HYDERABAD: An interesting situation emerged in Sindh University on Thursday when tainted Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Fateh Mohammad Burfat arrived at the campus to resume his duties after expiry of his one month’s forced leave in the wake of probe into graft charges against him. He submitted his joining report to acting Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Siddique Kalhoro, stating that …

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday granted interim pre-arrest bail to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader retired Captain Mohammad Safdar over an ongoing inquiry of the National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, against him for allegedly holding assets beyond means. A bench consisting of Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Mohammad Nasir Mehfooz issued the order over a pre-arrest bail …

ISLAMABAD: Four more educational institutes in the capital were sealed on Thursday after detection of coronavirus among staff and students. Officials said seven positive cases were reported from these four educational institutes. Three private schools, one each at H-8, G-15 and DHA and a college G-10 were sealed on the directions of the deputy commissioner Islamabad till further orders. The …

MUZAFFARGARH: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf MPA Khurram Sohail Leghari claims that he has resigned as adviser to chief minister and member of price control committee because of the alleged non-cooperation of the bureaucracy. However, a reliable source said the Punjab government had asked him for resignation because he always [allegedly] violated party decorum and met with Jahangir Khan Tareen when the latter …

KARACHI: Soon after the Sindh cabinet decided to not hold any talks with the federal government over the issue of twin islands off Karachi’s coast till the presidential ordinance was withdrawn, a conciliatory gesture was adopted by Islamabad when Sindh Governor Imran Ismail ruled out any further development on the proposed project until consent was attained by the provincial government …

tik ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday sought an explanation from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for banning video-sharing application TikTok. The court appointed Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) president Shehzada Zulfiqar, Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) vice chairman Abid Saqi, journalist Mazhar Abbas and former information minister Javed Jabbar as amici curiae (friends of court) for assisting …

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of lady health workers continued their sit-in at the edge of the Red Zone on Thursday despite the absence of necessary facilities. The lady health workers are among thousands of government employees from unions, associations, organisations, tehreeks and etihads who came from across the country to gather at Express Chowk on Wednesday in order to protest their salaries, …

ihc ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that arrest warrants for former president Asif Ali Zardari had been issued in connection with the suspicious transaction of Rs8.3 billion in the fake bank accounts case. The IHC, however, exempted Mr Zardari from personal appearance in the case for medical reasons. Reacting sharply to …

ISLAMABAD: The Indian High Commission on Thurs­day filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking release of those Indian citizens who had been convicted by Pakistan’s military courts of spying and had since completed their respective prison terms. Aparna Ray of the Indian High Commission filed the petition in the IHC through advocate Malik Shahnawz Noon. The petition …

Information Minister Shibli Faraz on Friday hit back at the opposition for criticising the government for rising inflation, stating that they were the ones responsible for the country’s sorry state. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, he said: “[The opposition] says that inflation is rising [but] you are its root cause. It is because of your policies and the …