Pakistan

LAHORE: The government on Thursday transferred the entire police high command of the provincial capital in a massive reshuffle in the wake of their “mishandling of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan’s violent rally.” Several regional police officers (RPOs) and district police officers (DPOs) have also been reshuffled in Punjab. The government has posted Punjab Additional IG Investigation Fayyaz Ahmad Dev as new Lahore …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday claimed that there was uproar in India as well over high petrol prices and Pakistan still had the cheapest petrol prices in the region. “In India today, there is uproar as well [over petrol prices] and the petrol price per litre is Rs150 while it is Rs200 in Bangladesh. [On the other hand] it …

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Thursday said that the chief of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), Saad Rizvi, had insisted on the closure of the French embassy in his talks with the interior minister. Addressing a ceremony in Lahore, the interior minister said: “[Contrary to what] one person — who is very respectable and is a major religious figure from …

ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday decided to allow inbound air traffic at full quantum from Nov 10, but retained five countries in category C. Meanwhile, Covid-19 claimed 11 lives and infected 561 more people on Wednesday. In another development, the World Health Organisation (WHO) allowed emergency use of another vaccine, taking the number of validated …

ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of rising prices of flour and sugar, the federal government on Wednesday renewed its demand that the Sindh government should expedite daily release of wheat for stabilising the flour price. The PTI-led federal government has been critical of the provincial government for its failure to arrest rising trends in flour and sugar prices. The federal government’s orders …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Wednesday rejected two constitution amendment bills, including the one seeking to declare women’s inheritance a fundamental right, with a majority vote. The committee, however, approved two other constitution amendment bills, including the one seeking to authorise advisers to the chief ministers to participate in the proceedings of the provincial assemblies. …

ISLAMABAD: A clear majority of members of a parliamentary committee on Wednesday suggested blacklisting the company that was involved in conducting the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT). This suggestion came just a day after a ceremony by Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) in which MDCAT toppers were awarded with cash prizes and certificates. The meeting of National Assembly’s Standing …

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel asked the government on Wednesday to immediately install telemetry system at all water discharge stations and appoint independent experts for measurement of water quantities, and directed the water regulator to ensure water distribution among the provinces as per the shares fixed in the 1991 water apportionment accord. A meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on …

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has finally notified the setting up of a permanent secretariat for the Council of Common Interests (CCI). “In pursuance of Article 154(3) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the federal government has been pleased to establish a permanent Secretariat of the CCI with immediate effect, which shall have the status of a division,” …

LAHORE: The Punjab Cabinet Committee on Law and Order on Wednesday worked out a plan to take the proscribed title of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) off as a part of confidence-building measures in the aftermath of the federal government-TLP agreement, contents of which are still unknown in the public domain. The federal government’s steering committee led by state minister Ali Muhammad Khan …