The current government seems to have a very simplistic idea of the welfare state. Its highly proclaimed slogan of "change," which the government continues to infuse with religious narratives, utopian dogmas and mantras, also seems to be simply for public consumption. The Ehsaas-Saylani Langar scheme is another reflection of the government's obsession to show something […]
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SUKKUR: Four newborn babies died suffocated in their incubators after remaining without oxygen for more than 12 hours in a private hospital in the city of Thull on Saturday morning. Sources at the hospital said the babies were admitted two days ago at the Israr Clinic, led by Dr. Israr Ahmed Noonari, who claimed to
WASHINGTON: India is trying to build the world's largest facial recognition system to immediately detect a suspect, says an official announcement published in international media. The proposed database, the Automated Facial Recognition System, aims to "modernize … the collection of information, criminal identification, verification and dissemination" throughout the country. India has asked IT companies around
KARACHI: Sellers have shown doors to thousands of daily salaried workers, external employees and contract workers from July to date after a massive decrease in sales in the automotive sector in general. The president of the Pakistani Association of Automobile Parts and Accessories Manufacturer (Paapam), Captain (retired), Mohammad Akram, said Dawn on Saturday he had
ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi would attend the enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Tuesday (October 22), the Foreign Ministry said. President Alvi will leave for Japan on Sunday (today) on a five-day trip. Heads of state and government, rulers and senior officials from around 170 countries attend the ceremony in Tokyo. Some of
ISLAMABAD: The Network of Free and Fair Elections (Fafen) has pointed out procedural irregularities in Thursday's partial elections held for PS-11 constituency of the Sindh Assembly (Larkana-II). According to a Fafen report, there were also some cases of violation of voter ballot secrecy within some voting booths. The report is based on the observation of
ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has offered Pakistan access to its labor market database, which would help boost the export of the Pakistani workforce to the Gulf state. According to a press release, the offer was extended by the UAE Minister of Human Resources and Emiratization (Mohre) Nasser Bin Thani Al Hameli during a
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry suggested the abolition and prohibition of the "militant wing" of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F). In a summary sent to the federal cabinet, the ministry said: “Several reports from sources shared by our intelligence agencies and provincial governments with the Ministry of Interior have revealed that the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazlur Rehman Group (JUI-F)
ISLAMABAD: The secretary of the Supreme Judicial Council (CSJ), Arbab Muhammad Arif, denied Saturday the accusations made by Judge Qazi Faez Isa in a rejoinder filed before the Supreme Court. In response to a page submitted to the full court with a series of petitions that challenge the submission of a reference against Judge Isa,
