Pakistan

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The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) on Monday sealed suspected food outlets after two girls died from alleged food poisoning in Gujranwala’s Eminabad, a notification said. International kabaddi player and father of victims Naveed Pehlwan told Dawn.com that the family had ordered food during a birthday party. “The family, including me, my wife and five children, were taken to the hospital after feeling sick,” he said. He added that two of the children, an 8-year-old and a 4-year-old, passed away while two others were in critical condition. “On the directions of Punjab Food Authority Director General Muhammad Asim Javaid, food safety teams conducted a crackdown in Eminabad following the alleged death of two minor girls due to toxic food,” according to a PFA handout seen by Dawn.com. The operations were carried out from the identification of the suspected food outlets by the family, the statement read. It said, “During the raid, two food outlets were sealed and various food samples, including cake, cream, red chilli...

GUJRANWALA: A tragic incident unfolded Gujranwala where two minor sisters died after ‘consuming pizza’ while their parents fell ill, ARY News reported citing police sources. The family, including policeman Naveed and his wife, fell ill shortly after eating pizza, ordered to celebrate the birthday of Naveed’s daughter. The family gathered to celebrate a special moment, […]

The Karachi Police on Monday briefly detained government employees protesting for pay hikes and promotions after initially using tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds. Traffic snarls were also caused in several areas due to the confrontations. South Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Syed Asad Raza told Dawn.com, “Eighty-seven [protesters were] arrested and released on commitment to call off the protest,” adding that their future course of action would be announced after 13th Muharam. He said the police initially took action as negotiations among the representatives of the employees and officials failed. “The Sindh Employees’ Alliance (SEA) — an alliance of different departments of Sindh government employees — were marching towards the Chief Minister’s House. “The SEA has made three major demands, including an increase of 70 per cent salaries and pension of Sindh employees of Sindh from grade 1 to 22, granting DRA (disparity reduction allowance) of 50pc to all employees of the same grades, a...

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A protest by the Sindh Employees Grand Alliance demanding salary and pension increases turned violent on Monday after demonstrators clashed with police while attempting to march toward Karachi’s Red Zone, following failed negotiations with the provincial government.

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President Asif Ali Zardari has given his assent to the Finance Act 2025, which outlines the budget for the upcoming fiscal year with an outlay of Rs17.57 trillion, it emerged on Monday. According to a gazette notification dated June 29, available with Dawn.com, the Finance Act 2025, as approved by the National Assembly, received the president’s assent on June 27. The act will be applicable from July 1, according to the information ministry. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb unveiled Pakistan’s annual federal budget in a charged June 10 National Assembly session, outlining ambitious proposals to drive 4.2 per cent economic growth in the coming fiscal year while cutting back on overall spending and tightening tax measures. The National Assembly passed the federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year on June 26, with an outlay of Rs17.57tr, despite opposition calls for the budgetary proposals to be made public and for the passage to be delayed until public input had been sought. The House passed it with certain...

The Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, Ambassador Kamran Akhtar, has been elected as President of the 53rd session of the Industrial Development Board.

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