Pakistan

The Sindh High Court on Monday ordered the Pakistan Telecommu­nica­tion Authority (PTA) to suspend access to popular video-​sharing application TikTok in the country until July 8. The order was issued on a petition filed by a citizen aggrieved by the “immorality and obscenity” spread by content on the mobile app. The PTA has been directed to supsend the app until …

ISLAMABAD: All indicators related to Covid-19 are showing positive signs as the capital has reported the lowest weekly positivity ratio of the current year — a tenfold reduction in cases in two months. As many as 37 patients were found infected by the virus on Sunday. According to a graph revealed by district health authorities, the positivity rate was 10pc …

PML-N leader and former finance minister Miftah Ismail hit out at the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI)-led government on Sunday, holding it responsible for a looming energy crisis in the country and delays in the dry docking of liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals — one of the reasons he identified for the emerging shortage of gas and electricity. Addressing a press conference …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance company cannot avoid a life insurance policy after two years of its coming into effect merely for the reason that the policy contains false information or inaccuracies about the insured person’s health condition. And to prove the allegations of fraud or falsity, the insurance company has to come up with strong …

KARACHI: The multi-billion rupee Green Line bus project, which was meant to address the decades-long transport problems of Karachiites, is facing another controversy as this time a European company that had offered technological support and services for the project has sought a nod from the authorities to allow its team to visit the site “before inauguration” since it has came …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has announced key decisions taken by the National Medical and Dental Council that include accreditation standards, the National Licencing Examination (NLE), Merit Calculation and accommodation of A level students in colleges, whose results are expected to be announced in February 2021. According to a statement of the PMC issued on Sunday, accreditation standards for …

RAWALPINDI: As many as 218 people, including 69 members of the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), have been placed on the fourth schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 in the Rawalpindi division by the Punjab home department. According to sources, besides the 69, the names of 39 activists of the TLP have been sent to the Punjab home department to place …

ISLAMABAD: As Covid-19 situation improves in most parts of the world, including Pakistan, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has decided to gradually normalise inbound international air travel, increasing direct flights to 40 per cent from the United Kingdom (UK), Europe, Canada, China and Malaysia. On the other hand, the country continued to record less than 1,000 cases for …

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan on Monday emphasised that overseas Pakistanis had already been given the right to vote in a Supreme Court decision in 2018 and the ruling PTI government would fulfil Prime Minister Imran Khan’s promise to “include them in power in Pakistan”. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Minister of State …

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar disclosed on Monday that a “hostile intelligence agency” was involved in the blast in Lahore’s Johar Town last week in which three people were killed and 24 others injured. Addressing a press conference in Lahore, Buzdar said terrorists involved in the blast were arrested in the last four days during raids. The chief minister said that he …