Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) in a petition filed by candidates challenging the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT). A single bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the petition filed by candidates. Advocate Moazzam Habib, during hearing, alleged that PMC violated rules while awarding the contract to a …

RAWALPINDI: The mayor of Rawalpindi, Sardar Naseem Khan, on Thursday took charge of his office on the directive of the Supreme Court. The mayor, who is also the PML-N metropolitan president, was initially given the cold shoulder by bureaucracy when he arrived in the Rawalpindi Municipal Corporation (RMC). However, after issuance of a notification restoring the mayor’s administrative powers, they …

Police in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have blocked certain roads with containers while the metro bus service has been suspended in the latter as authorities gear up for the long march by the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Friday. Announcing the long march on Islamabad a day earlier, TLP leader Pir Ajmal Qadri said the “peaceful” procession would …

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Thursday extended two ordinances for another 120 days and referred 15 bills to the joint sitting of parliament for discussion and passage. The ordinances which have been extended include the Pakistan Civil Aviation Ordinance, 2021, and The Pakistan Airports Authority Ordinance, 2021. The bills referred to the joint sitting of the parliament were passed by …

ISLAMABAD: The police on Thursday decided to block different roads as well as the Faizabad Interchange to stop the outlawed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) from entering the capital on Friday. The decision was taken after the banned outfit announced a long march towards Islamabad from Lahore to pressure the government to release its leader Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi. Senior police officers …

RAWALPINDI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued notices to four airlines — Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Serene Air, Airblue and Air Sial — for cancelling confirmed scheduled domestic flights, causing inconvenience to travellers. In light of public complaints, the CAA Director General has taken strict notice of airline operators for cancelling confirmed scheduled domestic flights and then utilising aircraft …

LAHORE: A sessions court on Wednesday issued a notice to actor-cum-singer Ali Zafar on an application by singer Meesha Shafi saying she and her husband should be allowed to get their cross-examination recorded through a video link in a defamation suit by the former against the latter. Filed through Advocate Saqib Jillani, the application said Ms Shafi and her husband …

RAWALPINDI: A woman was allegedly tortured and raped by a university student in the underpass of the Metro Bus Station in Rehmanabad on Tuesday. The suspect, who is studying Information Technology (IT) in a university, was detained by police immediately after a first information report (FIR) was registered, a police investigating officer (IO) said. The IO said the police visited …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday slashed the security protocol for VIPs and senior bureaucrats under a decision taken by the federal cabinet, has learnt. Sources in the police told Dawn that security cover to those VIPs who had been facing specific security threats would remain intact. No decision had been taken so far for cutting down the security cover of judges of …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Wednesday kicked off its 15-day nationwide protest from Rawalpindi against continuous rise in prices of petroleum products and edibles. In the first step, the PDM will stage protests in big cities of the country and afterwards, it will take a decision about holding public meetings or a long march. Political workers and activists of …