Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The opposition lawmakers on Wednesday lodged a strong protest in the National Assembly and Senate over scathing remarks of a federal minister about two former prime ministers — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif — and warned that use of such language could lead to more confrontation and chaos. The opposition members in the National Assembly staged a walkout …

ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel, while discussing the viral video case of a couple in Islamabad on Wednesday directed the police to ensure strict punishment from court for all those involved in the case. Senate Standing Committee on Interior, which met here at the Parliament House with Senator Mohsin Aziz in the chair, said that those involved must be punished so …

KARACHI: A Filipino woman was found murdered in Clifton on Wednesday, police said. Area SHO Pir Shabbir Haider said that the body of 32-year-old Sheela was found inside a flat in Upper Gizri by another Filipino woman, who lived in a flat in the same building. She told police that the victim had been living alone for the past seven …

c SHANGLA: The police on Wednesday arrested a man for assaulting a 13-year-old physically-challenged girl in Kunshi area of Butyal in Bisham tehsil. An official of Bisham police station told Dawn that the victim lodged an FIR, stating that her neighbour identified as Arshad Ali had assaulted her the other day. She said the accused also threatened her father of consequences if …

LOWER DIR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Wednesday removed the controller of examinations, Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Malakand, for allowing his son to attempt paper in a separate room during the ongoing secondary school certificate examinations. A video showing the official’s son solving paper sitting in a room locked from outside went viral on social media. The video …

ISLAMABAD: An officer of Establishment Division was arrested on charges of rape, police said on Wednesday. SSP (Operation) Dr Syed Mustafa Tanweer told Dawn that the officer was arrested in connection with a case registered with Shahzad Town police station under PPC 376 and 342 in response to a complaint lodged by a woman. The victim alleged that she was raped by …

LAHORE: Following the March 25 short order and subsequent detailed judgement issued by the Supreme Court last week, the Punjab local government department has proposed restoration of local bodies across the province. A summary moved by the local government and community development department to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar late on Wednesday night has proposed constitution of transition teams at provincial, …

KARACHI: More than 40 cases of the Delta variant — a highly virulent Covid-19 strain that has caused devastation in India a few months back — have been reported in the city during the current month. Sources told Dawn the cases also involved a family of five residing in Lyari. According to the health department data, a copy of which is available …

ISLAMABAD: While the country has administered over 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday decided to increase the number of flights by 30 per cent to bring back on a daily basis around 3,000 Pakistanis stranded in different countries. According to a statement issued by the NCOC, over 20m doses of vaccine …

At least 10 persons, including six Chinese engineers and two Frontier Corps personnel, died and several others were injured on Wednesday in an “attack” near the Dasu hydropower plant in the Upper Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Initial reports from officials appeared conflicting; however, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan on the floor of the National …