RAWALPINDI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed the delimitation of Rawalpindi district, creating 122 neighbourhood councils and 106 village councils. The commission has sought objections on the new delimitation by Feb 25. After promulgation of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2021 on Dec 13 last year, zoning committees started the delimitation process on Jan 11, and published the preliminary lists on Feb 11. As per the schedule announced by the ECP, voters have been asked to submit objections regarding the delimitation to the constituency committee by Feb 25. The zonal committees will remove objections by March 12. ECP…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) has gotten a full time chief executive officer (CEO) after almost four years. The new CEO has been hoping to get World Health Organisation’s (WHO) international accreditation which would enhance world trust in Pakistan’s pharma industry and increase exports. According to a notification of Ministry of National Health Services (NHS), issued on Feb 11, in pursuance of the Federal Cabinet decision Asim Rauf has been appointed as DrapCEO under Ministry of NHS on contract basis for a period of three years under the Drap Act 2012. The notification has been sent to…
ISLAMABAD: A police official was martyred while two persons sustained bullet injuries in an encounter between the police and gunmen on Saturday, police said. Officers of the police said there was a business rivalry and family dispute between the groups of Sher Khan and Adam Khan, who were also relatives. Both the groups resided in Bhara Kahu. Sher Khan along with others allegedly attacked the Dera of Adam Khan, 50, located in Spring Valley and beat his son Shaista Khan, 25, and later shot and injured him. At the time of the attack, Adam Khan was in Naiabadi. After getting…
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has observed that the substance in the defamation suits filed by actor-cum-singer Ali Zafar and singer Meesha Shafi against each other is separate and triable concurrently and independently. “It may be true that the parties are the same but that is all which is common. No similarity of matter(s)-in-issue(s) is conspicuously identifiable in both the suits,” Justice Asim Hafeez observes in his detailed verdict issued on a civil revision petition of Ms Shafi. The judge had allowed the plea of the female singer and set aside a decision of a sessions court wherein proceedings on…
ISLAMABAD: As the fifth wave of Covid-19 is continuously declining across the country, a little over 3,000 infections and 44 deaths were reported over the past 24 hours. According to data released by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 3,019 persons were infected with the virus and the national positivity rate, which was in double digit last month, stood at 5.36 per cent on Saturday. Moreover, 1,640 patients were on critical care across the country. “The coronavirus, or Covid-19, is inciting panic for a number of reasons. It’s a new virus, meaning no one has immunity. It is highly…
LAHORE: A detailed verdict in the acquittal applications of 16 suspects in the Punjab Saaf Pani Company (PSPC) reference says no allegation of corruption, material violation or discrepancy has been found true against any public office holder or others in the company’s project of installation of water filtration plants. Accountability Court No-V Judge Muhammad Sajid Ali had on Jan 31 acquitted former PSPC chairman Raja Qamarul Islam, also a former MPA of PML-N, former chief executive officer Waseem Ajmal and 14 other accused in the reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The NAB alleged a corruption of Rs345.828 million approximately…
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday took notice of a mob lynching incident in Khanewal over alleged desecration of the Holy Quran the previous night, saying “zero tolerance” would be shown to the perpetrators and action would be taken against police officials who “failed in their duty”. In an incident that brings back the memories of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara’s lynching in December, a middle-aged man was stoned to death by a mob in Jungle Dera village of Khanewal district’s Mian Channu on Saturday. The victim reportedly claimed innocence but the villagers first tied him up to a tree and then hit him…
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday dispelled the impression that Pakistan was more inclined towards China than any other country, clarifying that the country’s strategic direction was to “maintain relations with everyone”. “We do not want to be in a position that implies as if we are a part of a certain camp,” the prime minister said while interacting with journalists, former diplomats and representatives of think tanks in Islamabad. PM Imran said he believed that Rawalpindi — home to the country’s military establishment — was also clear about Pakistan’s strategic position. Highlighting the challenge his government had been facing…
VENICE, Italy: Thousands of people revelled in the start of the annual Carnival celebrations in Venice on Saturday, marking a slow return to normality after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the two previous editions. The 2020 Venice Carnival, which usually draws tourists from around the world, was curtailed when the pandemic broke out in Italy in February that year and then cancelled the following year as the government sought to contain infections. “This is the Carnival of hope,” said Venice resident Cristian Scalise. “COVID is ending and we hope to return to our life as always.” Italy’s rate of new COVID…
Kangana Ranaut is sharing her opinion about Deepika Padukone’s movie Gehraiyaan. Turning to her Instagram Stories on Friday, Kangana called the Amazon Prime film ‘trash’ and bashed the makes for selling it under the banner of ‘new age’ romance. “I am also a millennial but I identify and understand this kind of romance … in the name of millennial/new age/urban movies don’t sell trash pls … bad movies are bad movies no amount of skin show can _ save it … it’s a basic fact koi gehraiyaan wali baat nahi hai (there is no depth in it).” Earlier, speaking to the…
