Director General of the Walled City Authority Lahore (WCLA), Kamran Lashari looks on in this image. — Facebook@kamranlashariofficial/File LAHORE: Director General of the Walled City Authority Lahore (WCLA), Kamran Lashari, has resigned from his post late Wednesday night. Sources in the authority claimed that the development came after the administrative control of all the historical…
Federal Health Minister Dr Mustafa Kamal addresses an event on April 23, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@KamalMQM Islamabad: “Those who turn polio vaccination into a religious issue are the same people who line up for drops during Haj and Umrah,” said Federal Health Minister Dr. Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday, as he strongly criticised the persistent…
A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a vaccination campaign in Karachi, Pakistan, on October 24, 2022. — AFP ISLAMABAD: Amid an ongoing nationwide polio immunization campaign, health authorities on Wednesday confirmed Pakistan’s 7th polio case of the year — an 11-year-old boy from the remote Torghar district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
Image released by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) shows former prime minister Imran Khan during his appearance at the Supreme Court on May 16, 2024. — PTI website/File WASHINGTON: Following a high-level visit to Pakistan earlier this month, US Congressman Jack Bergman has reiterated his call for the release of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime…
A representational image of a Rescue 1122 ambulance on the road. — Facebook@Merc1122/File QUETTA: A tragic traffic accident occurred on the Makran Coastal Highway, where 4 people died at the scene and 4 others were critically injured. Among the deceased, three were from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one was from Panjgur, Balochistan. According to details, accident…
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf central information secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram addresses a press conference on January 9, 2025. — Facebook@PTIOfficial ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram on Wednesday lambasted the Punjab government’s farmer package as a “cruel joke” and a “smokescreen” to conceal its anti-farmer agenda. He accused the Punjab government of sabotaging farmers’…
A representational image of a patient suffering from abdominal pain. — News Medical/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has once again found itself struggling with cholera amid a historic global surge in outbreaks, marking a disturbing resurgence of the 7th cholera pandemic as between 2022 and 2023, the world has seen an unprecedented increase in cholera outbreaks, including…
This collage shows Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Faisal Javed Khan (left) and Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi (right). — Facebook@ptifaisaljavedkhan/X@WasiqQAbbasi/File ISLAMABAD: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Judge Tahir Abbas Supra has indicted the accused in the case registered over Faizabad protest against disqualification of the founder of PTI and summoned witnesses. During the hearing on Wednesday, Faisal Javed Khan,…
Saifullah Kasuri, Secretary General of Pakistan Markazi Muslim League speaks in video message released on April 23, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@SaifullahKhalidKasuri LAHORE: Saifullah Kasuri, Secretary General of Pakistan Markazi Muslim League, has expressed deep concern over the recent tragic incident involving tourists in Pahalgam, Indian-occupied Kashmir, strongly condemning the loss of innocent lives. In…
Former senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Tariq Mir (right). — Reporter/File LONDON: The UK tax authority (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) has dropped case against Tariq Mir, the former senior Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, and also paid towards his legal costs while continuing the case against other senior leaders of the party, including…