LAHORE: As Lahore's smog levels exceeded 550 in the Air Quality Index, meant as dangerous, environmental experts and activists express their dismay and horror at what will develop further. According to some instruments installed in Lahore, the Gulberg area even registered 600 AQI. The last level of "dangerous" in the AQI is between 250 and […]
ISLAMABAD: At least 33 journalists were killed for their journalism work in Pakistan during the last six years, including seven in the last year (November 2018 to October 2019) alone, according to Freedom Network. The new report entitled "100{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} impunity for murderers, 0{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} justice for journalists killed in Pakistan: crime and punishment in the journalistic
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has decided to hold a regular day-to-day hearing in cases related to the Cess of Gas Development Infrastructure (GIDC) starting next Thursday. The decision was made by a court of three Supreme Court judges composed of Judge Mushir Alam, Judge Faisal Arab and Judge Syed Mansoor Ali Shah when he resumed
A Pano Aqil tehsil prayer leader from Sukkur was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping a ten-year-old girl. Sukkur police registered a case against the suspect who directs the prayers in a mosque in the village of Dildar Samejo. "We arrested the mosque's prayer leader after he was accused of raping a 10-year-old girl and
The Superior Court of Peshawar (PHC) on Thursday ordered bail of Mufti Kifayatullah, central leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F). Kifayatullah was arrested by Islamabad police on Sunday accused of inciting people to participate in the anti-government "Azadi March" on October 31 and collect donations for the protest. A bank of two members of the upper
Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday reserved its verdict on a statement of bail filed by PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills (CSM) case after the petitioner and the National Bureau of Responsibility (NAB) will conclude your arguments. On September 30, the vice president of PML-N approached the superior court in
With a list of 7,000 names of people who, according to her, "connect Pakistan with the world", the special assistant of the Prime Minister of Communication, Firdous Ashiq Awan, reminded the protesters of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazl) on Thursday ) that Islamabad, in addition to being the seat of government, was also home to a large
The number of people killed by a fire in three bogies of a Tezgam train near the city of Liaquatpur rose to 73 around 1 p.m., while many remain in critical condition, Rahim Yar Khan district government said Thursday. About 40 people, including women and children, were injured, said Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid.
RAWALPINDI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday ordered the suspension of officials, including the airport manager, according to the regulations, taking into account the mistreatment of passengers by the personnel of the Airport Security Force (ASF) at the Airport Islamabad International. The incident occurred on October 17, when a Pakistan International Airlines flight from Saudi
A worker welds containers at D-Chowk in Islamabad on Wednesday. Capital police officers observe – Photo by Mohammad Asim Islamabad: On the eve of the arrival of Azadi March from Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, the administrations and the traffic police of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have planned large traffic detours and routes that protesters will take to their
