Eight criminals held, narcotics and weapons seized

ISLAMABAD:Islamabad police on Monday arrested eight outlaws and recovered narcotics and weapons from their possession. According to police spokesman, Bhara Kahu police team arrested an accused namely Shahzaib and recovered one 30 bore pistol from his possession. Likewise, Karachi Company police team arrested an accused namely Abdul Waqas and recovered 2151 gram heroin from their […]

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Musadiq warns PTI to avoid degrading heads of security institutions

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Musadiq Malik on Monday warned the leaders of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI), to avoid degrading heads of security institutions. The legal action could be taken against the leadership of PTI for creating rift among high ranking officers of Pak Armed Forces, he said while talking to a private […]

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Parental smoking habit may influence their teenage kids

ISLAMABAD:New study has shown that teenagers whose parents are smokers are more likely to try e-cigarettes. The research, presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Barcelona, Spain, indicated that teenagers whose parents smoked were around 55 per cent more likely to have tried e-cigarettes and about 51 per cent more likely to have […]

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Chairman PTI should focus on flood victims rehabilitation: Tahira Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD:The senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N Tahira Aurangzeb said on Monday that Imran Khan should focus on the rehabilitation of flood affectees instead of criticizing state institutions. While talking to PTV News, he said that the recent floods destroyed roads, bridges, schools, mosques, hospitals, hotels and other infrastructures and displaced lakhs of people, similar […]

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AC Farooq chairs meeting of assessment of affected houses from floods in Quetta

QUETTA:Assistant Commissioner Quetta City Farooq Abdullah chaired a meeting of assessment committee of affected houses and other properties from rain and floods on special directive of Deputy Commissioner Quetta Shahak Baloch on Monday. Officers of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) ,Communication and Works (C&W), Irrigation, Public Health Engineer (PHE), Livestock […]

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Pakistan most adversely impacted by climate change: FM

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday underlined that despite being one of the lowest emitters of carbon emissions, Pakistan was the most adversely impacted by the climate change. He stressed that the developed countries must step up their climate efforts, including towards the provision of predictable climate finance for mitigating the adverse impacts of […]

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Over 9m people vaccinated in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD:Over 9 million (9,010,451) people have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the district. District Health Officer Dr Ataul Mun’im said on Monday that 4,817,352 citizens were injected first dose while 4,107,511 were administered the second dose of vaccine. He further said that 39,880 health workers were also given first dose while 45,708 received […]

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Pakistan condemns suicide attack outside Russian Embassy in Kabul: FO

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan has strongly condemned the dastardly suicide attack outside the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kabul on Monday that has resulted in the loss of precious lives of Russian diplomats and Afghan nationals, as well as many others injured. “An attack on a Diplomatic Mission is a cause for serious concern and is denounced […]

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