ISLAMABAD: The poor endowment of social services in south Punjab has raised the issue of whether the region has been ‘neglected’ in the provincial and local development allocations, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says in a new report. South Punjab is the most deprived region in the province in terms of basic services, such as sanitation facilities, and data shows only 56.2 per cent of the population uses improved sanitation facilities. However, the disparity in safe drinking water is lower across the region, with more than 97pc of the population being able to drink water from improved sources. “As…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday suspended the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) order to postpone the second phase of local government (LG) elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A two-member bench of the IHC headed by Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan announced the verdict while hearing a petition filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) challenging the PHC order. The PHC’s Abbottabad bench had, in its order on Feb 1, postponed the elections, due to be held on March 27, on the grounds that five districts of the province were expected to remain under snow in the last week of March. The PHC bench had issued the…
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday disqualified PTI Senator Faisal Vawda as a lawmaker over alleged concealment of his dual nationality at the time of contesting the National Assembly election on a Karachi seat in the 2018 general elections. The ECP also directed Vawda to return within two months the salary and other benefits he had received as a minister and parliamentarian. It also withdrew the notification declaring Vawda’s victory on a Senate seat in polls held last year. The vote Vawda had cast in the Senate polls held on March 10 as a member of the National…
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday assailed the two major opposition parties — the PML-N and the PPP — saying their leaders desperately wanted him out of power to avoid jails for their alleged corruption cases. “They are scared of Imran Khan that their corruption will be exposed. They are taking adjournments and a judge is extending dates for case hearings. But one day, the cases have to be heard and these corrupt people will have to go behind the bars,” PM Imran said while addressing a ceremony for health card launch in Faisalabad. The prime minister said making corruption…
ISLAMABAD: Just a day after being disqualified from contesting the upcoming election in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) mayoral candidate Umar Amin Gandapur is back in the race after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the decision of his ouster on Tuesday. Mr Gandapur, who is also brother of Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur, was barred by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from taking part in the election, scheduled to be held on Feb 13, for repeated violations of the code of conduct. On Monday, a three-member ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikander Sultan…
Dakota Johnson has confirmed her casting in the upcoming Spider-Man spinoff Madame Web in an Instagram post. Taking to the photo and video sharing app, the “Fifty Shades of Grey” actress shared the Deadline report that said Johnson is being considered for the role of Cassandra Webb, a blind and paralyzed mutant dependent on her web-shaped life support system. The actress shared a screenshot of the Deadline report with a single emoji of a spider web. “Madame Web “:Dakota Johnson tapped to play first female superhero star in Sony Picture’s Universe of Marvel characters,” read the headline of the report…
Anne-Marie garnered support from millions of he followers after she tripped on stage during live performance at the BRIT Awards. The English singer, who wore a short red dress, flew down the stairs right after she began to sing. The star then maintained her calm, as she balanced back to stand up. Regardless, she carried on the ballad. Reacting to her fall, Anne-Marie took to Twitter later in the night. “Didn’t need my left ankle anyway,” she tweeted. Responding to her statement, one fan wrote: “Poor Anne-Marie. I feel so bad for her :/ the way she recovered from that…
Deepika Padukone is responding to a fan asking if husband Ranveer Singh had objections to her intimate scenes with Siddhtan Chaturvedi in Gehraiyaan. Speaking with Bollywood Bubble in a recent interview, the Piku star answered if she asked for permission from husband Ranveer Singh before saying yes to the mentioned scenes. “It’s stupid that we’re even reacting to it. I think, for us, that’s the most important thing. I don’t read comments. I’m pretty certain even he doesn’t. And, I think. Yuck! It just feels so stupid.” The actor further added that Ranveer is really proud of her work in Gehraiyaan.…
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan shared a beautiful post of her mother, leaving fans touched. The Tiger actor took to Instagram and shared the sweetest selfie as the mother-son duo spent time together. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Salman Khan (@beingsalmankhan) Sharing the picture the 56-year-old actor wrote, “Maa ki godh …. Jannat \(Mother’s lap. Heaven).” In the loved-up photo, Salman could be seen laying on his mother Salma Khan’s lap. He donned a green coloured T-shirt and smiled at the camera. While his mother wore a blue and white kurta as she sat on a…
Kanye West and Julia Fox are in an open relationship, reports Page Six. The couple, who have managed to make headlines for their whirlwind romance for the past five weeks, is in an ‘open relationship.’ The outlet quotes an insider confirming that Ye and Fox are allowed to date other people “because they’re evolved beings.” Adding to the statement, another source declared that the 44-year-old rapper is too busy to have a serious relationship with anybody. “Kanye is busy,” says the source. “He has his album. He’s got a million things going on work-wise. He designs, he produces, all of that…
