ISLAMABAD: In response to a statement of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the employees of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Thursday alleged that the medical teaching institution (MTI) ordinance was a conspiracy to lease out belongings of the hospital. The prime minister had said he wanted to bring a system of reward and punishment in Pims to run it …

LAHORE: A team of senior police officers has recommended a five-year plan for reorganisation of the Lahore police with a centralised headquarters of the Capital City Police Lahore and 12 new police bureaux. The team also proposed handover of the operational command of the Punjab Police Integrated Command & Communications (PPIC-3) to the Lahore Police and the Punjab Safe City …

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Thursday decided to close all madressahs across the province which continued their educational activities despite closure of other educational institutions, including schools, colleges, universities and coaching and training centres, in a move to contain spread of the coronavirus pandemic. A notification issued by the Sindh home department said that the orders were put in place …

KARACHI: The 13th death anniversary of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto is set to become another power show of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) as Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari directly contacted on Thursday leaders of the parties in the PDM and invited them to attend the Dec 27 rally in Larkana. The PPP chairman first called former …

ISLAMABAD: Police pickets established on different roads in the capital city have been removed except those around the Red Zone. There were 21 pickets, including at Faizabad, Golra and around the Red Zone. Senior police officers told Dawn that Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed during his visit to the Police Lines Headquarters on Thursday and announced that unnecessary pickets would be removed. …

LAHORE: A day after Prime Minister Imran Khan announced going to the apex court to hold the Senate elections ahead of schedule through show of hands, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz on Thursday declared that the opposition would not let this wish of the ‘selected’ fulfilled and requested the institutions not to accept his ‘unconstitutional’ demands. The opposition says since …

MUZAFFARABAD: A minor girl who was injured during Indian shelling in a village of district Kotli late last month died in a health facility on Thursday, pushing the civilian death toll due to ceasefire violations by the Indian army in the current year to 30, officials said. Seven-year-old Hoorain, daughter of Mohammad Irfan, was among 11 participants of a wedding …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday hinted at summoning the National Accountability Bureau chairman to explain why NAB had discriminated by arresting only four accused out of a total of 25 in a corruption reference when the principal beneficiaries were still at liberty. The observation came during the hearing of an appeal against their arrest filed by Dinshaw Hoshang Anklesaria …

ISLAMABAD: While over 5,000 cases and 176 deaths were reported due to Covid-19 in two days, the highest positivity ratio was observed from Karachi, followed by Peshawar and Mirpur. According to data of the National Command and Ope­ration Centre (NCOC) released on Thursday, as many as 71 deaths and 2,545 cases were reported in a single day. A day earlier, …

Dallas ISD welcomed students back for in-person and hybrid learning on Oct. 5 after beginning the school year online on Sept. 8. DISD is operating a COVID-19 dashboard that is updated at 5 p.m. daily with new and cumulative positive cases of the illness since Sept. 28. Users can view the case breakdown by school, ZIP code or trustee district. Oak Cliff …