News Pakistan

March 22, 2019

DRAP aims to regulate herbal, alternative medicine

ISLAMABAD: The apex drug regulator is hoping to gain greater regulatory powers over herbal, alternative medicines and medical devices as soon as amendments to its laws […]
March 22, 2019

LHC seeks reply from government on medicine price increase

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has sought a reply from the federal and the provincial governments over a surge in the prices of medicines. In […]
March 21, 2019

Faizabad sit-in: Elements propagating hate, extremism must be prosecuted, says SC

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday announced its verdict in the suo motu case regarding the 2017 Faizabad sit-in staged by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). […]
March 21, 2019

Stalking, sending unsolicited messages on internet constitutes harassment

RAWALPINDI: Using cell phones to intimidate or stalk others, send unsolicited and inappropriate text messages on social media platforms such as Facebook, and Instagram falls under […]
March 21, 2019

More men favour equal rights for women in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A survey report has disclosed that while Pakistan has made progress in how more people now think that women deserve equal rights and should work. […]
March 21, 2019

Hearings abandoned at Lahore courts as lawyers’ strike continues

LAHORE: The strike of the legal fraternity has continued for a second day as lawyers protested against the National Judicial Policy Making Committee’s (NJPMC) decision over […]
March 21, 2019

K-P Assembly passes resolution against Aurat March

KARACHI : The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Assembly passed on Wednesday a unanimous resolution against what they deemed “shameless and un-Islamic” slogans, placards and demands raised at Women’s […]
March 21, 2019

‘1.8m cases pending in courts’

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Standing Committee for Law and Justice has expressed concern over the report of 1.8 million cases pending in various courts of Pakistan. Committee […]