WHO chief lauds Pakistan’s strategy to fight Covid-19

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has once again praised Pakistan’s response to the coronavirus, saying the country managed to fight the pandemic while allowing its economy to pick up as the country stabilises. In an op-ed in the British online newspaper The Independent, Tedros noted that Pakistan had deployed the infrastructure built […]

Money laundering case: non-bailable arrest warrants for Shehbaz’s wife, daughter issued

An accountability court in Lahore on Tuesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s wife Nusrat Shehbaz and daughter Rabia Imran in money laundering case. The arrest warrants were issued after Nusrat and Imran failed to appear for the hearing of the case, in which they are nominated. Meanwhile, Shehbaz’s daughter Javeria Ali’s […]

Senate committee slams CCPO Lahore for conflicting remarks over motorway case

The city’s top cop has once again landed himself in hot waters during a hearing of the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights to talk about the motorway rape case, on Monday, a private TV channel reported. Lahore’s Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Mohammad Umar Sheikh, spoke about the authorities’ response time to a distress […]

Shehbaz Sharif’s arrest will only ‘add fuel to the fire’: Maryam

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Monday strongly criticised the arrest of her uncle and party president Shehbaz Sharif, saying he has been put in cuffs solely for his enduring loyalty towards former prime minister and elder brother Nawaz Sharif. “He is being punished for standing by his brother former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s side,” […]

NAB arrests PPP leader Jamil-uz-Zaman

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Jamil-uz-Zaman. Makhdoom Jamil-uz-Zaman is the son of deceased PPP leader Makhdom Amin Fahim and the former Nazim of Taluka Hala. He is accused of misuse of power during his tenure and receiving bribes from a former accounts officers. According to the initial investigation […]