GUJRAT: A 50-year-old man and a child were killed after being run over by vehicles in former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s cavalcade on their way to Gujranwala on Friday. Khalid Hussain, an elderly retired army soldier, was crossing the GT Road near Chak Peerana after offering Friday prayers when a vehicle in the Pakistan Muslim […]
Rawalpindi: The flood water badly damaged the road linking village Dolyal with Rawalpindi due to which thousands of people are now unable to get to their workplaces and carry out their routine work. Village Dolyal is part of Union Council Sehal and there are approximately one thousand houses in the village and most of the […]
Sindh’s chief minister said on Tuesday that his government had embarked on a comprehensive plan to introduce reforms in every sector to transform the province into a seat of prosperity and a hub of investment. Syed Murad Ali Shah said this during a luncheon meeting with a World Bank delegation led by its country director, […]
SLAMABAD: The Ministry of Human Rights and its commissions established in Sindh and Balochistan are facing acute shortage of experienced staff as well as financial resources, which is hindering their performance. “The current staff is overburdened and also performing tasks way beyond its expertise,” said an official of the Ministry of Human Rights while talking to The […]
KARACHI: The power sector regulator has scaled down the tariff for electricity supply from new Thar coal-fired plants by up to 18.51% while keeping in view the declining cost of production. However, there are fears that the decision will hurt the flow of investment into power generation. The new tariff has been announced in […]
PESHAWAR: Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Wednesday lauded the efforts of the Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI) Fata team and vaccinators for keeping Fata polio-free for the last one year. He said, “It is a significant milestone achieved for the first time in the history of fight against polio in Fata.” According to an official handout, […]
LAHORE: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has said the Punjab government will table the consensus draft of Punjab Drugs (Amendment) Act 2017, prepared in consultation with the representatives of all stakeholders, in the next session of Punjab Assembly to be held in August, which aims at providing not only business-friendly environment to the pharma industry […]
LAHORE: An important bill designed to protect witnesses particularly in cases of terrorism or heinous crime so as to ensure punishment to the culprits, or to encourage witnesses to hold their ground without any fear of elimination, is pending finality because of difference of opinion between the law and home departments. Interestingly, the draft bill […]
KARACHI: Intermittent rain spells on Wednesday again inflicted a virtual collapse on the civic infrastructure across the metropolis with causing power outages and traffic congestions. Rain lashed parts of the city since it began into torrents in afternoon, as the Met Office forecast more isolated downpours with thunderstorm for parts of Sindh on Thursday. The […]
KARACHI: The Sindh health ministry has dispatched directives to all district authorities to make sure that fumigation is duly carried out and rainwater is not left standing on roads in their respective limits to safeguard people from possible dangers of Naegleria fowleri (commonly known as ‘brain-eating amoeba’) and mosquito-borne diseases of dengue and chikungunya. Worried […]
ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Tuesday approved the Quran Education Bill 2017 which would make it compulsory for schools to impart Quranic teachings up to the higher secondary level. The bill, already approved by the National Assembly, will now be presented in the Senate for the final parliamentary approval. State Minister for Education Balighur Rehman, […]
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee on Tuesday amended and approved two bills to protect the rights of 13,000 children begging in the streets of the capital and engaged in child labour. The Islamabad Capital Territory Child Protection Bill 2017 was amended to describe children engaged in domestic labour or working in automobile workshops and the like […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) deferred “The Tribal Areas Rewaj Bill, 2017 (Government Bill)” for its next meeting with the suggestion to review the Bill while sharing with the people of their constituencies. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of MNA Muhammad Jamal ud Din. The committee […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) out rightly rejected the proposed final draft of the journalists Protection and Welfare Bill, 2017 as neither it provided protection framework for journalists nor any punishment for those involved in killing of journalists. “This is a sham bill aimed at befooling the journalist community as well as […]
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