LAHORE: As Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar is reportedly upset over the ‘move’ of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to seek record of his and his relatives’ properties, the anti-graft body on Thursday quizzed his former principal secretary Raheel Ahmed Siddiqui in a case of issuance of a liquor licence in violation of the law. “Dr Siddiqui appeared before a …

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has made Covid-19 test compulsory for patients prior to undergoing surgery at public sector hospitals to know the exact quantum of the infection among the people. The measure has been taken in the fulfilment of the guidelines issued by the World Health Organisation in April. “Today, on the first day of reopening of OPD …

man LAHORE: The Punjab cabinet approved here on Thursday amended rules of business of the provincial government making way for functioning of the south Punjab secretariat. The 34th meeting of the cabinet held with Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar in the chair, also approved amending the Factory Act to penalise the sugar mills not starting crushing season at officially notified …

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday said that any move to change the administrative status of Karachi under legal cover would be a second such ‘attack’ on the province after the ‘judicial murder’ of former prime minister and founding chief of the party Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. However, in the same breath he expressed the hope that …

LAHORE: The Punjab government has cautioned the divisional commissioners and regional police officers (RPOs) about the possibility of “resurgence of the Covid-19 across the province” because of the rampant violations of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in the markets after it lifted the lockdown in the province. The government, taking notice of relaxed attitude of the administration and police towards …

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of students and their families protested outside the National Press Club against the Cambridge Assessment International Education (CAIE) examination results that were announced on Thursday. Later they marched towards D-Chowk. The students criticised the way the CAIE marked them, calling it unjustified and urging the Pakistani government to take up the matter with the British government. CAIE O …

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday condemned the government for hastily getting the FATF-related bills passed through the parliament and said it was due to weak governance and failed foreign policy that the government could not withstand the pressure of the FATF. Speaking to media after a two-day meeting of JUI-F lawmakers and provincial chiefs, Maulana Fazl said …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakis­tan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday strongly reacted in the Senate to a statement made by Attorney General (AG) Khalid Jawed Khan in the Supreme Court that the federation was weighing constitutional and legal opt­ions with reference to Kara­chi and asked Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani to summon the top government lawyer before the house to seek an explanation. The …

KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday again came down heavily on K-Electric over prolonged loadshedding and sought details from the federal government about its future plan to supply electricity to the provincial metropolis and end power cuts. While heading a three-judge bench, Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed said that there were also grievances against the KE regarding overbilling and …