KARACHI: After the PML-N-led Punjab government subsidised electricity for consumers using up to 500 units, its ally in the Centre, the MQM-P, on Saturday kicked up a fuss about the Rs45 billion subsidy, saying the Punjab-centric incentive would give rise to ‘despair’ in other parts of the country. In a press conference on Friday, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz announced that the provincial government would provide relief of Rs14 per unit in electricity bills up to 500 units for August and September. The move was largely seen as an attempt to placate PML-N’s vote…
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KARACHI: A former Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) official, who was the last living survivor of the 1965 Cairo crash, passed away in London. Salahuddin Siddique, 93, had retired in 1980 as general manager (public affairs) of the national flag carrier. He was one of the people on board the ill-fated inaugural PIA flight from Karachi and London, which crashed near Cairo airport on May 20, 1965. The flight was supposed to stop over in Dhahran, Cairo and Geneva. The plane had 128 passengers and crew on board, of whom only six had survived. Mr Siddique had been living in London…
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has warned of heavy rainfall in northeastern and southern parts of Punjab, which is likely to flood the Chenab River. The NDMA’s National Emergency Operation Centre said it is monitoring the “well marked low pressure system” in these regions. Dr Tayab Shah, who leads NDMA’s risk assessment unit, said that the system was also active in western and northeastern parts of Balochistan as well as northern Sindh. Under the system, rainfall is likely in Shakargarh, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan districts of Punjab. Tank and Dera Ismail…
ISLAMABAD: The provincial minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been fired for alleged corruption on the directions of PTI founder Imran Khan, the adviser to KP Chief Minister on Information, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif claimed on Saturday. Meanwhile, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, the former minister for communication and works, has accused the provincial government of embezzlement. He also claimed to have “resigned” from the cabinet and insisted he was not removed. Mr Saif, who met the PTI founding chairman in Adiala Jail on Saturday, said detailed discussions were held on the decision to remove Mr Shakeel from the cabinet. “Following the PTI founder’s instructions,…
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa health department has screened close contacts of a Mardan resident, who recently tested positive for mpox at the Public Health Reference Laboratory at the Khyber Medical University here. “The screening exercise didn’t find the symptoms of the viral infection in the male mpox patient’s family members, including parents, wife, two children, four sisters and three brothers,” director (public health) at the directorate-general health services Dr Irshad Ali Roghani told Dawn. He also said 30 people checked in the neighbourhood were also asymptomatic. “The incubation period for mpox is 21 days, so we’ll continue to monitor those people,”…
ISLAMABAD: The government on Saturday accused PTI founder Imran Khan of masterminding a political conspiracy, along with a retired general and other characters, to sow anarchy and disharmony in the country, with the information minister hinting that the ambit of the probe against Gen Faiz Hameed and his other “co-conspirators” would be widened in days to come. Meanwhile, just days after distancing himself from the former spymaster, who is currently facing court martial proceedings, Mr Khan seemed to endorse claims that he and the retired general were close, saying the latter’s transfer to the Peshawar corps was part of the conspiracy hatched against…
QUETTA: The bodies of five men, which were found hanging from electricity poles in Dalbandin town of Chagai district a day earlier, were identified on Saturday. However, no one has claimed responsibility for the killings so far. “All five victims are Afghan nationals and residents of Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan,” Muhammad Jawad, an official from the Shah Fahad Bin Sultan Hospital, told Dawn, adding that the bodies were identified with the help of Muhammad Yahya, a resident of Girdi Jangle, an Afghan refugee camp in Chagai district, who visited the hospital where the bodies were kept. The deceased were identified as Rozi Khan, Rehmat…
ISLAMABAD: Health authorities informed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday that there is no evidence of local transmission of mpox in Pakistan and that a comprehensive strategy has been formulated to protect citizens from the disease. During a meeting focused on measures to prevent the spread of mpox, the prime minister instructed officials to implement rigorous screening procedures at all airports, seaports and border crossings. He also directed the Border Health Services to maintain comprehensive surveillance of the situation. Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been spreading in several countries, prompting the World Health Organisation (WHO) earlier this week to declare it…
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MUSCAT: Oman has achieved over 50 per cent employment target in the first half of 2024 (January-June), announced Ministry of Labour Oman. The Ministry of Labour in the Sultanate of Oman has reported notable progress in its employment plan for the first half of 2024. A total of 14,074 Omani citizens secured employment across both the public and private sectors during this period. According to the ministry’s data, between January and June 2024, 30,394 jobs were filled, with over 50% of these positions being first-time jobs for the employees. The ministry set a target to employ 10,000 job seekers in…
