74th polio case of 2024 surfaces – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Reg­­ional Reference Labo­r­atory for Polio Eradica­tion at the National Insti­tute of Health on Tuesday confirmed the detection of 74th wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of the year 2024 in the country. On Tuesday, the lab confirmed one polio case in Shikarpur district of Sindh. This is the second polio case from Shikarpur…

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‘Stripped naked, subjected to brutal acts using dumbbells’: Kerala college students reveal ragging horror | Kochi News

Five third-year nursing students from the Government Nursing College in Kottayam have been arrested for allegedly ragging first-year students over the past three months. KOTTAYAM:Five senior students of the Govt nursing college here were arrested for subjecting first-year students to brutal ragging. The five students were also suspended from college on Wednesday. The arrest was…

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CJP seeks input on judicial reforms from PM, opposition leader – Pakistan

• Meets IMF team, emphasises judiciary’s independence• Forwards Imran’s letter to constitutional committee• Holds CJs responsible for fellow judges’ anxiety ISLAMABAD: Chief Jus­tice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi has invited Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Leader of the Opposition Omar Ayub Khan to propose impro­v­ements to the justice system, which will be taken up in…

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IAEA chief Grossi pays ‘courtesy call’ to PM: PID – Pakistan

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General (DG) Rafael Mariano Grossi paid Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif a courtesy call on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Press Information Department (PID). According to the statement, the PM commended the IAEA’s positioning of nuclear energy as a solution to mitigate climate change and emphasised Pakistan’s commitment…

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