LAHORE: Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan has ordered the suspension of 26 opposition MPAs for 15 sittings of the provincial legislature after their protests disrupted the proceedings, it emerged on Saturday. The members raised slogans and protested during Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s the assembly yesterday, when she responded to PTI leadership’s comments that ex-premier Nawaz Sharif — also …
PESHAWAR: At least eight security personnel were martyred in a suicide blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district on Saturday, according to a statement issued by the KP chief minister’s office, updating the previous toll of four injured. According to the statement, KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur condemned the attack, which took place in the Mir Ali area in …
LAHORE: At least two more people died in a rain-related incident in Punjab on Saturday, taking the province’s death toll for the past four days to 14, according to rescue officials and the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA). Monsoon rains across the region offer respite from the summer heat and are vital for agriculture and food security. Weather-related incidents are …
KARACHI: The Met Office has forecast intermittent showers in Karachi till tomorrow as the city continues to receive rain for a third consecutive day on Saturday. Karachi has been experiencing moderate to heavy rainfalls since Thursday night, bringing on reprieve from the scorching summer heat. Monsoon rains continue to lash many parts of the country, prompting authorities to release an …
QUETTA: The body of a 14-year-old student, Muhammad Musawir Kakar, who waskidnappedfor ransom on November 15, 2024 has been recovered by the police, Quetta DIG Aitzaz Ahmed Goraya said on Friday. He revealed that Afghan nationals were involved in the kidnapping. They abducted the boy with the help of local accomplices and later handed him over to the extremist group …
ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench (CB) on Friday overturned the Supreme Court’s earlier judgement in the reserved seats case— effectively taking away reserved seats from the PTI and handing them to their rival parties in the national and provincial legislatures. The decision, handed down by a majority of seven judges, supersedes the July 12, 2024 majority judgment by eight judges, which …
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs has been ordered to refund Rs36 billion to aspiring pilgrims who couldn’t perform Hajj this year. The money would be returned to over 67,000 Pakistani pilgrims who were supposed to go on Haj through private tour operators but couldn’t over delays in payments. The subcommittee of the Senate Standing Committee on Religious Affairs on …
ISLAMABAD: As the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) for Polio Eradication concluded its review of Pakistan’s anti-polio efforts, the country hasreportedanother case of the crippling disease, taking the tally for the current year so far to 13. The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health (NIH) on Friday confirmed a new case from Tank district in …
QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Friday extended the detention of Dr Mahrang Baloch, chief organiser of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), and four other leaders for another 15 days under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). Mahrang Baloch, along with other BYC leaders — Beebow Baloch, her father Ghaffar Baloch, Sabghat Ullah Shah Jee and Bebarg Baloch …
GILGIT: As protest demonstrations continued on Friday in several areas of Gilgit-Baltistan against massive loadshedding and power outages — leading to blockades on main roads and the Karakoram Highway — the issue was raised in the GB Assembly by opposition lawmakers, who said the crisis has made life unbearable for people. Speaking on a point of order, Leader of the …