balochistan. “In …

The Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench on Monday grilled the officials of Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) for failing to furnish evidence against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah in a corruption inquiry related to purchase of plots in a housing society at a “throwaway price”. The court had on Friday suspended Sanaullah’s arrest warrant in the same case and sought the case record …