ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year reached more than 44.7 million children under age 5 but missed its goal by roughly 300,000, health officials said Monday, even as workers fanned out across the country in a high-stakes effort to stamp out the paralyzing disease in one of its last remaining strongholds.
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Imran Khan’s wife petitions Islamabad court for suspension of corruption sentence, citing medical crisis after unannounced eye surgery
ISLAMABAD: Bushra Bibi, the wife of former prime minister Imran Khan, asked Islamabad High Court on Saturday to suspend her seven-year prison sentence in a major corruption case, arguing that her health had deteriorated sharply after an eye operation performed in custody without her family’s knowledge or consent.
Bushra Bibi, wife of imprisoned former prime minister Khan undergoes retinal surgery and returns to jail amid mounting health concerns
RAWALPINDI: Bushra Bibi, the wife of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan, was returned to Adiala Jail on Friday after undergoing surgery for retinal detachment in her right eye at a private hospital in Rawalpindi, jail authorities said.
Pakistan Navy test-fires indigenous anti-ship ballistic missile
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Navy on Thursday successfully conducted a live firing of an indigenously developed ship-launched anti-ship ballistic missile, striking its target at extended range with high speed and precision, the military said.
Geo TV channel faces license threat after airing Indian songs in obituary for legendary singer Asha Bhosle
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.
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.