Patients suffer as protesting young doctors shut OPD at Benazir Bhutto Hospital in Rawalpindi – Pakistan
RAWALPINDI: Young Doctors Association (YDA) on Saturday closed the outdoor patient department (OPD) of Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) in protest against the Punjab government for not releasing salaries to the house officers and postgraduate trainees on time. Hundreds of patients visiting the hospital particularly its Outdoor Patient Department suffered because of the strike by junior […]
Govt gets room to ‘manage’ exchange rate as IMF looks the other way – Business
KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has ignored the ‘managed exchange rate’ in Pakistan, providing space for policymakers to stabilise the economy, sources in the financial sector with close contacts in the Ministry of Finance said. For over two and a half months, the exchange rate has remained almost stable around Rs280, despite the poor […]
PTI and the art of the possible – Pakistan
BY the time you read these lines Pakistan will have a new president in the person of Asif Ali Zardari, cementing further the status quo resulting from the disputed Feb 8 election result. Unless it can muster huge support on the streets, the opposition too will settle down to carrying out protests in parliament and […]
At least 2 killed in blast near Peshawar’s Board Bazaar: official – Pakistan
At least two people were killed while one suffered injuries in a blast near the Board Bazaar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Peshawar early Sunday morning, officials said. Rescue 1122 Spokesperson Bilal Faizi confirmed the death toll and injuries to Dawn.com. He said the bodies and wounded were moved to the Khyber Teaching Hospital. “As per preliminary […]
Two suspected terrorists killed, one injured in Peshawar blast
PESHAWAR: At least two suspected terrorists were killed while transporting an explosives-laden motorcycle in the Board Bazaar area of Peshawar on Sunday. The explosion also injured one other. The senior superintendent of police (SSP), while speaking to the media, said the three suspects were riding a motorcycle which was carrying four to five kilogrammes of […]
Balochistan cabinet to be finalised in two weeks: CM – Pakistan
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has said a committee comprising representatives of PPP, PML-N and other parties was holding consultation for the formation of provincial cabinet, which will be finalised within the next two weeks. Talking to reporters after the presidential vote on Saturday, CM Bugti said, “Asif Ali Zardari won with a significant […]
Scotland’s Humza Yousaf hits back at ‘outrageous smear’ over Gaza funds – World
LONDON: Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf clarified his position on a Scottish government donation to Gaza, after The Telegraph ran a story on Saturday alleging that he gave the funds while his family was stuck in Gaza. In November last year, the Scottish government donated £250,000 to the UNRWA aid agency. The report alleges that […]
PTI-SIC names Omar Ayub as NA leader of opposition – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The PTI-Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) alliance formally nominated Omar Ayub Khan for the leader of the opposition by submitting his documents to the office of National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Saturday. Around 90 MNAs belonging to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had joined the SIC after contesting general elections as independent candidates in an […]
Zardari charms his way into presidency, again – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari casts his vote during the presidential election in the National Assembly, on Saturday.—Online • PPP leader gets 411, Achakzai 181 electoral votes• JUI-F, JI lawmakers boycott election• Ejaz Chaudhry not allowed to cast his vote• Achakzai calls poll ‘fair’; Gohar, Asad term it ‘illegal’• CJP Isa to administer oath […]
Ogra watches helplessly as LPG prices soar ahead of Ramazan – Business
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) appears helpless in the face of escalating prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), whose market rate has surged by over Rs40 per kilogram above the official rate, with prices expected to climb further as Ramazan nears. For March, Ogra has set the consumer prices of LPG at […]