GILGIT: Using discretionary powers, the chief minister Gilgit-Baltistan reversed the bureaucracy’s earlier decision to purchase new Android cell phones for its 40 senior bureaucrats. CM Hafeezur Rehman took the decision on Friday, a day after media reports suggested that the local bureaucracy had decided to buy Samsung Note 8 mobile phones for 40 senior officials including the chief secretary and …

LAHORE: A 24-year-old doctor was found dead under suspicious circumstances at the girl’s hostel of the Jinnah Hospital late Thursday night. Police said the woman was identified as Aroosha Noreen and she worked as a doctor at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. She hailed from Gujrat and used to work at the gynaecology ward of the hospital. On Thursday, when her family …

Prime Minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Islamabad National University at the PM House in the federal capital on Friday. The educational institute will be housed in the premises of the PM House and other institutes and departments of the university will be added over time in the extensive grounds of the property, Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood said during the inauguration …

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed death sentence awarded to 14 hardcore terrorists, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) on Friday. The ISPR said the convicts were involved in heinous offences related to terrorism, i.e. attacking Armed Forces/ Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan, destruction of communication infrastructure, police station, educational …

ISLAMABAD: A total of 62 Pakistani nationals have been executed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) for drug smuggling in the last five years, according to the Foreign Office on Thursday. 17 Pakistanis have been executed in 2018; 13 Pakistanis were hanged in on drug smuggling charges in 2017; followed by 5 Pakistanis in 2016; 14 in 2015 and …