Fault in submarine cable slows internet speed across the country. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announced on Thursday that it had discovered a fault in the SMW4 international submarine cable, which is operated by the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) in the Indian Ocean, which can also result in some internet users experiencing slower speeds […]
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Scheduled meeting of interprovincial education ministers postpones
Due to a spike in Covid-19 cases around the country, the meeting of interprovincial education ministers scheduled for Thursday (today) has been postponed. The 34th meeting of the Provincial Education Minister’s Conference (IPEMC) was to be convened at 11 a.m. under the chairmanship of Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood, with the goal of reviewing the […]
Government needs more time to submit report on APS attack
ISLAMABAD: The federal government asked the Supreme Court on Thursday for an extension of three weeks to submit a report in the Army Public School (APS) attack case. Prime Minister Imran Khan signed the petition, which asked the Supreme Court for extra time. According to the letter, the premier has already met with the victims’ […]
Initial report of Murree tragedy points finger at administration
PAKISTAN: The early findings of the five-member committee tasked with investigating the causes and errors that led to the Murree tragedy point to the inability of major government ministries to take preventative measures in the wake of the Met Office’s warnings. The metrological department had issued an advisory on January 6 deeming the weather unsafe, […]
Shehbaz, Hamza file plea in court to quash FIR against them
Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz, leaders of the opposition in the National and Punjab Assemblies, submitted an application on Wednesday to quash a First Information Report (FIR) filed against them for allegedly possessing assets beyond known sources of income, impersonation, forgery, and money laundering between 2008 and 2018. The father-son duo filed a plea in […]
PM directs officials show no mercy to profiteers, hoarders of urea
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday commanded relevant officials to show no mercy to profiteers and hoarders, and emphasised the importance of beginning a strong public awareness campaign to dispel rumours of a urea shortage. Imran presided over a conference to assess the country’s fertiliser demand and supply. During the previous week, the provision […]
‘Contaminated liquor’ claims seven lives in Tando Jam
As many as seven people died in Tando Jam town on Tuesday after allegedly consuming tainted homemade liquor. DIGP Hyderabad taking notice of the deaths, constituted a team to inquire into the incident, which claimed the lives of seven persons Reports said that as many as seven people belonging to different localities of the town […]
MNA seeks govt’s attention to calamity-stricken coastal areas of Balochistan
The member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Muhammad Aslam Bhutani, urged the federal and provincial governments to announce relief packages for the primary victims of Makran and the coastal belt areas where heavy rains had severely affected people’s lives. The recent rains in the division had caused damage to several villages and towns of […]