Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A customised drone was used on Friday to test food delivery by Pakistan’s leading food delivery company. The test flight of the drone conducted in association with the office of the deputy commissioner Islamabad — named ‘Pandafly’ — took place in the F-9 Park. The use of disruptive technology by Foodpanda means faster deliveries over longer distances. Customers living …

ISLAMABAD: A day after opposition sought a written assurance from government for meaningful negotiations between them on controversial legislation, including about use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next general elections, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Friday wrote a letter inviting Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif to talks and constituted a committee on appointment of …

ISLAMABAD: Six police station house officers (SHOs) in the capital were removed on Thursday for their poor performance and misconduct. Talking to Dawn, senior police officers said four of the SHOs were suspended over misconduct and bad reputation and two removed for poor performance and failure to control crime. Those who suspended were the SHOs of Sihala, Khanna, Koral and Karachi …

ISLAMABAD: Senator Faisal Vawda on Thursday filed a petition with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking to stay proceedings of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in his disqualification case. The senator had filed an appeal against the decision of ECP dated Oct 12, rejecting his application to stop the proceedings regarding his disqualification case. Mr Vawda had adopted the …

ISLAMABAD: The privatisation of Jinnah Convention Centre (JCC) hangs in the balance as the issues between the Privatisation Commis­sion and Capital Development Auth­ority remain unresolved. However, the commission has informed the CDA that the land no more belongs to it. The Privatisation Commission, in a letter to the CDA chairman on Tuesday, responded to the authority’s observations and stated that …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday rejected PTI Senator Faisal Vawda’s appeal to stay proceedings of the disqualification case against him in the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Vawda had filed the petition on Thursday against the decision of the ECP dated October 12 through which his application to stop the proceedings regarding his disqualification case was rejected. He had adopted …

ISLAMABAD: While 5.5 million teenage people have been vaccinated with American vaccine Pfizer, Pakistan on Thursday decided to start inoculating those in the age group of 12-18 years with two Chinese vaccines. The announcement was made by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on social media. “Chinese vaccines Sinopharm and Sinovac have been approved by the NCOC Health Experts …

RAWALPINDI: The names of 54 activists of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) have been removed from the fourth schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 following the recent agreement between the government and banned outfit. According to sources, the 54 TLP activists belonged to the Rawalpindi division. They said 28 of the individuals belonged to the Rawalpindi district, 14 to Chakwal, 11 …

The US dollar on Friday reached an all-time high against the rupee, soaring to Rs176 in the interbank market in intraday trading. In the open market, meanwhile, the dollar rose by Rs1.70 and was being traded at Rs178. Zafar Paracha, chairman of the Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan, told Dawn.com that the dollar had depreciated to Rs169.50 after Saudi Arabia revived financial support and …

ISLAMABAD: The government has yet to get the charter of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s proposed university passed from parliament. During his election campaign, Mr Khan had repeatedly announced that after becoming the prime minister he would set up a public sector university at the Prime Minister House. After coming to power, he also promised that a university would be set …