Comedy of errors: AG office makes mess of payslips
PESHAWAR: Staffers at Civil Secretariat and other departments breathe a sigh of relief with the arrival of pay day. A happy event but usually without much cause for notice. However this pay day,...
View ArticleGrow up Imran Khan!
Post-May 11, 2013, Imran Khan had before him boundless opportunities. He had mobilised the youth across the country on a platform of integrity, good governance and transparency. Pakistan seemed to have...
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Shiny new wheels: Daewoo seeks approval to start service in city
PESHAWAR: Foreigners might not venture to the city often enough but their investment may soon be on the roads in the form of a bus service. Daewoo (jointly owned by Korean and Pakistani investors) has...
View ArticleNatural calamity: Recurring floods in Chitral make relief work difficult
CHITRAL / DI KHAN: A man was killed and four people were injured when their vehicle went off track and into raging flood waters Friday afternoon, according to local sources. The vehicle lost control...
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Rules of procedure: Appointments of 21 judicial officers deemed illegal
A petition has been filed at the Peshawar High Court (PHC) requesting it to declare the appointment of 21 judicial officers in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in 2003 in light of new judgment of the Supreme Court...
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Whither now for the Taliban?
It is looking increasingly likely that Mullah Omar, leader of the Afghan Taliban since the early 1990s, is dead. Since the fall of the Taliban after the American invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, there...
View ArticleDangerous games
Pakistan’s Foreign Office has reacted strongly to the statement delivered by Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh, in the Lok Sabha that the militants who killed 10 people in Gurdaspur in an attack a few...
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In hindsight: Gilgit-Baltistan to bar construction in disaster-prone areas
GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Hafeezur Rahman has said a law would be introduced to take action against people who have illegally constructed houses in disaster-prone areas. He was speaking...
View ArticleCost beyond reach: Man seeks govt help for medical treatment
MUZAFFARABAD: The father of three young girls who was diagnosed with brain tumour a year ago is no longer in a position to meet the cost of his medical treatment. Munir Hussain Kazmi, 46 until last...
View ArticleUN report: ‘Around 110 children die of diarrhoeal diseases every day’
ISLAMABAD: Around 110 children under the age of five die every day from diarrheal-related diseases in Pakistan, which is often attributed to poor sanitation. Pakistan has, however, successfully met the...
View ArticleEateries run into trouble as PFA exposes health risks
LAHORE: The eateries of Punjab’s capital, Lahore, are losing their business rapidly following a series of raids conducted by the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) to examine hygienic conditions and stocks of...
View ArticleCorridor of investment: ‘CPEC will strengthen trade and investment’
KARACHI: The business community is eagerly awaiting the completion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) which would bring about an economic revolution in both countries, said Federation of...
View ArticleAllocation: Rs120 million for Pindi water supply lines
RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government has approved Rs120 million for replacing old water supply lines in the Rawalpindi city. According to an official in the district government, all water supply lines...
View ArticleNew deal: Uber valuation tops $50b with latest funding, says report
WASHINGTON: Global ridesharing startup Uber has closed a deal raising nearly $1 billion in fresh capital, pushing its valuation to more than $50 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The...
View ArticleDilapidated: Around 290 school buildings declared unsafe
RAWALPINDI: Administration has listed around 290 school buildings in the Rawalpindi district as unsafe. A list of these buildings has been handed over to MPA Raja Muhammad Ali, the school in-charge...
View ArticleCriminal Justice: Refresher course for prosecutors held at FJA
ISLAMABAD: A week-long refresher course concluded at the Federal Judicial Academy (FJA) on Saturday. Addressing the concluding ceremony, FJA Director General Fakhar Hayat said it was the fundamental...
View ArticleJuly Data: S Korea exports down for 7th month
SEOUL: South Korea’s exports shrank in July for a seventh straight month due to sluggish global demand and low oil prices, government data showed. Exports fell 3.3% from a year earlier to $46.61...
View ArticleSince 2007: Clinton duo reports total income of $140m
WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, reported income approaching $140 million over the last eight years, providing evidence of...
View ArticleBoko Haram fighters kill 13 villagers in attack in NE Nigeria: witnesses
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA: Boko Haram fighters killed 13 people in an attack on Malari village in northeast Nigeria’s restive Borno state early Sunday, witnesses said. Local farmer Moha Saleh said 27 people,...
View ArticleDengue awareness: Cleanliness drive organised in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: A cleanliness drive was organised at public offices as part of the anti-dengue drive on Sunday. Government offices were cleaned and stagnant water was removed from roofs of the buildings....
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