Pakistan

GILGIT: The flood victims of Gilgit-Baltistan have been facing shortage of food and drinking water since the calamity has battered the road network. The GB government has yet to start work to repair roads and bridges, rendering the region almost inaccessible for organisations trying to carry out relief and rehabilitation. On his part, Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan has accused …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah on Thursday launched the Nadra biker service for carrying out processes of CNIC renewal and modification at the doorsteps of applicants. During his visit to the Nadra headquarters, the authority’s chairman Tariq Malik briefed the minister about its operations in Sindh, Balochistan and south Punjab which have been badly affected by devastating floods and …

KARACHI: A young girl in the flood-hit Shahdadpur was allegedly tortured and raped by two men who “kidnapped” her on the pretext of giving her ration, officials said. The area police said that they had detained one of the two suspects after the victim’s family came up with the complaint against them. The case would be registered after initial probe …

PESHAWAR: Flood relief activities, reconstruction of infrastructure and payment of compensation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will cost around Rs68 billion, show initial estimates of the provincial government. According to official documents available with Dawn, the government will have to spend around Rs12.2 billion to compensate families for deaths, injuries, loss of cattle and damage to their property and Rs5 billion on relief …

ISLAMABAD: Isla­mabad Inspector General of Police Dr Akbar Nasir Khan has revealed that the government was spending Rs240 million annually on the security of former prime minister and PTI chairman Imran Khan. The information came to light in a meeting of the Senate Standing Com­mittee on Interior, held on Wednesday, which was chaired by PTI Senator Mohsin Aziz. During the …

KARACHI: While describing the situation in flood-hit areas of Sindh as ‘extremely critical’, health authorities say that serious damages have been occurred to key healthcare installations and estimate that more than 1,000 health facilities so far across the province have been damaged by the floods. The situation poses a serious challenge for the government as it becomes very difficult to …

PESHAWAR: Extending its stay order in favour of former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser until Sept 13, the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday restrained the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from taking any adverse action against him in connection with an inquiry into the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s two bank accounts managed by him. A bench consisting of Justice Abdul Shakoor and Justice …

ISLAMABAD: While setting aside the Islamabad High Court’s decision in a case pertaining to women’s harassment at the workplace, the Supreme Court on Wednesday highlighted the need to bid farewell to gender biases and encourage women’s participation in all spheres of life with ‘honour and dignity’. “The dignity is an inherent and inseparable right of a human being and has …

SWAT: The residents of different villages between Bahrain and Kalam said on Wednesday that they were completely cut off from the rest of the district. They said that they did not receive any relief despite being badly affected by the floods. “Our areas fall between Bahrain and Kalam that’s why we remain unnoticed and completely ignored,” they said. Talking to …

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Deve­lopment Bank on Wednesday approved a grant of $3 million to support the relief and rehabilitation measures in the light of devastating floods in Pakistan as more international aid in the form of food and equipment, particularly from Turkiye and China, and the United Arab Emirates, arrived in the flood-hit country. According to the state-run APP, as many …