KARACHI: A provincial ombudsman on Thursday ordered the immediate removal of Moonis Alvi, the chief executive officer of K-Electric, the nation’s largest power utility, after ruling him guilty of workplace harassment.
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German mountaineer Laura Dahlmeier confirmed dead in Pakistan accident
ISLAMABAD: German mountaineer Laura Dahlmeier, a renowned Olympic champion, was confirmed dead on Wednesday after a tragic accident while attempting to scale Laila Peak in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Police action at top Pakistan university to vacate hostels draws ire over student arrests
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police, acting on the request of Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) administration, conducted an operation to vacate hostels on Tuesday, leading to the arrest of several students and drawing widespread criticism from lawyers, activists, and former politicians.
Thousands evacuated as rivers Indus and Chenab overflow, destroying homes and crops
ISLAMABAD: Floodwaters from the Indus and Chenab rivers have submerged over a dozen villages across several districts in Pakistan’s Punjab province, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate to safer ground.
Deadly monsoon spell looms over Pakistan as death toll hits 279
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Meteorological Department warned on Monday that a “more intense” monsoon spell will sweep across much of the country starting today, threatening to worsen a crisis that has already claimed 279 lives since late June.
Bus crash in Punjab kills 9, injures 30 on major motorway
ISLAMABAD: A bus crash on Islamabad-Lahore Motorway killed nine people, including four children, and injured 30 others Sunday morning after a tire blowout sent the vehicle into a ditch near the Balkassar Interchange.
Pakistan presses social media giants to block terrorist accounts
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government on Friday issued an urgent call to global social media companies to immediately block accounts operated by banned terrorist groups, accusing them of exploiting platforms like X, Facebook, and WhatsApp to spread propaganda that threatens both national and international security.
Police arrest mother in Quetta ‘honour killing’ case as Senate demands justice
QUETTA: Police on Thursday arrested the mother of a man suspected of killing his sister and another man in what authorities are calling an “honour killing,” a case that has reignited outrage over persistent vigilante violence in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province and prompted a forceful response from the country’s Senate.
Islamabad High Court suspends order to investigate blasphemy law misuse
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday suspended an earlier order directing the government to form a commission to investigate the misuse of the nation’s blasphemy laws, a deeply contentious issue that has sparked violence and public unrest across the country.
SCP denounces ‘weaponising’ infertility against women in legal disputes
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Wednesday condemned what it called a “distressing and sorrowful” practice: wielding infertility, or even its mere suspicion, as a cudgel against women in legal disputes.