New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has announced a massive revenue shortfall of close to Rs 684 billion during the first 10 months of the current financial year, raising concerns over the country’s fragile economy, according to a report in Maldives Insight.“As Pakistan struggles with inflation, debt obligations and repeated International Monetary Fund scrutiny, the revenue crisis has become far more than a bureaucratic failure. It now sits at the centre of t…
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Islamabad, June 8 (IANS) People in Hyderabad city of Pakistan’s Sindh province have not been receiving gas supply during the nine-hour daily schedule announced by the gas utility, sparking concern among residents, especially women, who are struggling to manage household work amid scorching heat, local media reported on Monday. As per Sui Southern Gas Company’s (SSGC) schedule, gas should be supplied for three hours each in the morning, afternoon and night. However, residents from several areas o…
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) Pakistan is failing miserably to meet the most basic constitutional and moral obligations on women’s rights, said a local media report amid the ‘honour’ killing of Gulaan Bharo. “On paper, the legal framework for dealing with such crimes seems adequate to punish the offender, yet based on the incidence of gender-based violence, enforcement and deterrence are still problematic,” the News Pakistan report said.Gulaan Bharo, 25, was killed by her husband on May 2, ad…
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS) Zakhakhel tribesmen blocked the main highway leading to the Torkham border point in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and announced that they would take up arms in self-defence after two men were killed in a targeted attack, local media reported. Protesters, including several political party activists, civil society members and tribesmen, said that armed volunteers would be given the task to carry out patrols in local areas. They announced a complete ban on motorcycle riding…
Islamabad, June 6 (IANS) At least 432 cases of sexual assault and kidnapping were registered by Pakistani police in Islamabad between January and May this year, local media reported.Citing police sources, Pakistan’s leading daily, Dawn, reported that a total of 55 cases of sexual assault were recorded during the reporting period.Among the 55 sexual assault cases, 15 were registered in the Soan Zone, followed by 13 in the Sadar Zone, 12 in the Rural Zone, 9 in the Industrial Area Zone, and 6 in t…
Islamabad, May 5 (IANS) Sanitation conditions in several parts of Pakistan’s Karachi continue to remain poor as foul smells from animal offal and sacrificial waste linger even after more than a week following Eidul Azha, local media reported on Friday. Animal remains are still lying at garbage collection points and open spaces in some of the areas of Karachi. At many places of Karachi, waste has been removed, however, authorities have not properly cleaned the sites or applied adequate quantities…
Islamabad, June 4 (IANS) An 18-year-old alleged gang rape victim died in Pakistan’s Punjab province while a procedure was being conducted on her at a government hospital following several complications related to abortion, local media reported. The girl, a domestic helper, was allegedly gang raped by the son and driver of her employer in Model Town. According to the FIR and the video statement of the girl, she was sexually abused several times by the two suspects a few months back and her employ…
Islamabad, June 2 (IANS) The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has challenged Pakistan Supreme Court’s May 12 order that directed Islamabad High Court (IHC) to decide on the sentence suspension pleas of lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, in the social media posts case within two weeks, local media reported. While the May 26 deadline given by Supreme Court has passed already, the IHC, at the request of the prosecution, adjourned the hearing of Ima…
Islamabad, June 2 (IANS) The water crisis continues in Pakistan’s Karachi as the water supply was suspended due to a fault in K-Electric’s (KE) main cable, local media reported on Tuesday. The water supply remained disrupted in the city for the third consecutive day due to power failures at key pumping stations.The Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) said that the power suspension caused a daily water shortfall of 85 million gallons per day (MGD) in Karachi, Pakistan’s daily Dawn repor…
Islamabad, June 1 (IANS) Free medicines will likely not be available for patients in three government hospitals of Pakistan’s Rawalpindi as the Health Department has not yet released funds requested by hospitals, local media reported. Holy Family Hospital’s (HFH) Satellite Town has stated that Punjab government has not yet released the amount requested by the hospital, leading Pakistani daily Dawn reported.“Holy Family Hospital (HFH) Satellite Town, Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) Murree Road an…