ISLAMABAD: The per-day clearance of trade cargoes at the Pakistan International Container Terminal (PICT) reached 51 per cent in August from less than 40pc last year, a development that will help reduce the cost of doing business. The information was shared during a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Maritime Affairs presided over by Amer Ali Khan Magsi …

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Friday announced that students will not be allowed to attend classes from October 31 unless they are partially vaccinated against the coronavirus. In addition, students will be required to be fully vaccinated by November 30 in order to attend their classes, he said while addressing a press …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday vowed that polling would be conducted through electronic voting machines (EVMs) in general elections of 2023 at any cost. Presiding over a meeting of core committee of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the prime minister also said that overseas Pakistanis would surely cast their ballots in the next general elections in the country. …

ISLAMABAD: Vowing to challenge the newly-introduced National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Ordinance at every forum and “with full force,” the opposition on Thursday submitted a requisition notice to the National Assembly secretariat for convening the session of the lower house of parliament to discuss the issue of the extension in the tenure of NAB chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal through the controversial ordinance. …

ISLAMABAD: The Afghanistan situation and internal security are likely to dominate the agenda of the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting on Friday (today). The NSC, which is the highest forum for coordination on security issues, is chaired by the prime minister. The meeting is attended by key federal ministers, the national security adviser, services chiefs and top intelligence officials. A …

ISLAMABAD: Vowing to implement the National Accountability (Amend­ment) Ordinance, 2021, promulgated on Wednesday, the National Accountability Bureau on Thursday presented its three-year performance since its incumbent chairman, retired Justice Javed Iqbal, assumed charge of his office. “NAB always believes working in accordance with the law. NAB will implement NAB ordinance in letter and spirit as per the law,” a NAB …

MITHI: Senator Sirajul Haq, emir of Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan, has said that his party will file a petition in Supreme Court, seeking action against the people whose names have been exposed by Pandora Papers. Haq said at Miladun Nabi (Peace be Upon Him) conference organised by his party in Islamkot town on Thursday that they had decided in principle to file …

KARACHI: Demonstrating joint combat readiness, the navies and air forces of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia showed an impressive display of their firepower in the northern Arabian Sea on Thursday during Exercise Naseem Al Bahr-XIII (NAB-XIII). Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Mohammed Amjad Khan Niazi and the Commander of Royal Saudi Naval Forces, Vice Admiral Fahad bin Abdullah Al-Ghofaily, witnessed …

ISLAMABAD: The tally of deaths from dengue rose to five in the capital as one more patient died of the disease on Thursday. District Health Officer (DHO) Dr Zaeem Zia said the deceased was a resident of Itefaq Colony, Tarnol, and admitted to Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) Rawalpindi. During the last 24 hours, 96 dengue cases emerged in the capital, …

ISLAMABAD: The presidential ordinance about the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has served to “disrupt” the otherwise smooth proceedings on references and bail petitions relating to the anti-graft watchdog, it emerged on Thursday. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sought assistance of NAB’s prosecutors and senior lawyer Farooq H. Naek to decide the fate of pending bail petitions in cases pertaining …