PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has given the federal government 45 days to produce the final report of investigation into the Dec 2016 PIA plane crash, which had left all 47 people on board dead near Havelian area in Abbottabad district. A bench consisting of Justice Ikramullah Khan and Justice Ijaz Anwar disposed of a petition jointly filed by two Chitral …

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has asked the authorities concerned to make preparations to deal with the anticipated second wave of Covid-19 in winter season to prevent and minimise losses of lives. According to a statement, he said that there should be effective mechanism through close coordination amongst the different departments to make sure that pandemic did not cause problems. …

LAHORE: The provincial cabinet, which met here on Tuesday with Chief Minister Usman Buzdar in the chair, decided to import 300,000 tonnes of sugar through the Trading Corporation of Pakistan and told the food department to enter into an agreement with the TCP for purchasing the imported sweetner. The meeting also decided to amend the Sugar Factories Control Act (1950) …

ISLAMABAD: The first elected mayor of Islamabad announced his surprise resignation on Tuesday, a day after the federal government embarked on an effort to strip the local government of various key directorates. Mayor Sheikh Anser Aziz, a close aide to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, announced his resignation on social media by sharing a photograph of a letter dated Oct …

LAHORE: A day after surrendering services of nine senior police officers from Punjab to the Establishment Division Islamabad, seven deputy inspectors general (DIGs) from other provinces have been placed at the disposal of the Punjab government for their postings. The reshuffle within Punjab continued on Tuesday with eight more officers, including the Lahore operations senior superintendent of police (SSP), transferred …

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to make the National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) functional and remove the cap on the maximum age for the chair of the human rights watchdog. Some experts have questioned the timing of the decision, since the prime minister and the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly must consult to appoint the …

ISLAMABAD: Religious leaders belonging to all mainstream schools of thought have endorsed a 20-point ‘code of conduct’ to promote inter-sect harmony and end sectarianism discord in the country. The code of conduct was issued at the Paigham-i-Pakistan conference organised by the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Tuesday. It highlights that only courts have the jurisdiction to issue a verdict …

• Insists PM has nothing to do with sedition case against Nawaz • Ministers resent price hike, food inflation • Cabinet okays ECC decisions to increase gas, electricity prices ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday formally distanced itself from the sedition case recently registered against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders, including deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, after a number of ministers expressed …

Admiral Amjad Khan Niazi on Wednesday assumed command as the 22nd Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) during a change of command ceremony held at PNS Zafar in Islamabad. During the ceremony, outgoing CNS Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi formally handed over the command of Pakistan Navy by presenting the traditional scroll to Admiral Niazi. The outgoing naval chief was also presented …

Information Minister Shibli Faraz on Wednesday reiterated that the government and Prime Minister Imran Khan did not have anything to do with the FIR against former premier Nawaz Sharif and 40 other PML-N leaders for “conspiring” against the state. Responding to a question while speaking to the media in Karachi, he said: “We have nothing to do with the incident you are …