ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has ordered an urgent investigation into a major data breach involving the leakage of mobile phone SIM card information, including his own, raising alarm over the vulnerability of personal data in the country.
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Full bench of Supreme Court meets on contested rules revamp
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court is set to convene a full court meeting today to deliberate on the proposed Supreme Court Rules 2025, a controversial revision to the court’s procedural framework that has sparked debate among judges and the legal community over transparency and the approval process.
PTI expels Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister, 10 lawmakers amid party rift
ISLAMABAD: In a major shake-up within the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the country’s main opposition party, 11 lawmakers from Gilgit-Baltistan, including Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan, have been stripped of their party membership for forming a dissident bloc and voting against party policy, according to termination letters issued by PTI.
Floods escalate as Indus River threatens ‘super flood’ in Sindh
KARACHI: As Pakistan grapples with one of its most severe monsoon seasons on record, floodwaters surging down the Indus River have entered Sindh province after devastating Punjab, prompting urgent warnings of a potential “super flood” at Guddu Barrage and forcing evacuations in low-lying areas.
Pakistan vaccinates over 19 million children in anti-polio drive: officials
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities said on Saturday they have vaccinated more than 19 million children in an ongoing anti-polio drive, part of a nationwide campaign to eradicate the crippling disease.
Pakistan condemns Israeli plan to forcibly displace Palestinians in occupied territories
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned recent statements by Israel signalling intent to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza City, calling the move a violation of international law and an attempt to undermine peace efforts in the region.
Pakistan faces internet slowdowns after Saudi undersea cable damage
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s main telecommunications provider said on Saturday that cuts to submarine internet cables in Saudi waters could disrupt services in the country during peak hours, the latest in a series of undersea faults to hit the nation’s connectivity.
Pakistan to host South Africa for multi-format cricket series
LAHORE: Pakistan will host South Africa for a series of Test, one-day international (ODI) and Twenty-20 international (T20I) matches from October to November, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Saturday.
Pakistan says 1.6 mln at risk as super floods head from Punjab to Sindh
KARACHI: Surging rivers swollen by heavy monsoon rains and major water releases from India continued to batter the eastern Punjab province on Saturday, pushing flood levels to exceptional highs and triggering warnings of widespread inundation downstream in southern Sindh province, where officials said more than 1.6 million people are at risk.
FM Aurangzeb orders urgent review of food stocks as floods stoke inflation fears
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb ordered an urgent assessment of the nation’s stocks of wheat, rice, and sugar on Friday, as catastrophic floods in the nation’s agricultural heartland threaten to deepen a food crisis and fuel inflation in the world’s eighth-largest wheat producer.