The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Health Department constituted a high-level fact-finding committee on Friday to probe allegations of harassment, mismanagement and violation of rules levelled by a charge nurse at Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC). According to a notification issued by the department, the move follows complaints by Charge Nurse Shakeela Naz against the hospital administration regarding alleged harassment in…
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti on Friday said the provincial government was willing to engage in political dialogue with opponents and offer rehabilitation to those willing to renounce violence, while warning that security forces would continue action against militants who refused to lay down arms. The chief minister’s remarks came against the backdrop of…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the inauguration ceremony of the Sky47 AI cloud and data centre in Islamabad on Friday. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed a comprehensive technical audit of the billing systems of power distribution companies (DISCOs) and stressed that power sector reforms remained among the government’s foremost priorities. The…
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Registrar Sohail Leghari has said that all cases before the apex court are now scheduled for hearing under the Supreme Court’s Case Fixation Policy 2026, adding that no case is fixed on the verbal instructions of Chief Justice Yahya Afridi. Briefing reporters on the court’s case management system, the registrar said cases…
Business leaders brief Naqvi on security situation in their provinces, challenges affecting trade, industry Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi holds a meeting with a delegation of traders and industrialists from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, including representatives of chambers of commerce from both provinces. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday said he would soon visit Peshawar…
General Raza has previously been awarded the Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military), Sitara-e-Basalat (Star of Valour) SECURITY MATTERS: CNSC General Syed Aamer Raza meets with CDF Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir at the GHQ in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: NNI President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday approved the conferment of the Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) on the newly appointed Commander of the…
QUETTA: The death toll from a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in the Sor Range area on the outskirts of Quetta rose to 34, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Balochistan said on Friday, as rescue teams continue efforts to reach the remaining miners trapped underground. The bodies of 34 miners have been recovered so…
Meeting also featured a detailed exchange of views on the country’s prevailing political situation ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and the Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reviewed the country’s overall law and order situation, with particular focus on the security situation in K-P and Balochistan in a meeting held at Bilawal House on Thursday. The…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that a party guilty of unnecessary delay, negligence and abuse of the judicial process is not entitled to equitable relief, observing that the law of limitation is not a mere technicality but a substantive legal framework designed to ensure timely and final resolution of disputes. A three-member bench comprising…
PM Shehbaz praises security forces, says every attempt to spread terrorism will be thwarted Security forces on Thursday neutralised four terrorists and destroyed two explosives-laden vehicles during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district, the military’s media wing said. According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation was conducted on the…