RAWALPINDI: Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ali on Saturday lifted ban on entry of vehicles in Murree with conditions. According to a notification, a maximum of 8,000 vehicles per day shall be allowed to enter Murree from all entry points in normal weather conditions. This limit shall not be applicable to the residents of Murree and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, official and Pak Army vehicles. The Chief Traffic Officer, Rawalpindi shall devise a system to ensure that the traffic does not exceed the prescribed limit and shall intimate well in time. No entry shall be allowed between 5pm and 5am except for…
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ISLAMABAD: A teenage girl committed suicide by jumping into Rawal Dam on Friday evening. According to a senior police official, the 19-year-old girl from Punjgran area of Islamabad visited Lake View Park with a friend and jumped into the lake. Officials from the Secretariat police station reached the spot along with CDA and the capital administration staff. A senior official of the ICT administration said the girl had left her house 20 days ago and had been living with a friend in Sadiqabad, Rawalpindi. “Apparently, she ran away from home and after 20 days’ stay with the friend committed suicide,”…
KARACHI: A huge crowd turned up at the Karachi Press Club to participate in a protest on Saturday over the recently enacted controversial local government law on the call of three major opposition political parties, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Grand Democratic Alliance. Launching a ‘massive’ movement against the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party, the parties announced that they would march from Ghotki to Karachi on Feb 27 — the same day when the PPP would start its so-called ‘long march’ on Islamabad against the PTI-led federal government. The PTI and other opposition parties in Sindh, which are allies…
TAXILA: Farmers are facing decline in the citrus fruits yield this year in Khanpur thanks to hailstorm, commercial use of land and decrease in soil fertility, causing increase in its prices. Every year between December and February, the Panj Katha area near Khanpur becomes the destination of the citrus lovers when orange orchards reach their peak but this year high prices disappoint them and they are returning empty handed. Although the much awaited famous red blood oranges of Khanpur have finally ripened and scores of makeshift kiosks have been set up along the Taxila-Khanpur road by local farmers, high cost…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has virtually discarded the opinion of amici curiae about absolving Jang Group’s editor-in-chief Mir Shakeel-ur-Rehman and senior journalists Ansar Abbasi and Aamir Ghauri in contempt proceedings related to an affidavit of former Gilgit-Baltistan chief judge Rana Mohammad Shamim and decided to indict them as well as Mr Shamim on Jan 20. The IHC issued an order about court proceedings of Jan 7 in which Chief Justice Athar Minallah held that “three amici curiae Mr Nasir Zaidi, secretary general of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, Mr Faisal Siddiqui, an Advocate of Supreme Court, and Reema…
KARACHI: Former chief justice of Pakistan Nazim Hussain Siddiqui passed away here on Saturday morning after a protracted illness. He was 81. His funeral prayers were offered at a mosque in the Defence Housing Authority and he was laid to rest at a graveyard in DHA Phase-VIII. A large number of lawyers, judges and relatives attended the funeral. Justice Siddiqui, who was born on June 30, 1940 in Hyderabad, became the chief justice of Pakistan in December 2003. He had taken over as CJP soon after the then president Pervez Musharraf had given assent to the constitutional amendment, commonly known…
ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases after nearly five months and with positivity rate surging to 8.16 per cent, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday urged the provinces to review the situation and decide about placing restrictions on public gatherings, weddings, schools, restaurants and public transport. The situation has turned serious particularly in Karachi where Covid-19 positivity rate has surpassed 35pc, far greater than Muzaffarabad’s 11.9pc, Rawalpindi’s 9.94pc, Lahore’s 8.5pc, Islamabad’s 6.95pc, Peshawar’s 5.43pc and Hyderabad’s 5.12pc. The federating and administrative units have been asked to immediately survey healthcare facilities to ascertain the…
Patrick J Adams who worked with the Duchess of Sussex on hit law drama Suits from 2011 to 2017, lashed out at the conversations surrounding Meghan Markle and him. The Duchess of Sussex’s friend and her onscreen lover Patrick J Adams, who has been vocal in defending Meghan over the years, blasted the trolls attacking his former co-star, asking them to “do to better.” The actor wrote: ‘Hello to the people and many bots debating all things Markle and including me in the conversation. I just want you to know a couple of things. 1. I don’t read any of…
Royal fans are in shock after latest hearing in Prince Andrew’s sexual lawsuit led to removal of his royal and military titles. The US judge’s decision to not dismiss the lawsuit came as latest blow to the family that was already drawing criticism over the “treatment” meted out to Meghan Markle, the wife of Prince Harry. The couple has now moved to California after stepping drown from their royal duties Some royal fans think that the couple would react to the latest developments in the UK which saw Andrew lose his royal titles. Others think the Duke and Duchess of…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior members of the British royal family to live financially independent lives in the US. Harry visited the UK twice after moving to the US. He visited the UK to attend Prince Philip’s funeral and later for the unveiling of Princess Diana’s statue last year. His legal representative has revealed that Prince Harry’s security was breached during his visit to the UK. The Duke of Sussex has applied for the judicial review of the Home Department’s decision not to allow him to personally pay for his security in the UK. Below is…
