India’s External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava in a statement released on Tuesday strongly criticised “some ill-informed comments by Canadian leaders relating to farmers in India”, multiple Indian media outlets reported. “Such comments are unwarranted, especially when pertaining to the internal affairs of a democratic country,” he added. Srivastava was apparently responding to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments from earlier …

ISLAMABAD: While the number of daily Covid-19 cases has reduced by 27pc in one week, a national policy has been framed to initiate rapid antigen testing to detect coronavirus through a swift method under strict control. Last week, the number of cases in Pakistan surpassed 3,300 but then suddenly a downward trend was observed. According to data of the National …

PESHAWAR/DI KHAN: The National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has summoned a close aide of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and his father on Dec 10 as part of the ongoing assets inquiry against the JUI-F chief. The call-up notices were issued to JUI-F district information secretary Noor Asghar Wazir and his father, Gul Asghar Wazir, under Section 19 of …

ISLAMABAD: The employees of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) on Tuesday decided to suspend all services, except in Covid-19 wards and the emergency unit, from Wednesday (today). The employees took the decision after the government ignored their demand to withdraw the Medical Teaching Institution (MTI) Ordinance promulgated by President Dr Arif Alvi last month. Holding a protest on Tuesday, …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday adjourned hearing of a case against the acquittal of accused persons by the Sindh High Court (SHC) in the American journalist Daniel Pearl’s murder case till Wednesday. A three-member special bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Yahya Afridi heard the appeals …

KARACHI: An accountability court has issued show-cause notices to the National Accountability Bureau and judicial officials over ‘technical defects’ in framing of charge in a reference against former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former finance minister Miftah Ismail and former Pakistan State Oil (PSO) managing director Sheikh Imranul Haq, it emerged on Tuesday. NAB in Dec 2019 had filed a …

LAHORE: The Punjab government would not allow any extension in parole period of Shehbaz Sharif, the leader of opposition in the National Assembly, and his son Hamza Shehbaz, who holds the same portfolio in the Punjab Assembly, as requested by both. Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information Firdous Ashiq Awan said here on Tuesday “extending release on parole is …

MULTAN: Pakistan Democratic Movement chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said the next meeting of the leadership of the 11-party opposition alliance will be held on Dec 8 in Islamabad where its further strategy will be devised. The Maulana who heads his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) paid a visit to the Gilani House on Tuesday to congratulate …

ad An eighth member of Pakistan’s cricket squad has tested positive for Covid-19 as the team undergoes quarantine in Christchurch, New Zealand health authorities said Wednesday. The health department said there was one new confirmed case among the squad and a further two members were being investigated, adding to the seven who previously tested positive over the past week. The …

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday promised universal health coverage for the people of Gilgit-Baltistan. “A poor household has to face many difficulties when battling sickness. They sell their possessions, take out loans for medical treatment. So we are introducing health insurance for all of GB,” he said. He added that Rs1 million will be allocated under the health cards …