KARACHI: Karachi's police chief Amir Ahmed Sheikh has been transferred in a major reshuffle on Monday. Amir Ahmed Shaikh was among seven high-ranking police officers in Sindh who were either transferred or removed from their posts. Grade-21 officer Amir Ahmed Shaikh was appointed Additional IG Operations and was replaced by Ghullam Nabi Memon as the Karachi police chief. Additional IG...
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant adviser of Prime Minister, Shehzad Akbar on Monday revealed the documents which allegedly prove the claim of British daily outlet--Daily Mail about the money laundering and embezzlement by Sharif family from the quake funds distributed by the British government. Furthermore, Shehzad Akbar has challenged the opposition leader in the National Assembly--Shehbaz Sharif to sue him over the...
Pakistan’s polio eradication campaign has hit serious problems with an alarming spike in reported cases that have raised doubts over the quality of vaccination reporting and prompted officials to review their approach to stopping the crippling disease. The country is one of only three in the world where polio is endemic, along with neighboring Afghanistan and Nigeria, but vaccination campaigns...
Five-time ICC umpire of the year award-winning Australian umpire Simon Taufel has pointed out a grave error for awarding six runs to England instead of five in the final of World Cup 2019. Taufel, who is currently a part of the MCC’s laws sub-committee that makes the rules governing cricket, told an Australian based news channel that England should have...
KARACHI: The US dollar upsurges by Rs1.21 against the Pakistani rupee in the interbank market on Monday. After rise, the US Dollar was being sold at Rs160 in the interbank market. The US dollar also saw an raise of Rs0.75 in the open market where it was being sold at Rs160.50. Last week, Pakistan received the first tranche of a...
Mobile phone service providers have started the implementation of a Supreme Court (SC) order to remove service/maintenance charges on pre-paid cellular scratch cards, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) spokesperson Khurram Mehran said on Monday. On a scratch card of Rs100, a user will now receive a balance of Rs88.9 instead of Rs76.94. In a earlier hearing this year, the apex court...
