Pakistan

LOWER DIR:  One suspect was arrested by the Counter Terrorism Department and under interrogation as all four vicitims who were killed in an attack on a PTI MPA’s vehicle in Lower Dir were laid to rest at their ancestral graveyards on Sunday. Malik Liaqat Ali Khan, the injured MPA, was shifted to a hospital in Islamabad from Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital on …

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways (PR) on Sunday said its field operations teams have sent tonnes of relief goods in collaboration with several philanthropic organisations to the flood-hit areas of Balochistan and other provinces. According to PR CEO Farrukh Taimur Ghilzai, teams in Rawalpindi division have dispatched 1,000 dry ration packs, medicine worth Rs2 million and other items, while PR’s medical teams …

Muharram 9 mourning processions are being taken out countrywide amid strict security arrangements, with mobile phone services suspended in some areas under a comprehensive security plan devised by law enforcement agencies to prevent any untoward incident. The Sindh government last week imposed a ban on the use of helicams or drones for video recording by media channels during processions and majalis from …

DHAKA: Thousands of Bangla­deshis besieged fuel stations across the country after the government raised prices by as much as 52 per cent, the largest jump on record, on the back of higher oil prices. Russia’s invasion of Ukr­aine has seen global energy prices soar, though oil has fallen back in recent weeks as recession fears mount. Dhaka announced on Fri­day …

GILGIT: German journalist and tour operator Michael Beek has warned that unplanned tourism activities on some of the world’s highest mountains in Gilgit Baltistan pose a serious threat of environmental degradation. Mr Beek has been a frequent visitor to these mountains in the past four decades and also authored a guide book “Pakistan”. After his recent trek to Nanga Parbat …

KARACHI / SWABI: Just a day after the Federal Inv­es­tigation Agency (FIA) con­stituted a panel to supervise teams in its respective zones investigation into the matter pertaining to the Election Commission of Pak­­istan (ECP) order in Pak­istan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) prohibited funding case, the agency’s provincial chapters summoned senior leaders of the party for next week to join the inquiry. The …

Around half a dozen armed youths allegedly thrashed an off-duty policeman at a roadside cafe in Karachi’s upscale DHA neighbourhood and opened fire before fleeing, triggering fear and panic among the people, officials said on Sunday. Darakshan police registered a case against six people on the complaint of the policeman in question, Hamza Nasir Gujjar, under Sections 324 (attempted murder) …

GUJRAT: As the Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan practically wants to run the Punjab government led by Parvez Elahi from Islamabad, the PML-Q does not have any issue with the senior coalition partner’s strategy of issuing directions in important matters. Well places sources told Dawn that the lists carrying names of officers mainly in administration, police and other important posts …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has failed to set up the Gandhara Heritage and Culture and Convention Centre at the F-9 Citizen Club in the light of its board decision, as the building is still being used as a mass vaccination centre. Officials told Dawn that last year the CDA board had decided to establish the centre in Citizen Club and …

ISLAMABAD: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a US-based animal rights non-profit organisation, has offered to help Pakistan implement humane practices in veterinary and medical schools and end animal testing in Pakistan through a series of reforms. The offer was made during a zoom meeting between the prime minister’s strategic reforms adviser, Salman Sufi, and PETA President Ingrid …