Pakistan

Federal Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Monday criticised the United Kingdom for its “feeble excuse” for retaining Pakistan on its travel ‘red list’, adding that the British government had never asked for the country’s Covid-19 data. The United Kingdom operates a “traffic light” system for international travel, with low-risk countries rated green for quarantine-free travel, medium risk countries rated …

MUZAFFARABAD: A police constable, accused of sexually harassing two female students in Bagh district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), was arrested on Sunday, a day after a first information report (FIR) was registered against him. The suspect, a constable of district police in Bagh, was fleeing to Pakistan in a public transport vehicle when police busted him near Gujjar …

LAHORE: Poor maintenance of a rail joint is the prime cause of two passenger trains crash near Dehrki in June last which left 67 people dead, says an inquiry conducted by the Federal Government Inspector of Railways (FGIR). Submitted to the Ministry of Railways, the inquiry held more than 20 officials, including the divisional superintendent of the Railways Sukkar division, …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court (SHC) Justice Ahmed Ali M. Sheikh through his letter of Aug 5 to the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) dispelled the impression that he had at any stage either agreed or accorded consent to attending sittings of the Supreme Court as an ad hoc judge, it emerged on Sunday. Presided over by …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has formally conveyed to Afghanistan that it had thoroughly investigated the matter of alleged abduction of the daughter of the Afghan ambassador from Islamabad on July 16 and found that the complainant had not fully reported the incident. A delegation from Afghanistan visited Islamabad in connection with the reported complaint of the Afghan ambassador’s daughter Silsila Alikhil. During …

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Afridi has urged the world bodies, including the United Nations and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), to act immediately to help save the suffering humanity in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) before it is too late. “I fear there will be no Kashmir to save in two years’ time, …

GUJRAT: At least nine passengers were burnt to death and seven others received critical burns when their van caught fire after a collision with a milk tanker at Shahkot Mor near Rahwali Cantt of Gujranwala on Sunday. Gujranwala Assistant Commissioner Shabeer Butt told Dawn the van, having 16 passengers, was going to Lahore from Rawalpindi. He said the van driver had reduced …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the world’s biggest Miyawaki urban forest in Lahore on Monday (today) under the 10 Billion Tree Tsunami project. The forest has been developed on over 100 kanals having a total of 165,000 plants that will grow 10 times quicker than in a normal forest owing to the unique Miyawaki technique. It uses specialised …

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Sunday lifted the week-long lockdown, relaxing the coronavirus restrictions from Monday (today) till Aug 31 in the province. As per the new set of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs), all business activities would continue till 8pm. However, the restriction will not apply to pharmacies, petrol pumps, grocery shops and fish, meat, chicken, vegetable and fruit …

Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Sunday rejected reports published by Indian media which quoted an Indian official as saying that “terrorists are waiting at launch pads to infiltrate” into occupied Kashmir from Pakistan. “We categorically reject the baseless allegations that Pakistan wanted to infiltrate so-called ‘terrorists’ via the Line of Control (LoC),” Chaudhri said in a statement. In …