ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, while reassuring investors of the government’s full support, said on Tuesday that effective utilisation of human as well as mineral resources would lead to a stable, prosperous and rising Pakistan. “Our human resource is more important than our mineral resource. The human resource coupled with the mineral resource will lead to a stable, …

RAWALPINDI: A four-member audit team of In­­ternational Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) visited Pakistan Civil Avia­tion Authority (PCAA) headquarters and held meetings with top officials here on Monday. The team’s audit programme will cover airport operations, ASF security, cargo and air navigation facilities. A spokesman for the PCAA said the ICAO audit team, led by Oscar Rubio Annibal, discussed the audit …

ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja as he blamed the “controversial” official for the post-poll fiasco. In a media talk following his meeting with PTI ex-chairman Imran Khan in Adiala Jail, Barrister Gohar Khan said the Election Commission of Pakistan chief was “the primary person” for the …

QUETTA: Protesters blocked Quetta-Chaman Highway for several hours on Tuesday, disrupting traffic to and from Afghanistan after the arrest of some people who have been holding protests for the last four months against the introduction of one-document regime by the federal government for Pak-Afghan border crossing. Officials said workers and supporters of all-party traders’ alliance blocked the road leading to the passport …

GILGIT: The Karakoram Highway (KKH) was partially reopened for traffic on Tuesday, while the Baltistan Road remained closed for the third consecutive day following heavy snowfall in Gilgit-Baltistan, an official source said. The Gilgit-Chilas section of KKH has been cleared for one-way traffic to restore the region’s road connectivity with other parts of the country, officials told Dawn. The roads were closed due …

LAHORE: With the Punjab Assem­bly session likely to be called in a couple of days, the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) — the new home for successful PTI-backed independent candidates — may not get reserved seats for women and minorities, leaving the PML-N with a simple majority in the house. However, the outgoing speaker of the Punjab Assembly, Sibtain Khan, has …

More than half the world’s countries will be at high or very high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year unless urgent preventative measures are taken, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday. Measles cases have been increasing across most regions mainly due to missed vaccinations during the COVID-19 years when health systems were overwhelmed and fell …

BERLIN: World Cup winner Andreas Brehme, whose late penalty in the 1990 final against Arg­e­n­tina in Italy handed Germany their third world title, has died at the age of 63, his family said. The attacking full back became an instant Germany football great when his spot kick earned them a 1-0 victory over Diego Mar­adona’s Argentina in the World Cup …

ISLAMABAD: In yet another blow to struggling electricity consumers, the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has sought a massive Rs7.13 per unit increase in fuel charges in the upcoming bills on account of electricity consumed in January to generate an additional Rs57 billion for power distribution companies (Discos) formerly under Wapda. This is the highest-ever increase in fuel cost adjustment …

LONDON: An international operation led by the UK and US law enforcement agencies has severely disrupted “the world’s most harmful cybercrime group”, the Russian-linked ransomware specialist LockBit, officials announced on Tuesday. LockBit and its affiliates have targeted governments, major companies, schools and hospitals, causing billions of dollars of damage and extracting tens of millions in ransoms from victims. Britain’s National …