An initial month-long crackdown on gangs was introduced on 27 March 2022 and has been regularly renewed, with the latest extension announced last week. At least 65,000 people, including children, have been detained since then. OHCHR underlined that the right to life, the absolute prohibition against torture, the principles of fair trial, and the procedural…
Karachi: On behalf of the Provincial Department of Universities and Boards, work has been started in connection with the partial outsourcing of matriculation and intermediate annual examinations in Sindh. In this regard, all education boards have been asked not to issue tenders for the outsourcing of examinations, but the Department of Universities and Boards will…
File photo The first trial cargo of crude oil from Russia is planned to be brought to Pakistan in April. Petroleum division sources say that this cargo of crude oil from Russia is expected till mid-April. According to the sources, work is going on on all matters including the establishment of an SPV company to…
In the first quarter, external debt and interest payments were $3.448 billion. Photo: File Karachi: In the first half of the current financial year, Pakistan has paid 10.216 billion dollars in terms of interest on foreign debt and net debt, out of which about 19% of the amount has been paid in the form of…
Islamabad: The federal government filed a request in Nepra to raise the price of electricity for Karachi by Rs 6 per unit. Nepra will hear the federal government’s request on April 3. According to the application, electricity will be expensive in terms of bi-quarterly adjustment. Under a quarterly adjustment, electricity will cost up to Rs…
Chairman Kashmir Council EU Ali Raza Syed has said that Narendra Modi’s government in India should stop atrocities on the oppressed Kashmiris and the Sikh community. The Sikh community protested against the Indian government in front of the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday. The Indian government has started a series of reprisals against the…
—File photo The Lahore High Court has issued a decision regarding the province-wide implementation of the Law on Protection from Violence against Women. Justice Ali Zia Bajwa of Lahore High Court has given a decision on the petition for the recovery of Shabnam Dil Muhammad’s daughter. The court said in the judgment that it is…
Photo courtesy of Foreign Media A fire broke out at a refugee center near the US border in Mexico City. According to a foreign news agency, 35 people died and many were injured due to a fire in the refugee center. According to foreign media, around 100 people have been affected by the toxic fumes…
Karachi: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has announced that the provincial government will start distributing subsidy worth 15.6 billion rupees to the deserving people from tomorrow. Sharjeel Inam Memon on social networking website Twitter said that this money is being given for the purchase of flour and 78 lakh families of Sindh will benefit…
Hafiz Naeemur Rahman. File photo Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has said that we recognize the mandate of the People’s Party, you should also recognize our mandate. While holding a press conference in Karachi, Hafiz Naeemur Rahman said that the courtiers have told Bilawal that under your leadership we have conquered Karachi, the role of…
