In the wake of increasing coronavirus cases across the country, the National Command and Operation Centre on Saturday announced to impose new restrictions in 24 districts of Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad. According to a letter issued by NCOC, the nonpharmaceutical interventions will remain enforced from September 4 to September 12. In Punjab, these districts include; … Read more
KARACHI: Mirza Ishtiaq Baig, the widower of Pakistan’s pop music sensation Nazia Hassan, has approached the Sindh High Court to claim damages of Rs1 billion from his brother-in-law Zohaib for making ‘false and defamatory statements against him regarding the death of his wife. Invoking the original jurisdiction of SHC, Baig stated that the defendant has … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh High Court has issued contempt of court notices to secretary local government Sindh, Commissioner Karachi and director of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation’s anti-encroachment department for flouting stay order granted by court against the demolition of houses in Qabail Colony in Federal B Area. In a civil proceeding initiated by several residents of Qabail Colony, … Read more
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday appointed party’s stalwart from Gujar Khan and former premier Raja Pervaiz Ashraf as the new PPP Central Punjab president. Additionally, the PPP’s parliamentary leader Syed Hassan Murtaza was appointed general secretary of the central Punjab and Shahzad Saeed Cheema as information secretary of the … Read more
LAHORE. PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif – who is on a three-day visit to Karachi – paid on Saturday condolence visits to the families of a number of deceased politicians including former president and PML-N stalwart Mamnoon Hussain and Sindh former governor Mumtaz Bhutto. Meeting Hussain’s sons at their residence, Shehbaz noted that the former president … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has declared that killing of Shahnaz Ansari, a PPP member provincial assembly (MPA) of Sindh from district Naushero Feroze was not an act of terrorism rather it was a murder due to a family feud. The MPA was was shot dead in the Darya Khan Marri area of Naushero Feroze … Read more
KARACHI. The Sindh High Court (SHC) has noted that tracing the whereabouts of a missing person “even if one has hidden oneself” is the responsibility of the police and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) which should also continually inform the families of such persons about developments in their investigation. The police should visit such families and … Read more
LAHORE. President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Shahbaz Sharif will be reaching Karachi today [Friday] to attend a meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leadership which is scheduled for Saturday. He will also represent the PML-N at PDM’s rally, scheduled for Sunday. During his stay, Shahbaz will also meet key political figures and businessmen in … Read more
A total of 7,629 people from different nationalities have been evacuated from Afghanistan so far through air and land routes. “Pakistan continues to evacuate diplomatic staff and foreign nationals including the personnel of international institutions stranded in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover of Kabul on August 15,”a statement said. Pakistan International Airline, the national flag carrier, … Read more
At least 16 workers died and more were missing after a factory fire in Karachi on Friday, police said. More than 25 labourers were inside the small factory in a residential area when the blaze broke out, causing it to fill with thick smoke. “We have recovered 16 bodies so far,” senior police officer Shahjehan … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan has shared three names, each, to fill the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) vacant seats for Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, confirmed Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday. Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted, along with an undated letter, that PM Imran Khan has … Read more
KARACHI: The provinces have collected Rs294 billion as sales tax on services during the fiscal year 2020/21, showing a growth of 26.18 per cent over the previous year. All the four provinces collected Rs233 billion as sales tax on services during the fiscal year 2019/20, according to the statistics released by the Finance Ministry on … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh government would provide agricultural machinery to farmers on easy instalments, Adviser to the Sindh Chief Minister on Agriculture Manzoor Hussain Wassan said, while talking to dignitaries from different walks of life, a statement said on Thursday. The dignitaries came to meet the adviser at his residence in which a number of farmers … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Thursday by the consent of representatives of Hindu and Sikh communities allowed Sikhs to perform their religious rituals at an allocated premises inside Karachi’s Swaminarayan Temple. While disposing of a five-year old matter a two-member SHC bench headed by senior judge Justice Irfan Sadat, held that both petitioner and … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The groundbreaking of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) will take place in September 2021, a senior government official said on Wednesday. Chairing a meeting to review the latest status of the KCR and Railways Freight Corridor projects in Islamabad, Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar directed the Pakistan Railway to … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday ordered the acting chairman of the High Education Commission (HEC) to appear on September 16 to explain how Karachi University (KU) was allowed to launch and run a PhD programme in law without having the relevant faculty. During today’s hearing, a deputy director of the commission had … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday directed the provincial government to submit its comments on a petition challenging the closure of schools in the province. The Human Rights Lawyers Forum has challenged the provincial government’s announcement of the closure of schools for an indefinite period due to the coronavirus in SHC. The petition … Read more
Sindh High Court on Monday expressed satisfaction over the welfare schemes being implemented in 27 districts of Sindh via the social development funds of oil and gas exploration and production companies. The advocate general Sindh submitted the progress reports compiled by the deputy commissioners to a two-judge bench headed by Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha. … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday allowed schools with 100 per cent vaccinated staff to reopen across the province from August 30. Addressing a press conference, Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah said that the schools will be allowed to call vaccinated staff to work. The provincial minister also said there was a need to create … Read more
Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah said that the health department had warned of a new wave of coronavirus next week, after which the provincial government decided to keep the educational institutions closed. According to details, a statement issued by Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah said that the decision to close the educational institutions was taken … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh High Court on Friday directed the administration of National Institute of Cardio-Vascular Diseases (NIVCD) to provide requisite records to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) enabling it to complete its inquiry pertaining to alleged misappropriation of zakat funds and recruitments made in violation of relevant rules and procedures. The court issued the directions while hearing … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Friday announced to close schools for another week and resume classes from August 30. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, in a press conference said that the schools in the province will remain shut in the coming week. The chief minister said reopening of schools is being delayed so that … Read more
KHAIRPUR: A man forcibly married a 12-year-old girl in Khairpur after her father failed to pay the debt on time. According to reports, the incident occurred in the Ahmedpur area of Sindh’s Khairpur district, where a man failed to repay a Rs.20,000 loan. Due to nonpayment, the principal amount grew to Rs150,000, and the accused … Read more
The Sind Education Ministry on Tuesday allowed schools in the province to reopen from August 20 with 50 per cent attendance. After a meeting chaired by Sindh Education Minister Syed Sardar Ali Shah, it was announced that schools with 100 per cent vaccinated staff will be allowed to reopen. It also said that 50 per … Read more
KARACHI: Sindh High Court Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh on Monday refused to take oath as an ad hoc judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Earlier in the day, a notification bearing No. F. 2(1)/2021 was issued from the office of President of Pakistan appointing Justice Sheikh as an ad hoc judge of … Read more
KARACHI: The Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has notified Mutual Funds Association of Pakistan (Mufap) that Sindh Workers Welfare Fund (SWWF) at the rate of 2 per cent is not applicable to mutual and pension funds. The net asset values (NAVs) of such funds have got a boost, as the asset management companies have notified the … Read more
LAHORE: The Competition Commission of Pakistan on Friday imposed a hefty fine of Rs44 billion on the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) and 81 member mills for violations of the Competition Act 2010. The PSMA has been imposed with the maximum fixed penalty of Rs75 million each for four contraventions, amounting to a total of … Read more
Karachi: Sindh High Court on Friday gave one-time permission to former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Inam Memon to travel abroad and directed him to approach the trial court in this regard. A two-member bench of SHC headed by Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro held that Inam can travel abroad for 30 days from the trial court … Read more
