LAHORE, July 22(ABC): The government Friday appointed Faisal Shahkar as the new inspector general Punjab ahead of the closely watched election for the province’s chief minister. According to a notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat, Shahkar — a BS-22 officer of the Police Service of Pakistan — has been transferred and posted as a provincial police officer with the approval …

KARACHI, July 22(ABC): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is expected to increase its employees’ salaries by 10-20% in a meeting to be held at 2:30 pm today, sources. The hike has been suggested by Human Resources (HR) and Finance departments. According to details, the decision for the hike would be made in an administrative summit to be held today at 2:30 …

LAHORE, July 22(ABC): Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Maryam Nawaz’s husband Captain Safdar has tested positive for COVID-19. According to details, Captain Sadar had to attend the hearing of a case but he could not attend due to contracting COVID-19. His COVID-19 positivity report has been submitted in court. The court accepted Captain Safdar’s plea for exemption from …

ISLAMABAD, July 22 (ABC): Chinese Embassy has donated relief goods to the families affected by rains in Qila Saifullah, reported on Friday. Bayezid Khan Kasi, Chairman of Friends of China Forum, and Malik Inayat Khan Kasi, former Balochistan Home Minister, distributed relief goods to the affected families on behalf of the Chinese Embassy. Bayezid Khan Kasi on the occasion said relief goods distributed by the …

KARACHI, July 21(ABC): The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday ordered the authorities to transfer Dua Zahra — the teenager who had mysteriously disappeared from Karachi in April but it was later reported that she had run away from home to marry 21-year-old Zaheer Ahmed — to Karachi while announcing the verdict in the high profile case. The court had …

LAHORE, July 21 (ABC): A seven-hour spell of heavy rainfall lashed parts of Lahore on Thursday as the provincial capital of the Punjab province received at most 185 mm of downpour during the period. According to details, Tajpura area of the city received the maximum rainfall of 185mm, followed by 160mm in the airport area, 149 mm in Mughalpura, 148mm …

BALOCHISTAN, July 21(ABC): Monsoon rains in Balochistan, which started on June 1, have wreaked havoc and brought misery for the people of the province, killing at least 90 people — including three in the past 24 hours — and damaging nearly 4,000 homes in the province, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority said in it’s latest update. The second spell of …

LAHORE, July 21(ABC): Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has directed authorities concerned to remain alert in the wake of rains in Lahore and other cities. In a statement, he asked elected representatives to go out in the field and monitor the drainage work in their areas. Calling the need to utilize all the resources for drainage from low-lying areas, …

ISLAMABAD, July 21 (ABC): The prevailing monsoon spell will further lash out various parts of the country as the prevailing weather system will sprawl further within next coming days. The ongoing monsoon rains are in their active phase especially in the Northern and Central areas of the country including Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore, Deputy Director Flood Forecasting Department, Pakistan Meteorological …

  MURREE, July 21(ABC): One person was killed and 18 other sustained injured when a van carrying tourists plunged into ravine in Murree in the wee hours of Thursday, reported. According to details, a van carrying members of the same family belonging to Rahim Yar Khan fell into gorge in Aliyot area of Murree while taking a sharp turn, killing …