Indian police said on Monday they had arrested a doctor and the owner of an unlicensed hospital where six newborn babies died when a fire erupted in a crowded ward without fire exits. The blaze broke out at the New Born Baby Care hospital in New Delhi’s Vivek Vihar area late Saturday evening. In the crucial first minutes, bystanders spotted the fire …

More than 2,000 people were buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, the national disaster centre said on Monday, as treacherous terrain and the difficulty of getting aid to the site raises the risk few survivors will be found. The numbers of those buried around Yambali village in Enga province in the country’s north are based on …

SHANGLA: The police on Sunday arrested a man for assaulting a minor boy in Kekor area of Kana tehsil here. The accused was recently released from jail where he was lodged in a similar case in February. District police officer Imran Khan said the accused, identified as Saeed Ajmal, had picked a minor boy on his bike to a stream, …

ISLAMABAD: The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for polio eradication has shown concerns about the deteriorating situation of the disease in Pakistan. Data shared at a TAG meeting held in Qatar showed that Pakistan’s situation was worse than the war-ridden Afghanistan. TAG is an independent body charged with advising and making recommendations to the ministry of health and partners on polio …

QUETTA: A Levies man was gunned down by unidentified attackers in the Duki area of Balochistan on Sunday, police officials said. The victim, along with his three friends, had gone to the MandayTak area, a tourist point, for a picnic when unknown men opened fire. He was killed on the spot, and his body was shifted to the district hospital …

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Sardar Saleem Haider on Sunday pledged further consultation with all stakeholders on the Defamation Bill 2024, assuring a delegation of various journalist bodies that the bill will be signed only after the consultation. “Though the government should have taken onboard all the stakeholders before introducing the new law, I’ll invite all parties to the Defamation Bill for developing …

QUETTA: Hundreds of people protesting against the closure of a crossing point between Pakistan and Iran in Mashkel area of Rakhshan division in Balochistan, started a long march towards the provincial capital. The protesters, including traders, had been staging a sit-in for the last one month in the border town Mashkel demanding the opening of Pak-Iran Maza Sar border crossing …

SARGODHA/LAHORE: Urban Area police of Sargodha arrested 26 people for mob violence and attempt to lynch a Christian man the other day while registered a case against 44 nominated and 300/400 unidentified suspects. The case was registered on behalf of the state under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 and sections of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). However, the police also registered a …

ISLAM­ABAD/KARA­CHI: The PPP, a key ally of the PML-N-led coalition government in Centre, has demanded a bigger share of the pie of parliamentary committees and more federal money for Sindh, a party source told Dawn. The party — which agreed to support the federal government in the National Assembly and Senate without seeking any ministries — insisted on chairing more committees …

No casualties were reported on Monday morning after a school in the Sirikot village of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Haripur district caught fire, DawnNewsTV reported. According to Dawn.com’s correspondent in the area, more than 1,000 female students were inside the Government Girls’ High Secondary School Sirikot when the fire started. Fire and rescue officials, who had reached there with a fire brigade vehicle, had put …