News about Happenings in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has decided to increase its flight operations to London, with seven weekly flights scheduled from October 27. According to a PIA spokesperson, five of the weekly flights will operate from Islamabad, while two will depart from Lahore. The national flag carrier currently operates four weekly […]
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday said India could not walk away from its international legal obligations under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) simply because the outcome did not go in its favour, warning that New Delhi’s conduct was damaging the sanctity of treaties and the broader international dispute-resolution system. […]
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has purchased 50 additional buses for the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system at a cost of Rs2.139 billion, with the total fleet expected to reach 296 once all newly purchased buses are delivered. Provincial Finance Adviser Muzammil Aslam said 25 of the newly purchased […]
RAWALPINDI: Doctors at Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi have successfully reattached the completely severed hand of a five-year-old boy from Jhelum in a complex replantation surgery. The child was brought to the hospital on August 28 in critical condition after his hand was completely severed from his body in an […]
ISLAMABAD: Reports of a possible wedding involving Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari have sparked speculation on social media, with claims circulating about a possible engagement and wedding later this year. According to unverified reports, President Asif Ali Zardari had travelled to the country with other family members […]
KARACHI: The mystery surrounding the alleged disappearance of a newborn at a private hospital in Nazimabad has been resolved, with police saying the woman had faked her pregnancy to avoid social pressure and taunts over being childless. According to police, the woman, identified as Zubia, wife of Rashid, was brought […]
ISLAMABAD: At least 25 Pakistani nationals returned home on Saturday after being released from Indian jails, the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi confirmed. According to a statement posted by the high commission on X, the Pakistani nationals were repatriated through the Wagah-Attari border. Officials of the Pakistan High Commission […]
ISLAMABAD: An interim inquiry report into the deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) that claimed the lives of 14 newborns has found that the precise source of ignition remains technically unresolved, while clearing frontline clinical staff of abandoning the infants. The four-member inquiry committee, constituted to […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the immediate suspension and initiation of criminal proceedings against eight people named in the interim inquiry into the deadly fire at the gynaecology ward of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), which claimed the lives of 14 newborn babies. The decision was […]
MUZAFFARABAD: Barrister Syed Iftikhar Ali Gillani on Friday took oath as the 17th prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), pledging to work tirelessly to fulfil the confidence reposed in him by his party leadership, lawmakers and the people. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz had nominated Gillani for the top […]