Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A psychological profiling of officials of the capital police has been started to evaluate their religious and sectarian inclinations and possible violent tendency. So far, 60 officials have been found not fit for sensitive and important duties such as guarding VIPs and important installations. Police officers told Dawn that the profiling was being conducted through psychology tests – written and interview …

ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Saturday sealed scores of localities in different sectors as Covid-19 spread in the capital. The areas that have been sealed are located in G-6, G-7, G-9, G-10, G-11, G-13, F-7, F-10, E-11, I-8, I-9 and I-10. A notification issued from the office of the deputy commissioner said on the recommendations of the District Health Office …

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam on Saturday announced that a ‘national agriculture commission’ would be set up for the promotion of agricultural education and research. Presiding over a meeting at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), Mr Imam said that no nation could achieve development without investing in human resources, and Pakistan would need …

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Reporters Association (PRA) on Satur­day announced boycotting the presidential address at the joint sitting of parliament on Sept 13 (Monday) in protest against the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA). The decision was taken by the PRA’s executive body after reviewing the recommendations of the association’s walkout committee. It was unanimously decided to walk out of the …

ISLAMABAD: Over 1,500 candidates will be vying for 206 general seats in as many wards of the country’s 39 cantonment boards on Sunday (today) in the first electoral contest at the grassroots level between arch political rivals since the 2018 general elections. All leading political parties have fielded their candidates but the main battle is expected among the ruling Pakistan …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been much better than other countries in the region keeping in view its socioeconomic and other factors to pre-empt adverse impacts of the virus, said Senator Dr Sania Nishtar. She was addressing an international conference on Covid-19 and South Asia organised by the School of Public Health and Centre for Contemporary South …

KARACHI: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said that “the general elections of 2023 will be held as per new census”, claiming that the government is consulting all stakeholders on the issue. While addressing a press conference at KPT Port House along with Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Saturday, the planning minister …

At least 14 people, including women and children, died on Sunday morning after a cloudburst caused heavy rains across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hazara and Malakand divisions. A majority of the casualties occurred when lightning struck a trio of houses located in a remote area named Jhatka within Judba tehsil in Torghar, according to the region’s Assistant Commissioner Azhar Zahoor. The houses …

LAHORE: Seven people, including four minors, were killed and 25 others were injured in rain-related incidents in different parts of the province on Friday. Three minors lost their lives in a roof collapse incident as heavy rain lashed the city. According to Rescue 1122, seven people sustained injuries in Lahore and 18 in other districts of central Punjab in rain-related …

KARACHI: An accountability court on Friday admitted a reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau against two builders allegedly involved in cheating the public at large through a housing project. The federal anti-graft watchdog booked Haji Adam Jokhio and his son Lal Mohammad Jokhio over their alleged involvement in defrauding around 1,100 allottees of a commercial project launched in 1992 …