LAHORE: The Lahore Police is currently clueless about the alleged attack on journalist Ambreen Fatima, the second wife of investigative journalist Ahmad Noorani, and are not ruling out the possibility that it may have been staged, senior officials said on Saturday. Superintendent of Police (SP) Investigation Cantt. Division Naveed Irshad, who is investigating the case, … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan is ranked fifth among a list of countries that are most vulnerable to climate change and rising temperatures, highlights a documentary. In the documentary “Vanishing Wetland”, Pakistani filmmaker Abdullah Khan highlighted that the Indus River, a lifeline for people across the country, is fast becoming a vanishing wetland due to climate change. The … Read more
Head of the National Command and Operation Centre Asad Umar announced on Saturday that Pakistan has restricted travel from six African countries and Hong Kong over the emergence of the new coronavirus variant. “Based on the emergence of the new Covid variant, notification has been issued [to] restrict travel from six South African countries and … Read more
At least two soldiers were martyred after terrorists attacked a military post in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan district, said the military’s media wing on Saturday. “Terrorists targeted a military post in Datta Khel, North Waziristan. During intense exchange of fire, two soldiers, Naik Rehman, age 27 years, resident of Chitral and Lance Naik … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday imposed an Rs500,000 fine on an Indian national for fraudulently getting land allotted in Pakistan. A single-judge bench of the LHC issued a written decision on a petition filed by Abdul Rehman, an Indian citizen, against the cancellation of the land allotted to him by the chief … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday directed the law and information secretaries to submit their replies in a plea seeking the court’s intervention on the problems being faced by journalists and media workers. Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Justice Athar Minallah has released the two-page court order. In its written order the court … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A debate has sparked online following, the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) order on Friday, directing the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to issue an Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) to a women who does not know of the whereabouts of her father. According to the order, Rubina, a differently-abled women, should be granted … Read more
KARACHI: Two people were injured in a cylinder blast at a shop near Korangi’s Jalebi Chowk on Saturday. The injured have been shifted to Jinnah Hospital for treatment. One of the injured was identified as 36-year-old Kamran, while the other person’s identity is yet to be determined. In another incident, Jackson Police arrested culprits who … Read more
Samar Haroon Bilour is the first woman in the last 18 years to get elected as a member provincial assembly (MPA) from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly’s PK-78 constituency on a general seat and is presently serving as the ANP’s provincial secretary information and spokesperson. She is also the chairperson of the Standing Committee on … Read more
LAHORE: Allegations against the state institutions, anti-government speeches, controversies, denials and an absconding ex-premier’s speech to boot. The third Asma Jahangir Conference got noticed more because of its lop-sided political agenda rather than for any informative and contextualised debate or discussion on the state of human rights. The “propagandist nature” of the conference — held … Read more
Aiming at their arch-rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar alleged on Saturday that party supremo Nawaz Sharif wants a “judiciary that issues verdicts on the instructions issued phone”. “[Former prime minister] Nawaz Sharif wants a judiciary that issues verdict after taking instructions on the phone,” claimed Asad Umar in a tweet. … Read more
KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Friday observed that the country is apparently being run by a black economy of real estate and construction sector and every person wants to invest in the business of lands. He made these observations, while heading the SC bench, comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Qazi … Read more
KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon on Friday assured a delegation of the Polio Oversight Board that the city administration would continue its efforts to eliminate the poliovirus from the city. The delegation appreciated the efforts being made by the city administration and all the deputy commissioners when they called on the city officials. Read … Read more
ABOTTABAD: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa called it a matter of pride for Pakistan Army and country after officially installing Lt Gen Nigar Johar as the “first-ever three-star female general officer” as Colonel Commandant of the Army Medical Corps (AMC). “Installation of the first-ever three-star female general officer of Pakistan Army … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday expressed annoyance over the non-submission of the original record in the petition filed against the acquisition of more land for extension of Jail Road Signal Free Corridor from Qartaba Chowk to Liberty Chowk Gulberg. The court summoned director general Lahore Development Authority along with the relevant record … Read more
ISLAMABAD: A National Assembly panel on Friday expressed concern over a lack of local recruitments in the Gomal Zam Dam project by WAPDA and Irrigation Departments. The standing committee also expressed its concern about shifting of Gomal Zam Dam office about 170 kilometres far from the dam site. The concerns were raised in a meeting … Read more
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought a report from the federal government on the legal status of cryptocurrency in the country. The court wanted to know whether the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) or Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has laid down any law, rules, regulations for regulating the digital currencies … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Speaker National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri will chair a coordination committee formed to look into the issues raised by parliamentarians related to National Database Registration Authority (NADRA). The committee has been constituted by Prime Minister Imran Khan on issues invariably raised by parliamentarians related to NADRA. A formal intimation has been sent to … Read more
LAHORE: Close to 2,900 Sikh pilgrims, who were in Pakistan to participate in the 552nd birth anniversary of the founder of their religion Baba Guru Nanak, left for India via the Wagah border on Friday. According to a spokesman of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), the department’s Additional Secretary, Rana Shahid was at the … Read more
LAHORE: A stent racket involving doctors, nurses and administrative staff has surfaced in Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) which is asking the poor patients for money to get the stent implant done in a timely manner, Bol News has learnt. “They have asked numerous patients to pay the money into personal accounts and get the … Read more
LAHORE: Chief Minister Usman Buzdar announced on Friday that the sewage samples were taken from Punjab, so far this year, are polio-free. “This year [so far], sewage samples from all cities across Punjab have turned out to be polio-free and no new polio cases have been reported in the province,” tweeted the chief minister. الحمدللہ … Read more
KARACHI: The inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for November 2021 is expected to register a double-digit growth to 10.43 per cent, compared with 9.19 per cent and 8.35 per cent in October and November 2021, respectively. This will take average inflation during July-November 2021/22 to 9.07 per cent, compared with 8.76 per … Read more
LAHORE: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif has called on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to make changes in its rules to ensure that illegalities that occurred in the NA-75 Daska by-poll do not happen again. In a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan Raja, Shehbaz said that … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan’s liquid foreign exchange reserves have declined $776 million to $22.774 billion by the week ended November 19, 2021, the central bank reported on Thursday. The foreign exchange reserves of the country stood at $23.55 billion by the week under review. The official foreign exchange reserves of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) slipped … Read more
Saudi Arabia will soon allow passengers from six countries to directly enter the kingdom. According to a tweet from the Saudi Press Agency, the kingdom will let in direct passengers from Pakistan, India, Brazil, Vietnam, Egypt and Indonesia from December 1, 2021. #وزارة_الداخلية : السماح بالقدوم المباشر إلى المملكة من (إندونيسيا، باكستان، البرازيل، فيتنام، مصر، … Read more
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (APPDA) called off their countrywide strike on Thursday night after the government agreed to increase their profit margins. According to an announcement, the APPDA called off the strike after it was agreed with the government that the stakeholders’ margin would be increased by 99 paisas in the motor … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday directed the director-general (DG) Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) to fix the responsibility of every illegal construction allowed in the city and submit a list of officers who approved the construction of such illegal structures. The directions came from a two-judge bench headed by Justice Zafar Ahmed … Read more
KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal to withdraw more than 100 inquiries assigned to one of its officers who showed negligence while investigating a case related to the allotment of plots carved out from a public park in Al Habib Cooperative Housing … Read more
