Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General office is seriously considering moving a petition to seek review of the recent Supreme Court judgment relating to the Protection Against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Act, 2010 (PAHWWA). There is a general realisation among the senior law officers that the Supreme Court through its verdict has given a retrogressive meaning of the 2010 law when being …

With Eidul Azha less than two weeks away, officials in Balochistan reported two Congo virus cases on Thursday. The cases were confirmed by Dr Sadiq Baloch, additional medical superintendent at Quetta’s Fatima Jinnah Chest and General Hospital. He said the two patients had been placed in an isolation ward. “Their condition is stable,” he said. According to the official, one …

A sessions court in Islamabad on Thursday ordered registration of a first information report (FIR) against Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister on Investment Sardar Tanveer Ilyas for harassing a man through WhatsApp and sending him “sexually explicit videos”. The orders were issued by Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Ata Rabbani while hearing a petition filed by complainant Khawaja Faheem. According …

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Thursday that the government had decided to register all foreigners in Pakistan. Talking to the media in Islamabad, he said: “The interior ministry has decided to register all foreigners [in the country], whosoever they may be.” He said some individuals making fake Afghan identity cards had been caught as well and “our effort …

MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday criticised former ally Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) with a volley of blunt comments tinged with sarcasm at an election rally in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) but did not take its name directly even once in his entire speech. Addressing a huge crowd of PPP supporters in Abbaspur, he …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday launched Pakistan’s first ever locally manufactured electric motorcycle. Speaking at a ceremony in Islamabad, the prime minister said the launch of the electric motorcycle was a “futuristic step”, adding that his government’s new electric vehicle (EV) policy laid down a plan and defined a direction for the future. The launch of the electric motorcycle …

Police arrested a suspect in Islamabad after a harrowing video of him torturing and stripping a woman and a man went viral on social media, it emerged on Wednesday. According to the FIR registered on July 6, a copy of which is available with .com, the incident took place within Golra police station limits at an apartment building in sector …

ISLAMABAD: As many as two million more doses of Sino­vac vaccine reached Pakistan from China on Tuesday. On the other hand, the Natio­nal Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) confirmed presence of different variants of coronavirus, including the delta (Indian), beta (South African) and alpha (UK) variants, in Pakistan and detection of their cases in May and June. According to a …

ISLAMABAD: The country’s political leadership on Tuesday commended nei­gh­bouring China for its assistance during the Covid pandemic and said China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was beyond partisan politics for them. Leaders belonging to ruling and opposition parties demonstrated the rare unanimity in their views while addressing the World Political Parties Summit in connection with the celebrations on the occasion of …

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood said on Tuesday that the Pakistan-US relationship would not impact the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Appearing on DawnNewsTV show Live with Adil Shahzeb, he was asked whether Pakistan-US relations could have an impact on CPEC. “I don’t think so,” he responded, adding that the US knew how important the project was for Pakistan …