NOWSHERA: Jamaat-e-Islami head Senator Sirajul Haq on Saturday accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government of creating controversy over the chief of the army staff issue.Talking to reporters here, he said the PTI government intentionally complicated the issues in a bid to disgrace national institutions. He added that the Supreme Court had placed the burden on the Parliament, but the government...
Saturday, 30 November 2019
Two killed, 4 injured in road accident
BATKHELA: Two persons of a familywere killed and four others sustained injuries in an accident between a car and dumper near Serai Khwar on Swat Expressway on Saturday.According to Alladhand Levies Post report, a car bearing registration number LZH-2625 was on way to Swat from Islamabad when hit by a dumper (C-1093).As a result, Awais Khan and Saheema, who were stated to be brother and sister, killed...
SCCI, Pesco agree to separate Hayatabad Industrial Estate from Tesco
PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) have decided to separate the Hayatabad Industrial Estate from feeder of Tribal Electric Supply Company (Tesco) to overcome power theft and tripping issue.The decision was taken during a meeting between SCCI president Engr Maqsood Anwar Pervaiz and Pesco Chief Executive Engr Dr Muhammad Amjad at...
Staff shortage: People in Darband fasten cattle at hospital in protest
MANSEHRA: People of Darband took to the streets and fastened their cattle at the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, symbolically changing it into a cattle pen in protest against shortage of doctors and healthcare services.“We have been protesting over the years toask the health department to fill the vacancies of doctors, paramedics and others whose posts are lying vacant since long, but to no avail,”...
Govt has set direction for real development, says Omar Ayub
HARIPUR: Federal Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan said on Saturday that the government set the direction of real development and prosperity of the country which had encouraged the trend of investment in the country. He expressed these views while talking to participants of public meetings that he addressed after the inauguration of gas supply project in Pind Gujran and Khalabat township areas here...
‘Punjab govt striving for providing best health facilities to masses’
FAISALABAD: Punjab Minister for Excise and Taxation Hafiz Mumtaz Ahmad has said that the Punjab government is striving for providing best health facilities to the masses.He said this during his visit to the Children Hospital on Jhang Road here on Saturday. MS Dr Habib Buttar, DMS Dr Abid, DMS Dr Fatima and other doctors were also present. The Punjab minister inspected emergency ward and interacted...
Rights body demands steps for children’s welfare
PESHAWAR: The Child Rights Movement (CRM) has stressed the need for solid steps to ensure the implementation of laws to meet Pakistan’s obligations under the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).The CRM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa expressed these views during a consultative meeting on Saturday.Khursheed Bano, the coordinator of CRM, said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government should take...
Court orders FIR against minister, others for torturing doctor
PESHAWAR: A local court has ordered the registration of a case against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Dr Hisham Inamullah Khan and others for torturing a senior doctor.A senior doctor Ziauddin has moved the court to make a plea for lodging a case against provincial Health Minister Dr Hisham Inamullah Khan, Dr Nausherwan Burki who is the architect of the health reforms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and...
It is people’s participation that matters
While the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan is faced with innumerable challenges, emanating from the past as well as present, his 'cleansing and cleaning' mission seems to be moving ahead as has been gathered from his recent launch of ‘Clean Pakistan, Green Pakistan’ with the citizens' participation.I would have taken it as yet another luring and ensnaring 'trip' to greener pastures had it not...
US says will ‘protect its interests’ at climate conference
WASHINGTON: The United States will send a diplomatic team but no senior members of Donald Trump´s administration to a global climate change conference starting in Spain on Monday, according to a statement.The US is withdrawing from the Paris climate accord that set a goal of limiting global temperature rises to well within two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) from pre-industrial levels.Spain stepped...
Trump gives blessing for Taliban deal
WASHINGTON: Nearly three months after he abruptly ended talks with the Taliban, President Donald Trump has given his blessing to fresh diplomacy, but major obstacles stand in the way of a deal to end the Afghanistan war.Chief among the questions is how to address the soaring violence in Afghanistan -- which the Taliban sees as leverage but which Trump has hinted that the insurgents were willing to...
Libyan navy rescues over 200 migrants Mediterranean
TAJURA, Libya: Libya's navy said Saturday it had rescued 205 migrants in an operation off the coast of Tripoli.The rescue took place on Friday, with 158 men, 33 women and 14 children taken from three inflatable boats off the coast of Zawiyah, 45 kilometres west of the capital, a navy statement said.After receiving calls for help, coast guards had found the boats between 45 and 50 nautical miles (83-93...
Tunisians march against violence against women
TUNIS: Several hundred mostly women protesters rallied in the Tunisian capital on Saturday against violence targeting women, urging authorities to act to ensure their rights.Demonstrators marched through the city centre, waving brooms to symbolise the sweeping away of violence against women.The march was called for by some 50 local NGOs including the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD).Some...
BB murder case: ATC seeks details of Musharraf properties for confiscation
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) I, Rawalpindi Judge Shaukat Kamal Dar on Saturday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to present full details of Musharraf’s property for confiscation in Benazir Bhutto murder case.The court has given two days’ time to the FIA to present details of Musharraf’s property for confiscation till December 2, 2019. The court has already confiscated moveable...
Donkey King to be released in Russia in local language
KARACHI: Pakistan’s biggest and Geos first animated film the Donkey King, the highest grossing Pakistani animated film, is set to have (dubbed) theatrical release in the Russian Federation on 5th Dec, 2019. After South Korea and Spain, this is third international market to have dubbed theatrical release.The Donkey King set to become the first Pakistani film ever to have dubbed theatrical release in...
Iqra University listed among top Asian universities
KARACHI: Iqra University (IU) for the first time has placed its name in the QS World Universities Ranking 2020, becoming Sindh’s first private sector varsity to receive this prestigious ranking award.The QS World University Rankings include 29 public and private universities in Pakistan, out of which, four are the private universities from Punjab while there are no private universities in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa...
Two Indian army personnel killed in avalanche hit
ISLAMABAD: Two India army personnel were killed on Saturday after an avalanche hit their patrol at an altitude of about 18,000 feet in southern Siachen glacier in Ladakh occupied by India.Six Indians were perished ten days ago in Siachen and with this number of Indian troops killed in Siachen ever-since it occupied the area in 1984 to around nine hundred fifty.According to media report an Indian army...
APHC protests Indian brutalities in IOK; urges UN intervention
ISLAMABAD: Leadership of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Saturday staged a strong protest demonstration here ahead of the Diplomatic Enclave to condemn the Indian brutalities and human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir.The protesters were holding banners and posters inscribed with anti-India and pro-freedom slogans, some of which read: India has a plan to carry out genocide in Indian...
Shahzada Zulfiqar elected PFUJ president
KARACHI: Shahzada Zulfiqar and Nasir Zaidi got elected as the president and secretary-general respectively of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists for a term of two years in elections held on Saturday.Zulfiqar is a recipient of the President’s Award for Pride of Performance — the first journalist from Balochistan to receive the distinction. He was previously associated with Dawn, The Nation, and...
PHC orders FIA to conduct inquiry into 35 BRT points
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to conduct a detailed inquiry about 35 different points in the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project and submit report within 45 days.A division bench headed by Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth was hearing writ petitions filed by different petitioners against the BRT.The bench directed the FIA authorities to take action...
Debt servicing consumes 80pc more than defence, uplift spending
ISLAMABAD: Debt servicing on domestic and external loans has consumed almost 80 percent more than joint spending on defence and development during the first quarter (July-Sept) of the current fiscal year.According to fiscal operation released by Finance Division on Saturday, the budget deficit stood at Rs286.023 billion equivalent to 0.7 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the first quarter...
Two sentenced to 26 years in prison for murder
KARACHI: A district & sessions judge on Saturday sentenced two men accused of murdering a man five years ago to a collective 26 years in prison.The District East’s additional sessions judge Haleem Ahmed awarded the punishment to Baaz Muhammad and Sher Muhammad Khan after finding them guilty of the murder of Ghulam Rabbani.According to the prosecution, the accused men as well as their accomplices,...
IHC CJ orders: Adiala Jail prisoners’ blood tests
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday ordered to carry out blood test of all the prisoners in Adiala jail and remarked if medical board can be constituted of Nawaz Sharif then why not for others.Justice Athar Minallah on Saturday took up the petition of prisoner of Adiala Jail Khadim Hussain seeking relief on medical grounds. Secretaries’ Ministries of Human Rights and Health...
Friday, 29 November 2019
KP CM receives briefing on Kamyab Jawan Programme
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said on Friday that the government was investing in the youth as per the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan and manifesto of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.A handout said he was speaking at a meeting where he was briefed on the 'Kamyab Jawan Programme' by Special Assistant to Prime Minister for Youth Affairs Usman Dar. The meeting was also attended by Senior Minister...
LPG price up by Rs18.61 per 11.8kg cylinder
ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Friday issued a price-revision notification of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for the month of December. According to the notification, the authority has increased the locally produced LPG price by Rs18.61 per cylinder of 11.8 kilogram. After the revised prices, the cylinder would be sold in open market for Rs1,513, which was available at Rs1,495.08...
Man, son held in murder case
HARIPUR: The police claimed to have arrested a man and his son on charges of murder of a watchman in Changi Bandi area eight months. Station House Officer Sera-e-Saleh Police Station Sajid Farooq said the bullet-riddled body of Saifullah Khan, the watchman of Kaka Khan Market, was recovered from the backyard of a shop on March 3. On the complaint of the widow of the slain watchman, the police registered...
Jordanian princess applauds Pak efforts to fight malnutrition
Islamabad: Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan, who campaigns globally to bring attention to the criticality of good nutrition in the first 1,000 days from conception to a child’s second birthday, appreciated Pakistan’s commitment to address the malnutrition emergency here on Friday.Princess Sarah was in a meeting with Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Nets...
Graduation ceremony at PAF Finishing School held
Islamabad: Graduation ceremony of the 47th batch of PAF Finishing School was held at the Officers' Mess, PAF Complex here on Friday.Dr Sania Nishtar, special assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety Division was the chief guest at the occasion. Wife of Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, president Pakistan Air Force Women Association & Patron-in-Chief...
Kashmiris-led, Kashmiris-owned solution urged to resolve crisis
Islamabad: The abrogation of the so-called autonomous status of Indian occupied Kashmir has exposed the true nature of false Indian democracy and brought the subcontinent to the brink of a nuclear war.If not resolved peacefully and timely, the conflict can not only jeopardize the stability of the region but it will also have implications far beyond the continent. The crisis has remained unresolved...
Tents provided to Upper Dir primary school
DIR: The Government Primary School Katair in Doog Dara, a remote area of the Upper Dir district, was provided with two tents for classrooms to lessen burden of students at two existing rooms of the school.More than 300 students are enrolled in the school. However, it has only two classrooms. The school staff had informed Additional Assistant Commissioner Sheringal Muhammad Saqib Khan during his visit...
Variation in temperature poses major threat to health
Rawalpindi: The winter has set in but still there is a great variation in temperature between day and night in this region of the country that may cause serious health threats both to healthy persons and chronic patients particularly those suffering from heart disease, hypertension, high blood pressure and other chronic ailments.The phenomenon may pose mild to moderate health threats to healthy persons...
Engro Fertilizers receives International Fertilizer Association’s Award 2019
KARACHI: Engro Fertilizers Limited has been presented with yet another accolade in the light of its valid Protect & Sustain certificates and participation in IFA’s recent safety, environment, and energy benchmarks.IFA’s new President Mostafa Terrab presented Nadir S. Qureshi, CEO Engro Fertlizers Ltd, with a symbolic Gold Medal at Annual Strategic Forum held in Paris-Versailles at the IFA General...
Jabir Motiwala extradition case: Judge questions why US not giving undertaking to exclude terror charges
LONDON: The Westminster Magistrate’s Court has asked the United States authorities to come clean on whether an “enhanced terror charge” or “terrorism enhancement” will be added on Karachi businessman Jabir Motiwala if he were to be extradited to the US to face importation of drugs and extortion charges.On the concluding day of the extradition trial, District Judge John Zani raised the most important...
UAE interested in establishing furniture manufacturing unit in Punjab
LAHORE: The UAE investors showed their interest in establishing furniture-making unit in Punjab.A delegation of investors of UAE led by former UAE Ambassador Darwaish Almansoori called on Provincial Minister for Industries and Trade Mian Aslam Iqbal at the office of Punjab Board of Investment and Trade on Friday. Investment opportunities in various sectors in Punjab were discussed in the meeting....
Teachers’ role vital for peace in society: moot
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a one-day workshop on Friday highlighted the role teachers can play in reining in the growing tendency of extreme behaviours among the vulnerable younger generation in the country.The training workshop titled ‘Principles of Effective Leadership for Peace Building and National Cohesion’ was organised at the Jinnah Jam-e School and College, Haripur, by the Department of Islamic...
Two minor cousins murdered
BUREWALA: Two cousins were killed after abduction at Basti Chamanabad of Mauza Jhoni, Tehsil Mailsi, on Friday. Reportedly, seven-year-old Sania and six-year-old Fauzia, residents of Basti Chamanabad, were on their way to a mosque when they were abducted by some unidentified accused. Later, their bodies were found from fields.Receiving information, Vehari DPO Akhtar Farooq along with other police...
Two brothers die in accident
PAKPATTAN: Two brothers were killed in an accident on Arifwala Road on Friday. Reportedly, 16-year-old Shahzad and his brother 13-year-old Sanwal were on their way to their school on a bike when a speeding bus crushed them.
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NAB presents irrigation officials to court over corruption charges
SUKKUR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday brought the arrested irrigation officials, allegedly involved in corruption, to Sukkur from Islamabad on transit remand and presented them before the Accountability Court that sent them to jail. Reports said the NAB Sukkur had taken Executive Engineer Irrigation West Division, Ayaz Soomro, Sheer Muhammad Veesar, SDO Thari Mirwah Ghulam Nabi...
Four people die in different incidents
SUKKUR: Two women were killed and a couple committed suicide in different incidents. In a firing incident, a man Muhammad Bachal Gabool allegedly shot dead his wife Farzana at Khanpur in Ghotki and and managed to escape from the crime scene. The police said investigation was underway to determine the cause of the murder. An accused Moula Bakhsh Mugheri allegedly gunned downed his wife Naseeba over...
Court orders arrest of suspects in gang-rape case
MANSEHRA: Additional District and Sessions Judge Asghar Ali Shah has ordered the arrest of suspects in a gang rape case.The court issued the orders after the victim girl in her statement alleged that the rapists and a female accused in the case had threatened her with dire consequences if she didn’t reach a compromise with them.“The court cancelled the pre-arrest bail of suspects and ordered the police...
Crackdown launched on Indian medicines
LANDIKOTAL: The Khyber administration and drugs control programme officials jointly launched a crackdown against chemists dealing in Indian medicines at Jamrud and Bara bazaars in the Khyber tribal district, officials said on Friday.Assistant commissioner Nek Muhammad, drugs inspectors Yahya Khan and Manzoor Ahmad raided several medicine stores in Jamrud and Bara bazaars. The action was taken on the...
Official says target achieved in polio campaign insufficient
ABBOTTABAD: Hazara Division Commissioner Syed Zaheerul Islam has termed 98 per cent of the targets achieved during the recently concluded “Case Response - 2” (CR-2) Polio Campaign in Hazara Division” insufficient.Chairing a meeting of the Divisional Polio Eradication Committee here on Friday, Regional Police Officer, Hazara Region, Mazharul Haq Kakakhel, made it clear to the district health authorities...
233 receive certificates at Mardan driving school
MARDAN: A total of 233 candidates, including 30 women, received certificates upon completion of a course at the Traffic Police Driving School in the district on Friday. District Police Officer Sajjad Khan was the chief guest at the certificate distribution ceremony, which was also attended by DSP traffic wardens Jamilur Rehman, principal of the school Irshad Khan, other staff and the trainees. Addressing...
Committee asks Swabi traders to give relief to consumers
SWABI: The officials at a meeting asked the business community to provide maximum relief to the masses.The meeting of the District Price Review Committee was held with Deputy Commissioner Shahid Mehmood in the chair. The meeting called on the business community to show the spirit of sacrifice and give maximum relief to the public and general consumers. The meeting was attended by Assistant Commissioner...
Open court in Lower Dir
TIMERGARA: The people at a Khuli Kutchehry on Friday demanded the construction of roads, the appointment of doctors and upgrading schools in Samarbagh tehsil.The district administration Lower Dir arranged the Khuli Kutchehry at the Basic Health Unit (BHU) Darbar Miskini in Samarbagh. Member Provincial Assembly (MPA) Haji Bahadar Khan, Deputy Commissioner Saadat Hassan, Assistant Commissioner Samarbagh...
Man, son held in murder case
HARIPUR: The police claimed to have arrested a man and his son on charges of murder of a watchman in Changi Bandi area eight months.Station House Officer Sera-e-Saleh Police Station Sajid Farooq said the bullet-riddled body of Saifullah Khan, the watchman of Kaka Khan Market, was recovered from the backyard of a shop on March 3. On the complaint of the widow of the slain watchman, the police registered...
Thursday, 28 November 2019
Three sisters tortured
DASKA: Four drunkards tortured three sisters in the area of Bombanwala police on Thursday. Reportedly, accused Sufian and his accomplices entered the house of Ihsanullah and tortured and injured his three daughters. The injured were removed to the Civil Hospital.CASH, VALUABLES SNATCHED: Two bandits deprived two people of cash and other valuables in the area of sadr police on Thursday. Akram and his...
Opportunity for politicians to show steadfastness
Cheif Justice of Pakistan Justice Asif Saeed Khosa was right in protesting against the vilification campaign against the judiciary and putting the executive on the mat while showing judicial restraint as did the Islamabad High Court in ordering retrial of the Musharraf treason case.A three-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa in its brief order...
US intentions questioned in Jabir Motiwala extradition case
LONDON: The Westminster Magistrate’s Court has asked the United States authorities to come clean on whether an “enhanced terror charge” or “terrorism enhancement” will be added on Karachi businessman Jabir Motiwala if he were to be extradited to the US to face importation of drugs and extortion charges.On the concluding day of the extradition trial, District Judge John Zani raised the most important...
Non-existence of internal audit control: ETPB lost billions in flawed contracts with housing societies
ISLAMABAD: The audit officials of the Department of the Auditor General of Pakistan Thursday told the Subcommittee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that a fraud of billions of rupees in the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) due to non-existence of internal audit control and 29 cases were being under investigation in the Federal Investigation Authority, National Accountability Bureau and also...
3 cops booked for embezzling recovered local, foreign currency
FAISALABAD: The FIA Thursday booked three sub-inspectors on charges of misappropriating recovered local and foreign currency worth millions of rupees in different cases. SI Abid Hussain, Muhammad Jawaid and Ajmal Hussain were booked and SI Ajmal Hussain reportedly was arrested. The embezzlement was traced during a thorough checking of the recovered items by FIA Additional Director Abdur Rab Nadeem....
PTI’s foreign funding case: ECP body discusses evidence on two limited Cos
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan’s Scrutiny Committee with regards to the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s foreign funding case met for the 44th time on Thursday and adjourned the proceedings until December 2.The ECP had earlier directed the Scrutiny Committee to complete fact finding of the foreign funding case ‘as soon as possible’ and hear the case on a daily basis. As a consequence...
Senate panel for law on permission to foreigners to buy land
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Law and Justice Thursday called for an independent law on permission to foreigner to buy land anywhere in Pakistan.The committee met here at the Parliament House and its Chairman Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi presided over deliberations. It had lively discussion on the bill, introduced by JI’s Mushtaq Ahmad for insertion of Article 253A regarding permission...
ATC indicts man involved in Shuja Khanzada assassination
RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-II) Rawalpindi Judge Salman Baig on Thursday indicted Qasim Muavia, an alleged terrorist involved in the assassination of former Punjab home minister Col (R) Shuja Khanzada.Shuja Khanzada along with 16 others was martyred in a suicide attack at his political office in Shadi Khan near Attock on August 15, 2015. The court has ordered to present evidences against...
Extension issue to remain in limelight till settled
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court, in its short order, left it to the government and Parliament to do the necessary legislation clarifying and specifying reappointment, extension, perks and privileges and tenure of the chief of army staff after three days’ of grueling proceedings.Legal experts believe that there may not be any need to amend Article 243 of the Constitution, which deals with the command...
Decision on COAS appointment legislation after consultations: Azma
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has said the party will take a decision about the constitutional amendment regarding appointment/extension in tenure of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) through consultation within the party as well as the combined opposition.“The PML-N will hold consultation within the party as well as the joint opposition in the matter of amendment to Article 243 of the Constitution,”...