Alert forecasts rain accompanied by thunderstorms, windstorms, and dust storms in most parts of country The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Sunday issued a nationwide weather alert, warning that thunderstorms, strong winds, heavy rainfall, urban flooding, and glacier-related flood risks could affect several parts of Pakistan over the next 12 to 24 hours, with…
Property dealers, citizens reject new levy, term it additional burden on taxpayers RAWALPINDI: A 16 per cent General Sales Tax (GST) has been imposed on all rented properties across Rawalpindi district and the rest of Punjab, drawing strong reactions from citizens and property stakeholders. Under the new measures, all rented non-residential buildings and immovable properties…
Prime minister will also hold bilateral talks with the US, Iran, Qatar in Switzerland Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Zurich along with his delegation. PHOTO: PMO Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Zurich on Sunday along with his delegation to participate in high-level talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),…
RAWALPINDI: The tragic death of a nine-year-old boy, who drowned after falling into an uncovered stormwater drain during the season’s first pre-monsoon rainfall, has exposed serious shortcomings in flood preparedness and public safety measures across Rawalpindi. The victim, Wisal, fell into a rainwater drain approximately 10 feet deep and seven feet wide near Kacha Stop…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered all inspectors general of police (IGPs) to devise and implement effective mechanisms for the protection of girls attending schools, colleges, and universities, particularly regarding complaints of harassment, stalking, and other offences. In an 18-page judgment authored by Justice Salahuddin Panhwar while hearing an appeal against a death sentence awarded…
The Pakistan Peoples Party announced on Saturday that it and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz had come to an agreement on forming the next government in Gilgit-Baltistan together. In a post on X, the PPP said: “Following detailed consultations, mutual trust and consensus between the local leadership and organisations of the PPP and PML-N in Gilgit-Baltistan, a decision…
Nearly 3,000 rat-bite cases were reported at the Lady Reading Hospital in three months Residents across more than 50 localities report daily rat bites as poor sanitation and a lack of control measures fuel a mounting public health crisis. PHOTO: PEXELS PESHAWAR: Eleven-year-old Umair was asleep beside his family in their home in Peshawar’s Gunj…
Farmers suffer millions in losses as extreme weather destroys plum and strawberry crops across K-P Nearly 80 per cent of this year’s strawberry crop was destroyed before reaching the market. PHOTO: PEXELS PESHAWAR: What should have been a season of harvest and profit has instead become a season of despair. For farmers across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P),…
Electoral moment: A woman casts her vote in by-election in Faisalabad. Photo: Online ISLAMABAD: In a significant political development ahead of the AJK political season, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on Friday secured a notable defection as PTI-backed Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly member Begum Imtiaz Naseem joined the ruling party, calling it a “return…
Says removal, not compulsory retirement, justified where public confidence is lost Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Emphasising that public confidence is the cornerstone of the judiciary, the Supreme Court has ruled that a judge whose reputation is found to be bad cannot…