KARACHI: A liability court on Thursday ordered the authorities of the National Accountability Office to submit a reference in the alleged land scam of the Fazaia Housing Plan of Rs18 billion before May 24. Suspects Tanvir Ahmed and Bilal Tanvir of Maxim Properties have been arrested on charges of misleading the public on behalf of […]
Army Chief of Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Wednesday that Indian troops will always receive a "proper response" to ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC), calling it his actions as a "threat to regional peace and stability". According to a statement by the military media wing, COAS made the comments
Former president of the Associated Press of Pakistan Zafar Rasheed Bhatti, a senior journalist and employee union, died of the coronavirus on Monday, a news release from the news organization said. Bhatti had joined APP in 1984 before working at various news organizations including Nawa-i-Waqt and Pakistan Press International, He said. According to his friends
PESHAWAR: With five more Covid-19 patient deaths, four in Peshawar and one in Swat, the number of deaths increased to 98 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the number of patients increased to 1,864 with 71 new cases on Sunday. Experts believe that non-compliance with national guidelines regarding social distancing rules is causing an increase in Covid-19
Ramazan's moon was sighted on Friday, indicating that Ramazan's holy month will begin in Pakistan starting tomorrow. While provincial leaders turned to Twitter to wish people a blessed Ramazan, they also urged them to pray at home and maintain social distance. The Ruet-i-Hilal Central Committee had announced Thursday that the Ramazan moon had not been
The Ruet-i-Hilal Committee announced Thursday that Ramazan's moon had not been seen. The holy month will begin in Pakistan on Saturday. The committee held its meeting today under the chairmanship of Mufti Muneebur Rehman, while meetings of other zonal and district committees were also organized simultaneously. However, the Ramazan crescent was seen in Saudi Arabia,
Around 400 Swat students, who are stranded in Kyrgyzstan, face a shortage of necessary food and supplies due to strict movement restrictions, DawnNewsTV reported Sunday. Like most countries in the world, Kyrgyzstan has imposed a blockade to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. So far, Kyrgyzstan has recorded 554 cases and five deaths from
MUZAFFARABAD: The AJK government has decided that daily and Friday prayers, as well as Taraweeh, will not be prohibited. The decision was announced after Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider held a meeting with religious scholars and prayer leaders. During the meeting, the Prime Minister announced that he would lift restrictions on the gathering of more
Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman, chairman of the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee and head of the board of mothers of the Barelvi school of thought on Thursday expressed hope that a "unanimous formula" could be prepared at the meeting on Saturday between President Arif Alvi and prominent religious scholars from across the country. The president will meet with prominent ulema
ISLAMABAD: With 5,500 Covid-19 cases and around 100 reported deaths across the country, the medical fraternity fears that the health sector may collapse due to the large numbers of healthcare providers having been infected. The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) urged the government to change its policy that only doctors working in quarantine facilities and isolation
