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.
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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.
Senior puisne justice warns of ‘one-man show’ in Supreme Court under Chief Justice Afridi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s senior puisne Supreme Court justice, Mansoor Ali Shah, has accused Chief Justice Yahya Afridi of bypassing statutory procedures, stifling judicial deliberation, and imposing controls that threaten the court’s independence, according to a sharply worded letter made public on Friday.
Police arrest two women for throwing egg at Imran Khan’s sister outside Adiala jail
RAWALPINDI: Two women were arrested on Friday after throwing an egg at Aleema Khanum, sister of former prime minister Imran Khan, during a media appearance outside Adiala Jail, where a hearing in the Toshakhana corruption case had taken place earlier, police said.
PTI walks out of parliament over flood aid, lawmaker disqualifications
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly descended into acrimony on Friday as the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) accused the coalition government of failing to deliver adequate aid to flood-stricken Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and staged a walkout over the disqualification of its lawmakers.
Sindh evacuates 109,000 as floodwaters from Punjab move downstream
KARACHI: Authorities in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province have evacuated over 109,000 people from low-lying areas as severe flooding in eastern Punjab, triggered by torrential monsoon rains, swells rivers and threatens downstream regions, disaster officials said on Friday.
Sugar crisis fuels windfall profits for mills linked to Sharif, Zardari, Tareen families
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s political dynasties, including the Sharifs, Zardaris, and Jahangir Tareen, have reaped an estimated Rs300 billion in sugar mill profits since exports were permitted in 2024, official records show, wielding policy influence to shield the industry as half the mill owners hold government or parliamentary posts.
Top court justice decries ‘hybrid system’ as dictatorship, laments judiciary’s failures
KARACHI: Supreme Court Justice Athar Minallah said Thursday that widespread references to a “hybrid system” in Pakistan amount to an admission of dictatorship, blaming a lack of constitutional governance for enabling elite capture to eclipse the rule of law.
Magnitude 5.9 quake rattles Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, no damage reported
ISLAMABAD: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan’s capital region and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday night, sending residents into the streets as tremors reverberated through Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and surrounding areas, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).