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,” […]

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 […]

Opp submits requisition to convene PA session to discuss Shehbaz’s arrest

The opposition in Punjab Assembly led by Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday submitted the requisition to call the session of the assembly as it wants to discuss the ‘unjust’ arrest of the opposition leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif. The requisition was submitted in the secretariat of Punjab Assembly to DG Parliamentary Affairs […]