ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reduced speed limits on its motorways and national highways on Thursday as part of a broader push to curb fuel consumption in response to surging global oil prices triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran.
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PM Sharif appoints PML-N loyalist Hashmi as Sindh governor
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari approved on Thursday the appointment of Nehal Hashmi, a leader of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party, as governor of Sindh province, hours after Sharif formally recommended the politician for the post.
IHC orders medical board to evaluate imprisoned Imran Khan’s eye treatment, rejects immediate hospital transfer
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday directed authorities to form a medical board to evaluate whether jailed former prime minister Imran Khan should receive treatment outside prison for a serious eye ailment, stopping short of ordering his transfer to a private facility as sought by his legal team.
Nadra purges 4.2 million dead citizens from national registry to thwart fraud
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has canceled roughly 4.2 million computerized national identity cards belonging to citizens officially recorded as dead in provincial civil registration systems, the agency said on Wednesday, part of a nationwide drive to reconcile its records and protect the integrity of the country’s central identity database.
Bahrain arrests six South Asian expatriates over social media posts on Iran conflict
ISLAMABAD: Bahrain’s authorities have arrested six Asian expatriate workers, including five Pakistanis, accusing them of filming, publishing and reposting videos that the government says show the effects of Iranian military action and amount to glorification of attacks on the kingdom.
Schools shutter, ministers skip salaries and courts go virtual: Pakistan’s nationwide push to weather the fuel crunch
ISLAMABAD: The provincial Sindh government and judiciary moved swiftly on Tuesday to slash fuel consumption and government spending, closing schools for spring break, ordering four-day workweeks and cutting official perks as the country braces for disruptions from the widening Middle East conflict.
Pakistan Navy begins ‘Operation Muhafiz-ul-Bahr’ to shield energy shipments from Middle East turmoil
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Navy has initiated a new maritime security operation to safeguard the country’s critical energy imports and commercial shipping amid escalating disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, the military said Monday as the widening US-Israeli conflict with Iran sent global oil prices surging more than 25 percent.
Toxic fallout from US-Israeli attacks on Iran oil facilities raises air-quality fears in western Pakistan
KARACHI: Pakistan’s meteorological authorities warned on Monday that winds could carry pollutants from US and Israeli airstrikes on Iranian oil facilities into western parts of the country, potentially worsening air quality as the regional conflict intensifies.
Pakistani fisherman slain by fallout of Israeli projectile in Iranian waters; another dies in Dubai amid escalating conflict
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani fisherman was killed on Saturday when debris from an Israeli projectile, intercepted by Iranian air defences, struck his boat in Iranian waters, officials said on Sunday, the latest sign that the United States-Israel war on Iran is claiming civilian lives far beyond the battlefield.
Islamabad court sentences Bahria Town executive, ex-army colonel to 10 years in money-laundering case
ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad court on Saturday convicted a retired army colonel who served as a top executive at Bahria Town, one of the country’s largest property developers, of laundering approximately Rs 1.6 billion, sentencing him to 10 years in prison and ordering the confiscation of assets obtained through the crime.