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ISLAMABAD: Federal Ombudsperson for Protection Against Harassment (FOSPAH) has declared that constant CCTV surveillance of employees amounts to workplace harassment. Announcing the decision, Ombudsperson Fauzia Viquar also imposed a fine of Rs50,000 on the head of a private teaching institution for misusing CCTV surveillance and harassing a female officer. The decision arose in the case of a subordinate employee at the institution in Rawalpindi against its chief executive officer where the complainant alleged that she was subjected to excessive surveillance and intimidation. After reviewing the evidence, the ombudsperson found that the accused had engaged in unjustified and targeted monitoring, including sending CCTV screenshots to the complainant, which created a hostile and distressing work environment. The ombudsperson declared this behaviour to be harassment under the law and ordered payment of Rs50,000 in compensation to the victim and a penalty of censure against the CEO. The ombudsperson also directed ...

Rawalpindi - Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi on Saturday announced that the first-ever Mother and Children Hospital of Rawalpindi Division, with a capacity of 1,000 beds, will be completed this year.

RAWALPINDI: For the first time since 2011, the number of dengue patients in Murree has surpassed Rawalpindi, as confirmed cases in the hilly district rose to 62. Meanwhile, 59 dengue patients have been reported in Rawalpindi district so far this year. This year, dengue cases in Murree have been reported from Ghel and Paghwari union councils and the numbers are still rising. In the Rawalpindi division, 62 cases have been confirmed in Murree, 59 in Rawalpindi, one in Jhelum, four in Chakwal and five in Attock. Majority of the cases in Murree have been reported from Ghel and Paghwari union councils A senior official of the district administration told Dawn that dengue surveillance in Murree had not been conducted earlier due to a shortage of staff. Surveillance began only after the virus started spreading. He said the Rawalpindi District Health Authority was managing health affairs in Murree despite it being declared a separate district. He added that once dengue cases were detected, the Murree district administ...

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday jolted Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and several parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Seismic Network of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said in a statement. According to the statement, the quake was felt in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, KP’s Peshawar, Swat, Chitral, and Abbottabad. The PMD’s press release said that the earthquake originated at 10:20am PKT. Its epicentre was the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, at a depth of 190 kilometres. Punjab’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority reported that the earthquake was also felt in the province’s divisions of Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lahore, Multan, Sahiwal and Sargodha. No casualties have been reported so far, and according to KP’s Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Faizi, an emergency has not yet been declared. Pakistan falls on three major tectonic plates — the Arabian, Euro-Asian and Indian — which create five seismic zones under the country. The intersection of multiple fault lines mean...

The Metro bus service between Saddar Station and Faizabad in Rawalpindi has been suspended today (Friday) in connection with Chehlum processions, the administration announced.

RAWALPINDI: In the second such incident reported within a week, police on Thursday arrested a member of an alleged organ trafficking ring operating from a private house in a housing society in Rawalpindi. Six other suspects, including a surgeon, managed to escape during a pre-dawn raid, according to the police. Earlier this month, Airport police had also unearthed a similar illegal operation in which a man was found undergoing a kidney removal procedure. Police said on Thursday that Sub-Inspector Wasim Sarwar registered an FIR with the Rawat police, stating he and his subordinates heard screaming of an individual from inside a house during an anti-crime patrol at 12 o’clock midnight in Rafi Block, Phase VIII of Bahria Town. He said an ambulance and other suspicious vehicles were also seen moving outside the house. “When the police reached the house located on the main road at 12:10am, they heard screams from inside,” the SI said. He stated in the FIR that the police knocked on the door and rang the doorbell, ...

A suspected honour killing in Rawalpindi’s Pirwadhai area has taken a dramatic twist after the victim’s second husband surrendered to police late Saturday night, officials confirmed.

Police have arrested all suspects involved in the brutal murder of a 19-year-old newlywed bride, allegedly carried out on the orders of a local jirga in the Pirwadhai area of Rawalpindi.

Rawalpindi - A ceremony was held in at Pir Mehir Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University on Saturday to distribute green tractors among farmers who grew more wheat under the Chief Minister Punjab’s wheat incentive programme.

A court in Rawalpindi on Saturday remanded three suspects to police custody over an alleged murder and honour killing case of a newlywed woman. Police had initiated the investigation based on information that a woman had been murdered in the name of honour in Pirwadhai, following a jirga in which members of both families participated. As the woman’s family and in-laws became aware that the police were secretly investigating the incident, the deceased’s husband registered a case with the police under Section 496A. Police sources had said that the case was registered by the husband on the same day the woman was allegedly killed by suffocation with a pillow. According to sources close to the investigation, as many as eight people, including the gravedigger, the graveyard secretary, the rickshaw driver who transported her body to the graveyard, her husband and family members including her brother, have been detained by police in connection with the case. Three of the total suspects were present in the court of Ma...

The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi has formally declared the names of Matric Position Holders 2025 on Wednesday, commending the academic brilliance of students across the region. Muhammad Usman, a student from Lawrence College, Ghora Gali, emerged as the winner in the list of BISE Rawalpindi Matric Position holders by scoring an […]

Vice Admiral Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Ghraibi, Head of the Royal Saudi Navy, visited the Joint Staff Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Thursday, where he held a meeting with Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad Mirza.

Rescue teams in Rawalpindi are searching for Colonel (retd) Ishaq Qazi and his daughter after their car was swept away by powerful floodwaters on Tuesday.

Intermittent rainfall has continued to lash Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and surrounding areas since Thursday night, with more showers expected throughout Friday, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD).

The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rainfall in Rawalpindi from July 15 to August 31, prompting authorities to declare a flood emergency in the city amid fears of urban flooding.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday announced a public auction of six Bahria Town properties in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on June 12. The development adds on to NAB’s previous actions against property tycoon Malik Riaz, who owns Bahria Town and is an absconder in the £190 million Al Qadir Trust Case. In a notification today, NAB listed six properties of the project owned by tycoon Malik Riaz, including five in Rawalpindi and one in Islamabad. The properties were being auctioned to recover the defaulted amount of a plea bargain under Section 33E of the NAB Ordinance 1999, it added. NAB media director Birj Lal Dosani confirmed the details to Dawn.com, stating that the amount was being recovered in connection with corruption charges under a plea bargain. Earlier this year, the watchdog warned the public against investing in Bahria Town’s Dubai project and began extradition efforts for Riaz and his son. In February, NAB [filed] a reference against Riaz, ex-Sindh chief minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, M...

Rawalpindi - Water, the essence of life, is recognised as a universal right, a crucial component of people’s lives, and a country’s security and sustainability.

The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has turned down a petition filed by Aleema Khan, sister of former prime minister Imran Khan, in which she sought exemption from personal court appearances and permission to travel abroad.

Rawalpindi - People from all walks of life here on Friday observed Youm-e-Tashakur to mark the successful defence of the homeland by the armed forces against uncalled for aggression of India.

A sessions court in Rawalpindi sentenced a man to death on Friday for raping a woman. Additional Sessions Judge Afshan Ijaz Sufi announced the verdict today, sentencing the convict to be hanged to death under Section 17 of the Anti-Rape (Investigation & Trial) Act, 2021. The judge also imposed a fine of Rs200,000 and ordered him to pay Rs500,000 in compensatory damages to the victim. In case of failing to pay, the convict will be sentenced to six months’ additional imprisonment. The first information report of the case was lodged at the Saddar Beroni police station on July 20, 2024, under Pakistan Penal Code Section 376iii (punishment for rape of a minor) on the complaint of the victim’s mother. The mother said she worked as a housemaid and had left her 21/22-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son at home when the culprit had entered around noon and raped the former. The woman said her children had raised a hue and cry with her son alerting someone who called her up and informed her about the incident. The w...