ISLAMABAD, May 19,(ABC): Power outages continue in various parts of the country, with some urban areas not having electricity for six to eight hours, and rural regions are facing outages for 10 to 12 hours. Lahore is losing power after every 15 minutes to half an hour in some areas, indefinitely, despite the informed hours of load shedding ranging from …

KARACHI, May 19, (ABC): Sindh Police have claimed that a banned organization was involved in the blast in Karachi’s Saddar area on May 12. This was revealed by Sindh Police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) DIG Syed Khurram Ali in the press conference Thursday. Ali said a terrorist Allah Dino, who was the mastermind of the attack, was killed Wednesday in an intelligence-based …

  A larger bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Thursday barred the FIA prosecution branch from withdrawing any cases and ordered that no transfers or postings be made in the agency until further order by the top court.The court demanded an explanation of past transfers and postings and changes in the NAB and FIA. The apex court started hearing …

ISLAMABAD, May 19, (ABC): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said he emphasised to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a meeting that Pakistan prefers trade over aid. FM Bilawal Bhutto is currently in New York on a two-day official visit to the US during which he held also meetings with UNSG Antonio Guterres and other international leaders. A day earlier, …

Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah on Wednesday expressed resolve to arrest perpetrators of Karachi blast and set a precedent. He said that on the directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, he was going to Karachi today, said a press release. He said the entire country expressed solidarity with Chinese brothers and it was our common grief. We will deal with …

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday issued directives for the reinstatement of “eligible persons” that were removed from the beneficiary list of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) by the PTI-led government. The premier issued these directives during a meeting with Federal Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Shazia Marri. The previous government had in December 2019 removed 820,165 …

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to dismiss acquittal plea of Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal in Narowal Sports City Complex reference. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the appeal of Ahsan Iqbal against the decision of accountability court. The NAB submitted its comments against the …

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has fixed May 19 for hearing the appeals in the Noor Mukadam murder case, after the high court was unable to hear them on Wednesday due to the unavailability of its division bench. Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan will hear the appeals on the new date set by the IHC registrar’s …

Administrator Karachi, Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Wednesday announced immediate relief of one million rupees for the heirs of the van driver who was martyred in a terrorist incident at Karachi University. The Administrator expressed condolences to the family of martyred van driver Muhammad Khalid Nawaz at his residence in Gulshan-e-Maymar, said a statement. He said that the provincial government extended …

Committee told PM, delegation members will themselves bear expenses of upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia The Senate’s Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Wednesday issued directives for provision of details of expenditure incurred on foreign and domestic travel of all the prime ministers and chief ministers since 2008. The committee, which met here with Senator Faisal Javed in the chair, …