Pakistan

BAJAUR: A man was killed and four others were wounded in separate road accidents in different areas of the Bajaur tribal district on Saturday, Rescue 1122 officialsand residents said. They said that the first accident occurred near the Sadiqabad town when a speeding vehicle hit a motorcyclist on the Khar-Peshawar Road. They said that the victim identified as Abdul Basit, …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded 120 more deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 25,535. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said that the country’s number of overall confirmed cases has risen to 1,148,532 after the emergence of 4,191 new infections. STATISTICS 28 AUG 21: TOTAL TESTS IN LAST 24 HOURS: …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday sought comments from respondents in a case seeking cancellation of bail of Therapyworks employees in Noor Mukadam murder case. The court also sought the case record from additional district and session court. Justice Aamer Farooq of IHC heard the case filed by Shaukat Mukadam, the father of the slain Noor Mukadam. Petitioner’s …

KARACHI: The education and literacy department and college education department of the government of Sindh issued notifications on Friday about reopening of educational institutions on Monday (August 30). Both government and private schools and colleges will strictly follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs) as per directions of the working committee of the steering committee on education. They shall remain open …

PESHAWAR: With around 10,000 foreigners likely to begin landing at the Bacha Khan International Airport after evacuation from Afghanistan this week, the district administration took control of 10 hotels in the provincial capital on Friday to accommodate them on their way to the respective countries. The administration claims that it is ready to receive transit passengers on an hour’s notice. …

ISLAMABAD: As part of the Digital Pakistan initiative, all emergency response numbers will be merged into 911 helpline across the country. The Ministry of Information Technology has finalised the roadmap for the launch of a unified emergency helpline to be called PEHEL-911. The pilot project is set to be launched in Islamabad with backup at Lahore. IT Minister Syed Aminul …

THATTA: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday claimed that the “unwise and ill-planned” economic policies of Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government had ruined the country resulting in rapid unemployment, shrinkage of livelihood resources, making people homeless and displaced. Addressing a press conference at Malkani House Makli, the PPP chief said it was crystal clear and known to the …

LAHORE: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid says the Pakistan government has decided to offer 21 days transit visas to the diplomats, officials of the world organisations and non-government organisations and journalists stuck in Afghanistan. Such people have initially been allowed to land at two airports of Islamabad. Speaking at a news conference here on Friday, Mr Rashid said Pakistan had played …

LAHORE: The Punjab government will ‘temporarily’ house Afghan refugees who are arriving in Pakistan in the wake of the recent crisis in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the neighbouring country. “Police and the city district administration are making arrangements on the orders of the Home Department for the stay of Afghans in hotels and sub-campus of some universities in …

RAWALPINDI: As many as 400 special flights carrying Afghan nationals and foreigners from Kabul have departed from and arrived at the Islamabad International Airport (IIAP) since the Taliban took on Aug 16. According to sources, 10,000 to 15,000 Afghan nationals and foreigners evacuated from Afghanistan are expected to arrive at the airport in the next couple of weeks as 2,000 …