KARACHI: Sindh culture department announced the opening of all libraries across the province from September 15 (today). The provincial culture department had shut down the libraries to eradicate the spread of COVID-19 back in March. It has now decided to lift the lockdown of libraries and has conditioned the Standard Operating Protocols (SOPs) for the […]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) said on Monday that the Punjab government should apologize to the nation for the misogynistic remarks made by Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Umer Sheikh about the victim of the motorway gang-rape incident. Hearing a petition calling for the formation of a judicial inquiry commission to investigate the incident, LHC […]
As the government has announced the reopening of schools with strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Prime Minister PM Imran Khan also welcomes the children back to school. In a tweet on Monday, PM Imran said that the government has fully worked on the school operation to ensure every child’s safety. The tweet read: “Tomorrow we […]
Five men were taken into custody by the police for allegedly harassing a woman at Murree Expressway on Saturday night. Motorway police arrived at the scene soon after the victim’s telephone call. As per details, a woman who was traveling in a vehicle at Murree Expressway was allegedly followed and harassed by five young men […]
Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) government decided on Monday that it will bring to parliament a bill to penalize sex offenders; rapists with castration. Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved of the legislation, to castrate rapists once proven guilty, and the government bodies will now introduce it to the parliament soon, the sources have confirmed. […]
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Monday confirmed that police have arrested a suspect named Shafqat in the Lahore motorway gang-rape case, who has also under interrogation confessed to have committed the crime. Taking to Twitter, the chief minister said that the DNA of suspect Shafqat had matched with the samples collected from the crime […]
KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis rose by 24.4 per-cent to $2.095 billion during August as compared to last year’s corresponding period, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Monday. According to figures released by the central bank, remittances reached an unprecedented level of $7.3 billion over the last three months, which are 37.2 per-cent […]
LAHORE: Lahore Capital City Police Office (CCPO) Umer Sheikh on Monday apologized for his statement on the Lahore motorway gang-rape incident in which he had said the victim woman shared the blame for it. In a statement after meeting Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar in Lahore, he said: “I apologize to the victim woman and all […]
The police on Monday arrested a man named Shafqat, an alleged accused in a motorway gang rape case in Lahore. Shafqat is a friend of Abid, the main accused in the case. Sources claimed that Shafqat has confessed his involvement in the motorway gang-rape case. The accused is currently going through the process of DNA […]
KARACHI: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said the economy was now moving forward on the right path after gaining stability due to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s prudent and timely policies. He expressed these views while addressing a meeting of the business community organized by the Overseas […]
