LAHORE: PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz says the government can’t win war against the masses as people are standing by Nawaz Sharif and soon they will get rid of this ‘incompetent and incapable prime minister’ following the protest drive. She told a private TV channel that the Imran Khan’s government would be sent packing before January following Pakistan Democratic Movement’s …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday extended the stay against a show-cause notice issued to an official of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Arslan Zafar, in connection with a case relating to the leak of data belonging to the family business of retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa, chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority. The counsel …

ISLAMABAD: After two more educational institutions were sealed on Monday following emergence of Covid-19 cases, the tally of school buildings sealed since September 14 has reached 21. Officials of the capital administration said a private school at Tarlai and a government school at F-6/2 were sealed after two or more confirmed cases of the virus were detected there. The buildings …

Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Tuesday emphasised the importance of risk mitigation in order to prevent a second Covid-19 wave in the country, a statement by the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) said. During an NCOC meeting, the minister said that there was a need to ensure that standard operating procedures (SOPs) set by the government, …

KARACHI: A high alert was imposed on Monday at all the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC)-run hospitals and rescue 1122 service on the directives of Karachi Administrator Iftikhar Ali Shallwani in the wake of a heatwave forecast by the Pakistan Meteorological Department. Official sources said that all departments of the KMC’s medical and health services were asked to remain on alert …

LAHORE: The Punjab special branch in its ‘confidential report’ about the Oct 16 public meeting of the opposition parties has identified ‘active’ PML-N workers of the city and adjoining districts who can play a key role in ensuring a large gathering and warned the government of [possible] clash if the local Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf holds its show as well to counter …

Singer Shyraa Roy shoots her track Kamli featuring Mohsin Abbas Singer, Shyraa Roy shot her latest track ‘Kamli’ in Punjab with ace Singer and actor Mohsin Abbas Haider. The song has been making waves on social media for since long where actors kept on sharing sneak peeks of behind the scenes, it seems like more of a classical fusion number …