Karachi minor boy sexually abused, murdered
Karachi: Unidentified people murdered a nine-year-old minor boy after sexually abusing him in Korangi Zaman Town area of Karachi on Saturday. The police have confirmed that minor Hussain was sexually abused. The police have arrested two accused, besides registering an FIR into the incident. Hussain’s dead body was recovered from a car owned by Shahzad, […]
Baby diapers’ prices surge by Rs600 per packet
Karachi: The inflation has peaked in the country breaking all previous records and affecting not only the poor but also the middle-class families on Saturday. The lower middle class is seriously pondering over the prevailing circumstances for its survival. Different companies have increased prices of baby diapers from Rs200-600. The baby diapers’ packet costing Rs […]
Punjab IGP visits home of PTI Zille Shah
Lahore: Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Anwar on Saturday visited the home of Ali Bilal alias Zille Shah and offered his condolences to his father. The IGP also updated his father on the progress made on investigation into his son’s death. He assured Zille’s father that justice would be done in his son’s […]
Nepra raises power tariff for export sector, growers
Islamabad: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has raised the power tariff by Rs12.13 per unit for export sector and Rs3.60 per unit for growers, it emerged Saturday. According to official information, with this, the government has withdrawn Rs65 billion subsidy it used to provide to the farmers and the export sector. The Nepra […]
Punjab elections: Filing of nomination papers to begin tomorrow
Lahore: Candidates for Punjab Assembly election can submit their nomination papers to the Returning Officers from March 12 to 14, according to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) information on Saturday. In a statement, the election watchdog said that the names of nominated candidates will be published on March 15while the scrutiny process of nomination papers […]
) 17 police officers fired for skipping census security duty
Karachi: The Karachi police department took serious punitive action against 17 police officials for performing their ‘on filed’ census security duty by sitting idle at their homes on Saturday. According to a report, the SSP District Central, Karachi took to task 17 police officials who shirked their duty and stayed at homes. These officials were […]
FIA offloads passenger from KSA-bound flight at Lahore Airport
Lahore: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) immigration team, in an operation at Lahore airport, offloaded a passenger travelling to Saudi Arabia on Saturday. The FIA team, on searching Rana Tehseen, recovered bogus visas for South Africa and other documents. Tehseen is a resident of Sialkot. The preliminary investigation suggested that the accused got tickets and […]
Pakistan reports 71 coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Karachi: Pakistan has reported no death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases surged to 1,577,483. The nationwide tally of fatalities stood at 30,644 on Saturday. According to the latest figures issued by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 71 people were tested positive for […]