The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Health, Dr. Zafar Mirza, and the former coordinator of the prime minister on polio denounced a report published by the British newspaper on Friday. The Guardian, in which the publication had accused Pakistani officials of "covering up" an outbreak of polio. The report in question, published in […]
The first group of Sikh pilgrims will be received by Prime Minister Imran Khan when the corridor opens tomorrow. Sikhs from all over the world are stunned days in advance before the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor, which will allow pilgrims to cross from India to Pakistan to visit one of the most sacred places
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) approached the Superior Court of Islamabad (IHC) to challenge the decision of the Electoral Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to reject their requests against an audit of the party's foreign funds. Through a petition filed Thursday at the IHC, the ruling party asked the court to restrict the scrutiny committee formed by
ISLAMABAD: Seven cases of the vaccine-derived type 2 poliovirus were detected, a type of paralyzing disease for which vaccination was suspended in Pakistan in 2014, in the northern areas of the country in recent months, has been officially confirmed. The sources said that the officials involved had been reluctant for some time to admit that
A customs court in Karachi accused Pakistani lawmaker Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Muhammad Aslam Khan in a case involving alleged smuggling and tax evasion, emerged Thursday. The customs department had reserved Khan aka Aslam Singapori, who was elected to the National Assembly by the NA-254 constituency (Central Karachi-II) on a PTI ticket in the 2018 elections, in
The National Assembly in a frantic session managed to do record business on Thursday, with lawmakers who passed 11 bills submitted by the government despite the vehement opposition protest. The government today presented a total of 15 bills, including 13 presidential ordinances, the first day of the current NA session. Of these 11 bills, including
Eleven farm workers were killed and five other travelers were injured Thursday in a road accident on the national highway near the Saeedabad area of the Matiari district. The deceased were heading to the waterfront in the Matiari district for the harvest of the banana crop. They were said to be residents of the Pir
PTI MNA and former finance minister Asad Umar criticized Thursday the idea of introducing amnesty schemes to allow citizens to launder undisclosed assets, saying they show the "weakness of the state" against tax evaders. Umar, who chaired a meeting of the Permanent Finance Committee of the National Assembly, referring to the value of foreign assets
As the schools in Lahore remained closed on Thursday for the first time due to the prevalence of "smog" in the city, Punjab chief meteorologist Mahr Sahibzad Khan said that current smoke levels should not be confused with "smog." "The components of the smog become visible after the smoke and fog combine. So far, the
An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday rejected a statement against the auction of the property of former finance minister Ishaq Dar in Gulberg Lahore. The petition was filed by Dar's wife, Tabassum. The accountability court judge, Mohammad Bashir, announced the decision and said the petitioner could not justify her claim that Dar had given
