Pope skips Palm Sunday homily – World
ROME: Pope Francis, at the last minute, skipped reading his homily during a Palm Sunday Mass for tens of thousands of people in St Peter’s Square. It is very unusual for a pope to totally skip a homily at a major event such as Palm Sunday, which marks the start of Holy Week, a busy […]
Caretakers hiked project costs by 30pc before exit – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Just before the end of its tenure, the caretaker government allowed a cost escalation of about 30pc to “ongoing contracts” of hundreds of development projects, financed under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) of the federal government. The country’s large development portfolio has always been subject to time and cost overruns, leading to repeated […]
President confers military awards
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari conferred insignias of military awards upon 42 officers of the Pakistan armed forces at a presidential investiture ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Sunday in connection with Pakistan Day celebrations. The investiture ceremony was attended by senior military officers, government officials and families of the award recipients. At the ceremony, […]
Russia mourns as toll from concert hall massacre climbs to 137 – World
Russia observed a national day of mourning on Sunday after a massacre in a Moscow concert hall killed 137 people, the deadliest attack in Europe to have been claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group. Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to punish those behind the “barbaric terrorist attack”, saying four gunmen trying to flee […]
Govt appoints Ghulam Nabi Memon as new IGP Sindh – Pakistan
The federal government on Sunday appointed Ghulam Nabi Memon as Inspector General of Police Sindh for the second time. Memon, a BS-21 officer of police service of Pakistan, was serving as State Life Insurance Corporation executive director until now. A notification, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, issued by the cabinet secretariat office, […]
Ghulam Nabi Memon appointed Sindh police chief
KARACHI: The federal government on Sunday appointed Ghulam Nabi Memon as Inspector General of Police Sindh for the second time. Riffat Mukhtar Raja, appointed Sindh IG by the interim setup, was directed to report to the Establishment Division. Memon, a BS-21 officer, had also served as Additional IGP Karachi twice between 2019 and 2022. He […]
Pakistan, Afghanistan to hold trade talks in Kabul as part of normalisation efforts – World
A Pakistani commerce ministry delegation is scheduled to arrive in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday to explore ways to remove obstacles in transit and bilateral trade, said an Afghan official. Abdul Salam Jawad, spokesman for the Afghan Commerce Ministry, confirmed to Dawn.com today that Minister of Industry and Commerce Nooruddin Azizi will lead the […]
After Imad, veteran pacer Amir takes back retirement citing ‘positive’ conversation with PCB – Sport
Fast bowler Mohammad Amir on Sunday said that he reconsidered his decision regarding international retirement after “few positive” discussions with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and announced his availability for the ICC T20 World Cup starting in June. In 2020, the veteran pacer had announced his retirement and said that he was being “mentally tortured” […]
Punjab inmates granted relief
RAWALPINDI: President Asif Ali Zardari and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Sunday have granted relief to the prisoners in the province’s jails keeping in view the holy month of Ramazan, releasing 28 of them while reducing the sentences of others by 90 days. The officials announced that 2,367 inmates across the province benefited […]
PCB chief announces ‘reorganised’ selection committee comprising 7 members with equal powers – Sport
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday announced a “reorganised” men’s national selection committee comprising seven members with equal powers. Addressing a press conference at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, Naqvi said that the selection committee had been “reorganised” and would now comprise of seven members. He said that the committee would no longer have a […]
