Islamabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Over 15 people were killed and more than 80 injured after a powerful explosion rocked an imambargah in Islamabad’s Tarlai area during Friday prayers, triggering massive panic in the Pakistani capital local media reported. “The death toll from the explosion in the federal capital has risen to 15, according to a spokesperson for the District Administration. The spokesperson further confirmed that the number of patients brought to various hospitals across the city has now ex…
Latest Dawn News & Updates
Islamabad, Feb 5 (IANS) A transparency survey, launched by Ipsos and the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has found a gap between “perception and reality”, showcasing trust deficit between people and government institutions, local media reported on Thursday. The Index of Transparency and Accountability in Pakistan (iTAP), launched during an event in Islamabad on Tuesday, revealed that government departments usually have a bad image in public in comparison to the …
Quetta, Feb 4 (IANS) Mobile internet remained suspended in Pakistan’s Balochistan for the fifth consecutive day with the authorities also stopping train services in the province after last week’s coordinated attacks, local media reported on Wednesday. Speaking to Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn, Additional Chief Secretary Hamza Shafqaat said, “Keeping in mind the worsening law and order situation in the province, mobile internet has been shut down.” He further mentioned that mobile internet servic…
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Monday approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) against the alleged detention of more than 180 party workers during raids conducted in Karachi and other parts of Sindh under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance, local media reported. On Sunday, PTI accused the Sindh police of conducting pre-dawn raids at the houses of party workers and leaders and picked up around 180 of them. Sindh government has rejected the allegations ma…
Islamabad, Jan 30 (IANS) The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has witnessed a 53.02 per cent decline in revenue due to the continued closure and suspension of trade at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border since October last year, resulting in provincial government seeking intervention from the federal government, local media reported on Friday. The Pakistan-Afghanistan border closure has caused revenue losses for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the collection of Infrastructure Development Cess (IDC) reduced to P…
Islamabad, Jan 28 (IANS) Justice in several parts of rural Pakistan is not decided by evidence but by proximity to influence, a report has stated. When speaking about justice in Pakistan, the discussion usually unfolds in courtrooms, legal reforms, constitutional clauses, and televised outrage. However, the justice reveals its right form far from cameras and commentary, it detailed. Highlighting the issue, leading Pakistani daily Dawn revealed that when a group of politically influential men dec…
Quetta, Jan 27 (IANS) Workers of the Balochistan Employees Grand Alliance (BEGA) held protest rallies in Pakistan’s Quetta and Khuzdar for raising their demands, including the grant of the disparity reduction allowance, local media reported on Tuesday. The BEGA employees held a rally from Bacha Khan Chowk to the City Police Station in Quetta. After reaching the police station, the demonstrators held a sit-in and shouted slogans against the government, as the authorities had refused to agree to t…
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Shock has turned into anger in Pakistan’s Karachi as the death toll from the fire incident in Gul Plaza has increased to 73. The fire at Gul Plaza erupted on the night of January 17 and took nearly two days to fully extinguish it. So far, 73 people have died and over 1,100 shops are in ruins following the fire incident. “The clock resets for the building. Our faith in government, however, is stuck at zero,” journalist and podcaster Muna Khan wrote in Pakistan’s leading…
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) A lawyer couple in Pakistan, often representing people who challenge human rights violations, have been sentenced by a sessions court for statements considered too controversial to be shared on a social media platform. The conviction of Imaan Zainab-Mazari and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, conveys the message to lawyers, journalists and ordinary people that dissent will not only be discouraged, but will be criminalised, a report has stated. Imaan Zainab-Mazari and her h…
Lahore, Jan 26 (IANS) Police in the Punjab province of Pakistan has arrested the son of a former cricketer for allegedly sexually assaulting his house maid, local media reported. The Barki Police Station filed the case against the son of a former Pakistani cricketer – reportedly a former spin legend – after the domestic worker registered the complaint on January 23. The FIR stated that the suspect allegedly asked his maid to come to home for work urgently, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn reported….