Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ‘Awam Pakistan Party’ registered by election commission
Listen to article The Election Commission of Pakistan has officially registered former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s new political party, ‘Awam Pakistan Party’, Express News reported. The registration announcement was accompanied by a notification confirming Abbasi as the convener and Miftah Ismail as the General Secretary of the party. The Commission has also approved the intra-party elections […]
Islamabad IGP orders inquiry after officials ‘extort’ money from citizen – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police chief has ordered a departmental inquiry after a resident of Tarlai informed the Inspector General of Police Ali Nasir Rizvi that police officials extorted money from him by threatening to implicate him in a false case. Haji Liaquat Ali Mughal, who identified as chairman of a local community organisation, approached the […]
Sindh instructs private schools not to collect advance fees
Listen to article The Sindh Education Department has instructed private schools not to collect advance additional fees from students. In this regard, the Directorate of Inspection and Private Institutions has issued a notification, Express News reported. To ease the financial burden on parents and students, it has been directed that tuition fees for matriculation students should only […]
Over 890 kidnapping, 152 rape cases registered in capital: police – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Over 900 people, including women, were abducted and 152 sexually assaulted or molested in the capital in the year 2024. A police officer told Dawn that the police registered at least 891 cases of kidnapping and 152 cases of rape or unnatural offence during the year. He said the kidnap victims included 483 girls […]
Doctor provides important update on Saim Ayub’s injury
Listen to article Pakistan batter Saim Ayub, who suffered an ankle injury during the second Test against South Africa, has shown significant improvement. According to Dr. David Redfern in London, Saim’s ankle is healing well, and he is now able to bear weight on his leg. Dr. Redfern stated that the test reports will be sent to […]
Musk discussed ways to oust Starmer before next election: FT – World
LONDON: Billionaire Elon Musk has held private discussions with allies about removing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer from his position before the next general election, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Musk, the world’s richest person and a close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, last month endorsed a German anti-immigration party ahead of elections […]
Khuzdar rampage – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
THE two most lethal terrorist threats that confront Pakistan are religiously inspired militants, led by the banned TTP, and separatist elements in Balochistan, particularly the proscribed BLA. On Wednesday, the latter showed that it is capable of unleashing major havoc, with the state unable to mount a matching response. In a brazen attack, BLA militants […]
UHC monitoring in Pakistan – Newspaper
UNIVERSAL Health Coverage is always a work in progress. This is why ‘advancing UHC’ is better phrasing than ‘achieving UHC’. As I have written previously on these pages, despite a multidimensional public health crisis in the country, there have been some important developments with regard to UHC in Pakistan, including the development of the Essential […]
Six held in Karachi for credit card data theft remanded in police custody – Pakistan
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Thursday remanded six suspects in the custody of the Federal Investigation Agency in a case pertaining to the theft of credit card data through “spoofed calls”. On Tuesday, the Cyber Crime Wing of the FIA claimed to have arrested the six suspects — Muhammad Kashif, Umair Karim, Noshad Karim, Mehtab […]
Imran Khan vows to take cases to international stage
Listen to article Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has stated that his party has no other options left but to take their cases to the international stage. Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail, Imran Khan’s sister, Aleema Khan, revealed that he had expressed that they had approached both the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and the Supreme […]