Islamabad, July 22 (IANS) As many as eight people were killed and 14 others were injured in rain-related incidents in Gujranwala, Narowal, Pakpattan and Lahore cities of Pakistan’s Punjab province, local media reported on Wednesday. At least six people, mostly children, were killed and 10 others were injured in rain-related incidents in Gujranwala city. Meanwhile, a trailer fell into a ditch after slipping due to the rain on GT Road Bypass in Gujrat. According to the rescue officials, the fatali…
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Islamabad, July 6 (IANS) An independent and transparent investigation must be conducted without the use of any influence in the kidnapping case of a Swiss national in Lahore, a report has mentioned as allegations surfaced about the involvement of Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar’s relative in the incident. “Influence must not be used to protect any individual from accountability,” a report in The Times of Israel stated.Swiss national Sofia Maria Miller was allegedly kidnapped after lan…
Islamabad, June 30 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have approached the country’s Supreme Court against the Islamabad High Court’s decision in the £190m Al-Qadir University Project Trust case. In the petition, the couple has requested the court to suspend their convictions and release pending appeal, local media reported on Tuesday. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife approached the apex court after the Islamabad High Court (IH…
Islamabad, June 29 (IANS) Pakistan has been witnessing a rise in online sale of narcotics in recent years with the digital transactions making it easier to access drugs. Youngsters in Pakistan are not only consuming drugs but are also being manipulated into becoming drug couriers, a report has detailed. Drugs traffickers are using technologies and global instability to introduce novel drugs and aggressively sell them in new markets, an editorial in leading Pakistani daily ‘The News International…
Islamabad, June 9 (IANS) As many as 12 people, including eight protesters and four security personnel, were killed as clashes erupted between the members of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and the law enforcement personnel in Rawalakot city of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), local media reported on Tuesday. Sardar Waheed Khan, the Commissioner of Poonch district in PoK, stated that 12 people were killed and several security officials were injured. He claimed that members of JAAC targett…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) India on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for unleashing a pattern of fake news and videos while making a “desperate attempt” to cover-up its own failings and deflect attention away from its human rights abuses during the ongoing crackdown on protesters in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Addressing a weekly media briefing on Tuesday, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India hopes that the international community will hold Pakistan accounta…
Islamabad, June 1 (IANS) A newly married couple – Nadia Aslam and Najeebullah Aziz – were shot dead in Karachi in yet another case of honour killing in Pakistan. The woman’s own brother was the main suspect in the case and police have claimed to have arrested him. However, the question arises why did the police not check when he followed the couple along with his accomplices after they left the court, a report has stated. “…The murder of Nadia and Najeeb could be prevented if the authorities w…
Islamabad, May 31 (IANS) According to Unicef, Pakistan has the second-highest number of out-of-school children in the world and UNESCO says that this reflects systemic inefficiencies in education access, internal efficiency and retention pathways.An editorial in Pakistan’s daily ‘The News International’ states that apart from those children who have never stepped into a school, the demography of the out-of-school children also comprises of early dropouts and late entrants.It highlighted: “Like m…
Islamabad, May 20 (IANS) Pakistan’s out-of-school crisis is not only a social failure but an economic self-inflicted wound, trapping families in cycles in which poverty causes illiteracy and illiteracy leads to poverty, a report has stated. Currently, 25 million children aged between five to 16 years are not enrolled in school in Pakistan. The number of children who are not going to schools is roughly the entire population of Australia not accessing education system that was supposed to be their…
Islamabad, May 19 (IANS) Vulnerable groups – women, religious and gender minorities face digital intimidation in Pakistan, a new report by Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) has revealed. The report has identified sextortion, hacking and deepfake imagery as emergent dangers. “Online-brokered identity-centric harm is further magnified via algorithms and other social media undercurrents. Between May 2024 and December 2025, the DRF’s helpline tackled 5,041 new cases. Its survey showed that 64pc rece…