RAWALPINDI: Egyptian Ambassador Tarek Mohamed Dahroug on Friday called on Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and appreciated Pakistan’s efforts for regional peace and stability. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, regional security and cooperation in all fields of defence and security came under discussion, said the director general of Inter-Services Public Relations, Maj Gen Babar …

BAKU: Azerbaijan said on Friday its troops entered a district bordering Nagorno-Karabakh handed back by Armenian separatists as part of a Russian-brokered peace deal to end weeks of fighting in the region. Troops moved into the district of Aghdam, one of three to be ceded, the Azerbaijan defence ministry said, a day after columns of Armenian soldiers and tanks rolled …

if ISLAMABAD: Justice Umar Ata Bandial will take up on Wednesday (Nov 25) a set of four appeals filed by former president Asif Ali Zardari challenging a decision by the Supreme Court’s registrar to return his plea in which he had sought transfer of corruption references from Islamabad to an accountability court in Karachi. On Nov 14, senior counsel Senator …

LAHORE: The data entry system of the Punjab government has become embroiled in a controversy after an audit report revealed that nearly 300 Covid-19 deaths caused by the pandemic went ‘unreported’ in the province. Of them 145 deaths occurred in Lahore, 42 in Rawalpindi and 29 in Multan. In the related disturbing report, the positivity rate of the virus in …

RAWALPINDI: Due to the recent spike in coronavirus cases, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has chalked out fresh standard operating procedures (SOPs) for international travellers. According to the authority, an updated list of countries for categories A, B and C has been approved for which these SOPs will be valid till Dec 31; RT-PCR tests of passengers from countries that have …

RAWALPINDI: Police and the District Intelligence Committee (DIC) have sent the names of 14 individuals to the Home Department to place them on the fourth schedule of Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) for their involvement in unlawful activities. According to sources, 25 individuals have already been on the fourth schedule in the Rawalpindi district and with the latest addition the number of …

KARACHI: The city administration on Friday decided to impose ‘smart lockdown’ in four districts and ‘micro lockdown’ in other two districts of Karachi in the wake of an alarming surge in the number of Covid-19 cases. The decision was taken in a meeting presided over by Commissioner Iftikhar Ali Shallwani, who is also the administrator of Karachi. All deputy commissioners …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan was informed on Friday that economic activities worth Rs1 trillion had been generated in Punjab through initiation of several housing and construction projects. According to the Prime Minister Office, Punjab Chief Secretary Jawad Rafique Malik told a meeting of the National Coordination Committee on Housing and Construction presided over by the prime minister that construction …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday sought a reply from the ministry of interior on a petition seeking removal of the name of former director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) retired Lt-Gen Asad Durrani from the Exit Control List (ECL). IHC Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani last year issued the directive to the interior ministry for deciding the …

PESHAWAR: The opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Friday vowed to defy government ban on its public gathering in Peshawar on Sunday, warning the district administration that use of force to stop the protesting citizens could spark street battles. Rallies across the country will be held as the PDM planned until the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government is removed, representatives of …