Indian doctors said Friday they would increase nationwide protests and strikes after the rape and murder of a colleague, a brutal killing that has focused outrage on the chronic issue of violence against women. The discovery of the 31-year-old’s bloodied and brutalised body on August 9 at a state-run hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata has sparked nationwide protests. “We are intensifying our protests… to demand justice for our colleague,” Suvrankar Datta said Friday, from the government-run All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi. Those in government hospitals across several states on Monday halted elective services “indefinitely”…
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ISLAMABAD / RAWALPINDI: Having distanced himself from the former spy chief after news of his court martial became public, PTI founder Imran Khan on Thursday welcomed the process of ‘internal accountability’ initiated by the military, and called for across-the-board action. He was speaking to reporters at Adiala jail after the hearing of a £190 million corruption case. Commenting on a statement by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif — alluding to the alleged involvement of retired Lt Gen Faiz Hameed in the May 9 protests following his arrest — the former PM said that “if Faiz Hameed was involved, it should be investigated”. Hameed was head of…
LAHORE: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has directed the governments of his younger brother Shehbaz Sharif in the Centre and daughter Maryam Nawaz in Punjab to work together to address the soaring electricity bills issue which is a must for the revival of the party. Presiding over a party meeting of senior leaders at Model Town here on Thursday, the elder Sharif discussed host of issues, including expensive electricity, revival of the party, local body polls and coordination between the federal and Punjab governments. Before chairing this huddle, Mr Sharif spent weeks at his favourite hill station, Murree. Prime Minister Shehbaz…
QUETTA: Daily wage labourers resumed their sit-in at Chaman on Thursday in protest against the government’s decision to make possession of passport mandatory for crossing the Pakistan-Afghan border. The labourers had called off the months-long sit-in earlier this week after their representatives reached an agreement with the government allowing them to cross the border upon showing national identity cards. Labourers and traders were allowed to travel up to Pul-i-Takhata, in Spin Buldak district of Afghanistan. Likewise, Afghans were allowed to enter Pakistan from the Friendship Gate up to the parking area on Chaman border on showing the Afghan ID card…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan continues to lack progress in child malnutrition, a multi-sectoral problem that presents across a continuum of poor nutrition, from under-nutrition due to deficiencies in energy, protein, and micronutrients to problems of overweight and obesity. “The situation is quite dire in Pakistan, with stunting and wasting heavily prevalent in the country”, according to the latest report published on Thursday by Pakistan Nutrition Cluster and the ministry of national health. Stunting does not only mean that a child is not having enough to eat. Inadequate nutrition among mothers during pregnancy is one of the main reasons of malnutrition among children…
Two more cases of mpox, also called monkeypox, have been detected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the provincial health department said on Friday, bringing the nationwide tally to three so far. A day earlier, the first suspected case of mpox this year was reported, prompting the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) to issue an advisory on measures to deal with the disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday declared the outbreak in Africa a public health emergency of international concern, its highest level of alert, after cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) spread to nearby countries. Two of the patients had been…
Five people, including two policemen, were injured in a Friday morning blast in Peshawar, according to a police official. “A police van was on patrol when a remote-controlled IED (improvised explosive device) exploded,” Warsak Superintendent of Police (SP) Arshad Khan told Dawn.com. The incident occurred at around 9am, according to the police official. “Four to five kilogrammes of explosives were used in the blast,” SP Arshad noted. “Six to seven suspects have also been detained for investigation,” he added. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Kashif Zulfiqar told Dawn.com that evidence has been collected from the crime scene. “There has been an increase…
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah and Governor Kamran Khan Tessori on Thursday accorded a warm welcome to record-breaker Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem and honoured him with awards for his historic achievement. The CM hosted the javelin thrower at the CM House, honouring his historic achievements and stressing the importance of securing more gold medals to motivate the nation. He highlighted the potential of Pakistan’s 240 million population, suggesting that the country should aspire to win at least 24 gold medals on the international stage. “Arshad Nadeem is our national pride,” said the CM. “You [Arshad Nadeem] have made…
At least three people drowned after a chairlift collapsed and fell into the Indus River in Seo Tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper Kohistan District on Friday, officials said. Rescue 1122 spokesperson Abdur Rehman told Dawn.com that the chairlift fell into the river after the foundations supporting the aerial lift collapsed on both sides. The foundations of the manually operated cable car had become weak due to a very high flow of water in the river over the last two days, he explained. Dasu Station House Officer (SHO) Khalilur Rehman also confirmed the incident, stating that “three persons drowned in the river after…
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: After the military announced the arrest of three more retired officers on Thursday, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar disclosed that more arrests would be made in connection with the court martial of former ISI chief retired Gen Faiz Hameed, in days to come. “Investigations are underway in the Faiz case. More arrests are likely which can be in the army and elsewhere,” the minister told journalists in Lahore. “It seems the ambit will not just remain limited to the military but whoever is involved and whoever has compromised the country’s security…all those will come in its grasp,” he declared. The minister’s remarks came…
