RAWALPINDI: Due to the heavy snowfall in Murree, tourists were seen stranded on roads in the hilly area. Assistant Commissioner Mohammad Omar Maqbool visited various roads and squares of the city, including Jhika Gali Chowk, and reviewed the flow of traffic. He encouraged traffic wardens on duty, saying despite heavy snowfall they were discharging their duties with responsibly. He said there were too many vehicles in the city which was the reason for traffic congestion. The administration has made special arrangements to deal with the situation, he said, adding heavy machinery has been deployed to remove snow from roads. Meanwhile,…
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LAHORE: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior and Accountability Shehzad Akbar has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to play its effective role in achieving the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) targets ahead of its forthcoming meeting in March/April. During his visit to the FIA provincial headquarters here on Thursday, he held a meeting with the additional director general (north) and directors Punjab zones I and II. “Mr Akbar emphasised achieving the FATF targets for the upcoming APG/ plenary review in March/April, 2022. The FIA was also directed to aggressively pursue mega money laundering cases,” an official told Dawn. He said the…
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday postponed the framing of charges in a contempt of court case against former Gilgit-Baltistan chief justice Rana Shamim, Jang Group owner Mir Shakeelur Rehman and senior journalists Ansar Abbasi and Aamir Ghauri on Friday in connection with a news report about an affidavit that accused former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar of trying to delay the release from prison of top PML-N leadership. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah gave Shamim and the others time until the next hearing on January 20 to “reflect” on the matter, saying “acceptance of mistake in front of the…
ISLAMABAD: The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday ended its meeting in protest after the panel came to know that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal would not be attending it as he had asked a senior official to represent him with the approval of Prime Minister Imran Khan. The members, who had come to attend the special in-camera meeting which had been convened at the request of the NAB chairman, were surprised to see a letter written to National Assembly secretary Tahir Hussain by the NAB chairman’s office, telling him that the prime…
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday announced its advisory councils for Punjab, Sindh and other areas. The announcement was made by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry at a press conference after a meeting of the party’s Central Executive Committee. Except for Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the PTI had announced its executive and advisory boards in Punjab and Sindh, the minister said. The councils had been constituted separately in central and south Punjab, besides Sindh, he added. The minister said that Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib had been appointed the PTI’s information secretary…
ISLAMABAD: The positivity rate of the twin cities has more than doubled in the last four days as fresh cases of the new Covid-19 variant continue to spread, and the administrations of both cities are considering smart lockdowns to curb the transmission of the virus. According to the Islamabad District Health Officer (DHO) Zaeem Zia – where 36 more people tested positive for the variant in the last 24 hours, taking the capital’s tally of Omicron patients to 177 – there is a plan to impose smart lockdowns in certain areas. Meanwhile in Rawalpindi – where 26 people tested positive…
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday announced that PPP would start its long march on Islamabad against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government on Feb 27. “The deteriorating economic conditions have worried people, who are fed up of the incompetent and inept rulers and want to get rid of them at the earliest. Therefore, we have decided to launch a long march against the government from Feb 27. It will start from Mazar-i-Quaid (mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi),” he told a press conference here on Thursday after a meeting of the PPP’s core committee, which…
Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif and her husband Vicky Kaushal on Thursday sent birthday greetings to Isabelle Kaif, the younger sister of the “Sooryavanshi” actress. Taking to Instagram, Kat shared a screenshot of video call to Isa that was joined by Vicky and others to wish Isa on her birthday. “Happy happy happiest Isa Kaif this is the year that will shower all the love light and happiness on you,” Katrina Kaif wrote to her Instagram story. Vicky, who last month tied the knot with Katrina Kaif, also wished his sister-in-law on her birthday.
Experimental, filmy, intimate and ‘eccentric’, Yratta Media’s wedding photography is all that and much more. All great pieces of art start a conversation and that is exactly what they have achieved in the little time since they appeared on the Pakistani wedding photography’s horizon. Sharing his work philosophy, Yratta Media’s Saad Ayub said, “I’ve never covered a wedding where the socio-economic boundary has been transcended and that tells us why our wedding culture is so expensive.” An experienced screenwriter and cinematographer, the man behind the much sought after photography house, Saad Ayub tells how he approaches his work in this episode…
Sandra Bullock recently lauded streaming services for creating more diversity in acting careers. During her conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, the Bird Box actor talked about the massive response her Unforgivable garnered. She said that streaming platforms have given opportunity to many talented artists. She said, “They’re good to artists. They’re good to filmmakers. If it wasn’t for Netflix, a lot of people wouldn’t be working. Their stories wouldn’t be told.” ‘Who would think that me, as a woman, would still be working at this point? I would have been out in the cow pasture. It’s true,’ she joked. The star also reflected on…
