ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s leading television news channel defended its decision on Monday to broadcast songs and film clips from India while reporting the death of the legendary singer Asha Bhosle, after the country’s electronic media regulator threatened fines, suspension or outright revocation of its license for violating a long-standing ban on Indian content.
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Gunmen kill police officer guarding polio team on first day of nationwide vaccination drive
ISLAMABAD: A police constable was killed, and four other officers were wounded on Monday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a security detail escorting polio vaccination workers in Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said, marking the first such assault on law enforcement personnel protecting the teams this year.
Pakistan Navy rescues 18 crew members from distressed merchant vessel in Arabian Sea
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Navy on Friday evacuated 18 crew members, including foreign nationals from China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia, from a merchant ship that issued a distress call while sailing in the North Arabian Sea roughly 200 nautical miles off Pakistan’s coast.
Sindh orders early shop closings across Pakistan’s financial hub to curb energy use amid fuel crisis
KARACHI: The Sindh provincial government on Friday directed all shops, markets and shopping malls in Karachi and the province’s other divisional headquarters to shut by 9 p.m. every day of the week, including Saturdays and Sundays, as part of a sweeping set of austerity measures aimed at conserving energy during a global fuel crisis triggered by the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.
Imran Khan holds court-ordered jail meeting with lawyer as opposition alliance postpones protest and demands releases, dialogue
ISLAMABAD: Barrister Salman Safdar, the lawyer representing former prime minister Imran Khan in the Al Qadir Trust case, met Thursday with the imprisoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder inside Adiala jail, one day after the Islamabad High Court ordered prison authorities to arrange the encounter.
PTI plans Rawalpindi rally on anniversary of Imran Khan’s ouster, vows court action if permission denied
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party announced on Monday that it would hold a major rally in Rawalpindi on April 9, the anniversary of the no-confidence vote that removed its founder, Imran Khan, as prime minister in 2022.
PM Sharif voices concern after Pakistanis hurt in UAE port debris strike amid Iran conflict
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday voiced deep concern over an incident at the Khor Fakkan port in the United Arab Emirates, where falling debris from a missile intercepted by Emirati air defences sparked a fire and injured three Pakistani nationals.
Provinces roll out subsidies and early closures to shield Pakistanis from oil crisis sparked by Middle East conflict
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Sunday that the provincial government had secured a comprehensive fare freeze for inter-city and intra-city public transport after weeks of negotiations with transporters, shielding millions of commuters from the sharp rise in fuel costs that has followed disruptions in global oil supplies.
Heavy rains kill at least 45 in Pakistan’s northwest, with more storms forecast
ISLAMABAD: At least 45 people have been killed and 105 others injured in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province since heavy rains began pummeling the region on March 25, authorities said Sunday, as collapsing roofs and walls turned monsoon downpours into a deadly hazard across dozens of districts.
Pakistan braces for new wave of heavy rains, hail and flash floods as western disturbance sweeps in
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has warned that a fresh western disturbance will bring widespread rain, thunderstorms, isolated hailstorms and the risk of flash flooding and landslides to much of the country beginning Sunday night and persisting through April 9.