Day: January 14, 2023

QUETTA: Secretary, Health Department, Saleh Muhammad Nasar, said on Saturday that empowering Incharge of Healthcare Centres was being processed in Health Department to devolve powers to local level. These views were expressed by him while talking to a delegation of Federal Ministry of Health Services, Islamabad, National Institute of Health, Islamabad and United Kingdom Health Security Agency who called on him under the leadership of Dr. Baseer Khan Achakzai here on Saturday. Nasar said that Surveillance Officers would be posted in all the districts of the province, adding that the establishment of Public Health Laboratories in Balochistan would help further strengthen the surveillance network in the province. He said that IHR Committee was operationalized in order to achieve the tar...

Quetta: Pakistan Meteorological Department, Regional Center, Quetta on Saturday forecast that mainly very cold weather is expected in most parts of the province during the next 24 hours. Strong gusty winds are likely to blow in coastal belt, Kech, Gwadar, Washuk, Awaran, Panjgur, Surab, Bolan, Sibi, Mastung, Kharan, Zhob and its surrounding areas. Sea conditions would remain rough and fishermen have been advised not to venture in open sea during the period during the next 24 hours Weather forecast for next 48 hours: mainly very cold weather is expected in most parts of the province. Strong gusty winds are likely to blow in coastal belt, Kech, Gwadar, Washuk, Awaran, Panjgur, Surab, Bolan, Sibbi, Mastung, Kharan, Zhob and its surrounding areas. Sea conditions would remain rough and fishe...

Astore: Villagers ran for safer places as their houses were flooded after a glacier collapsed in Diamir area of Chilas, according to a report on Saturday. The outburst flood inundated houses in Pehpat village of Tangeer Valley after the glacier in Geechhar Lake caved in, triggering exodus locals on their own. The worried villagers have appealed to the administration to send help. There is a grave threat that more glaciers will collapse. They urged the government to take pre-emptive action by taking immediate steps and survey the region. The heavy flooding due to monsoon rains in May 2022 had also caused widespread devastation if Diamir Sub-Division of Tangeer Valley. In May 2022, Hunza Valley's Hassanabad Bridge on the Karakoram Highway had been destroyed and swept away by a glacial ...

Karachi: Jamaat-e-Islami Saturday submitted a contempt of court petition in the Sindh High Court against the provincial government for writing a letter to the Election Commission of Pakistan expressing its inability to hold the local government elections in Sindh by citing inefficient security. I lawyer Usman Farooq Advocate said that despite court order, the Sindh government wrote a letter to the ECP requesting it to delay the LG polls. He said that it was Sindh government’s responsibility to make security arrangements for the local elections. The lawyer said that the court had given clear instructions in this regard. The Sindh chief minister and chief secretary were made respondents in the petition. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Saturday rejected a letter of the Sindh g...

Lahore: Counter Terrorism Department Punjab on Saturday claimed to have arrested five militants from three cities and recovered explosive material, weapons and hand-grenades from their possession. According to CTD officials, five terrorists belonging to a banned organization were arrested from Lahore, Multan and Gujranwala in different operations. Four of the arrested militants were identified as Abdul Samad, Sohail, Ali Rahman and Noor Abbas. The CTD officials further said that they had also seized explosive material, weapons and hand-grenades from terrorists’ possession. The CTD officials lodged four cases against the detained terrorists, who were shifted to an unknown place for further interrogation.

Quetta: Lawyers on Saturday boycotted courts in Balochistan in protest against the arrest of Haq Do Tehreek (HDT) leader Maulana Hidayatur Rehman in Gwadar. The Balochistan Bar Council strongly condemned Maulana’s arrest and termed it as an act tantamount to contempt of court. The Bar urged Balochistan chief secretary and inspector-general of police to take immediate notice of the incident. It said that the HDT leader was in court with his lawyers to seek interim bail. It is the fundamental right of every citizen to appear before a court to seek interim bail, the Bar added. The Bar said the Gwadar police have completely failed to protect the lives and properties of the citizens. Rehman was arrested on Friday after he showed up at a local court over the charges of killing a policeman....