RAWALPINDI: Realising the need to revise Rawalpindi’s master plan, the Punjab government is planning to set up the Strategic Planning Unit at the commissioner’s office. Though, the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) had commenced work on revising the master plan, it failed to proceed with it due to lack of capacity. Rawalpindi’s first master plan was outlined in 1968 when the …

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Wednesday could not reach consensus on the nomination of the chairperson and a minority member of the National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR). The Parliamentary Committee on Appointment of the chairperson and members of the NCHR met at the Parliament House to hear and confirm nominations received from Prime Minister Imran Khan and Leader of …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) have criticised the government over reports that power companies have been sending electricity bills to their customers for more than the allowed 31 days in one month. The PPP has questioned the silence of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government over this blatant violation of rules, whereas the PML-N termed …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday rejected the objections raised by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to the electronic voting machines and expressed the resolve to go ahead with their use in the next general elections to ensure uncontroversial electoral exercise. The legislative process for machine introduction and for overseas Pakistanis’ right to vote would be completed this month and …

Hundreds of millions of children in South Asian countries including Pakistan and India are suffering as their schools have been closed because of the coronavirus but they lack online devices and connections for remote learning, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said on Thursday. The repeated school closures since last year had affected 434 million children in South Asia and a …

The Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain and thunderstorm in Karachi and other areas of Sindh on Friday night. Met Department Director General (DG) Sardar Sarfaraz told on Thursday that the current spell of rain started on Wednesday under a new low-pressure weather system, with Badin, Thatta and Umerkot and other areas of Sindh receiving showers. He said the …

Police on Thursday submitted the challan in the Noor Mukadam murder case to a sessions court in Islamabad. Additional Sessions Judge Atta Rabbani, presiding over the case after it was transferred to him from Sessions Judge Kamran Basharat Mufti, said copies of the challan would be distributed in the next hearing on September 23 once all suspects were present. Meanwhile, the court …

A C-130 aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force carrying relief goods for Afghans landed at the Kabul airport on Thursday morning. According to Radio Pakistan, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan, while receiving the goods at the Kabul airport, said that the process of providing relief and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people will continue in weeks and months to …

The Pakistan Navy on Thursday promoted three rear admirals to the rank of vice admiral, according to the force’s spokesperson. In a statement, the Pakistan Navy said the promoted officers were Vice Admiral Imran Ahmad, Vice Admiral Naveed Ashraf and Vice Admiral Ovais Ahmed Bilgrami. “All three officers have extensive experience of performing at various command and staff positions in …

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the military’s media affairs wing. During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, the regional security situation and the current situation in Afghanistan were discussed, the …