Ending gender-based violence crucial for peaceful, just society: Religious scholars
PESHAWAR: Religious leaders and scholars from different faith groups on Tuesday emphasized ending all forms of violence against women and girls terming it critical...
AGP reports Rs 2.77bn financial irregularities in BRT project
PESHAWAR: The Auditor General of Pakistan’s (AGP) report into Peshawar’s Bus Rapid Transport project has revealed financial irregularities worth over Rs2.77 billion.
In the report,...
Seven officers suspended after Khyber Teaching Hospital oxygen shortage
PESHAWAR: A preliminary investigation report has been submitted in the oxygen shortage at Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar that resulted in the deaths of six...
Six patients die as Khyber Hospital runs out of oxygen
PESHAWAR: In an unfortunate incident, six patients receiving treatment at Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar, the provincial capital have died after the hospital ran out...
Man arrested over brutal torture of child maid in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: Police have arrested a man, identified as Rana Muneer, for the brutal torture of a 10-year-old girl working as a maid at his...
Inquiry ordered into oxygen shortage at Peshawar’s Khyber Teaching Hospital
PESHAWAR: An immediate inquiry has been ordered into an oxygen cylinder shortage at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s second largest teaching hospital, the Khyber Teaching Hospital in...
KMC starts removing signboards from Karachi roundabouts
KARACHI: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has launched a massive campaign against removal of signboards installed at different roundabouts in the provincial metropolis.
The anti-encroachment department...
Layyah men accused of raping woman, her daughters and daughter-in-law
LAYYAH: Nine men belonging to Nawankot area of Layyah were accused of raping a woman, her daughters and daughter-in-law for many months.
A case has...
Kaavan, Islamabad’s lonesome elephant, starts new life in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH: Pakistan's lonely elephant Kaavan arrived in Cambodia by cargo plane to start a new life with fellow pachyderms at a local sanctuary,...
Influenza vaccine running short in Pakistan as demand surged in developed countries: report
ISLAMABAD: The increase in COVID-19 cases across the globe due to Second Wave of Coronavirus pandemic, the demand for influenza vaccine has increased manifold...
