QUETTA: Professor Dr Liaquat Sani of the Balochistan University, who was kidnapped from the Chuto area of Mastung two days ago, returned home safely on Monday. “Dr Sani reached home safe and sound,” his family members confirmed to the media. However, no official statement was issued by the authorities concerned about how the professor was released by his kidnappers. Sources …

LAHORE: Sikh pilgrims from the country and abroad, including 600 from India, participated in the 551st birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak on Monday. The three-day celebrations of birth anniversary of the founder of the Sikh faith began on Saturday at Nankana Sahib, Kartarpura, Hassan Abdal and other places in Pakistan. Langar was arranged for all the guests. Dozens of …

ISLAMABAD: Despite getting a direct assurance from National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal to personally look into his complaints, Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwala on Monday announced that he would continue to pursue the privilege motion he has submitted to the Senate Secretariat against the former. The announcement was made by Mr Mandviwala after a meeting with …

MUZAFFARABAD: Thousands of people from all walks of life poured into a big playground in Khuiratta town of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Monday afternoon to pay last respects to Mohammad Matloob Inqilabi, a popular political leader belonging to People’s Party, who had died of a head injury earlier in the day. Born to a farmer family of district …

KARACHI: Former prime minister and senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday questioned the recent claim of Prime Minister Imran Khan that there was “no pressure” on him from the military in running the government affairs, saying such assertions were made only when “things are not all good’. He also challenged the PM for his …

The Lahore High Court on Tuesday stopped the Punjab government from arresting activist Ammar Ali Jan, terming his arrest orders issued by the Lahore deputy commissioner a violation of the Supreme Court’s decisions. Last week, Jan had narrowly escaped arrest from Lahore’s Charing Cross, where he was attending a student protest, which was being held to highlight the issues being faced by …

• Number of Covid-19 deaths surpasses 8,000 • 5,082 smart lockdowns in place across country • Over 7,000 volunteers administered Chinese vaccine during clinical trial ISLAMABAD: As the number of deaths has surpassed 8,000 and Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, which is being used for clinical trial in Pakistan, may not be available for the next few months, the National Command and …

Even as cases continue to increase across the country, the national Covid-19 positivity rate has decreased from 7.2 per cent to 6pc, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was told on Tuesday. Among provinces and federation units, AJK’s positivity ratio is the highest at 14.5pc. AJK is followed by Sindh, where the positivity rate is recorded to be 10.1pc. …

Walking pals, birthday buddies and friends. These are a few words that describe the supportive and caring friendship between Ruby Faye Woolridge and Stefan Powdrill. Freshman lawmakers Colin Allred, Van Taylor ride bipartisan message to reelection Woolridge, 72, is the newly elected Arlington City Council District 6 member and Powdrill, 18, is the Sam Houston High School senior who volunteered …

For those who have long pooh-poohed the idea of a mountain lion roaming around North Texas, chew on this. A Rowlett woman recently posted on her Facebook page a trail camera video of a mountain lion walking down a dirt road at night. The spooky image showed a big cat with a long tail that touched the ground, a feature …