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LAHORE/ISLAM­ABAD: The Punjab health authorities lodged a criminal case against the manufacturers of an adulterated eye drug that led to the loss of eyesight of over a dozen diabetic patients, including a brother of senior PPP leader Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed. An investigation team of doctors on Sunday expressed fears of a surge in the number of affec­ted pati­ents after learning that the drug had been supplied to many trust hospitals, other health facilities and the local market. The issue of adverse effects of the locally manufactured injection, Aves­tin, was discussed at a meeting of caretaker federal minister for National Health Services (NHS) Dr Nadeem Jan with his counterpart in Punjab, Dr Jamal Nasir. The former told the media after the meeting that a five-member committee, headed by Prof Asad Aslam, had been formed to determin whether the damage to eyes was caused by the medicine, cold chain management, sterilisation issues or doctors’ skills. “The committee will submit a deta...

Missing anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan — who has been missing for more than four months — is now “safe at home”, Punjab Inspector General (IG) Dr Usman Anwar confirmed to Dawn.com on Monday. Sialkot District Police Officer (DPO) Hassan Iqbal and Riaz’s lawyer, Mian Ali Ashfaq, also confirmed the development to Dawn.com . Riaz — a YouTuber and television anchor — was arrested two days after violent protests broke out across the country following PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9. He was last known to be taken to Cantt police station after his arrest and later to the Sialkot prison. On May 15, a law officer told the Lahore High Court (LHC) that the anchorperson was released from jail after taking an undertaking in writing. His whereabouts remain unknown. On September 20, the LHC had given the Punjab police chief a “ last opportunity ” to recover Riaz by September 26. Subsequently, the adjourned hearing will take place tomorrow. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Sial...

KARACHI: Amid the rupee strengthening and the government’s intention to bring down the dollar rate to Rs250-260 soon, the country’s auto assemblers appear a bit reluctant to pass on the benefit of the currency appreciation to the consumers. When Dawn contacted assemblers to take their viewpoint regarding any chance of price drop in locally assembled vehicles, their quick answer was “No.” Consumers witnessed a steep rise in prices in the 16-month tenure of the PDM government which according to the assemblers was because of higher landed cost of imported parts and accessories due to rupee depreciation against the dollar coupled with rising overhead charges like inflated power and gas bills. However, the rupee’s appreciation in the interbank must have brought down the price of imported parts or at least diluted the impact in case of the rising price of imported parts but consumers have yet to see any benefit. On Sept 5, the dollar swelled to Rs307.10 in the interbank while it is curr...

Congress’ Rahul Gandhi meets MP Danish Ali. —Twitter/RahulGandhi NEW DELHI: India’s opposition parties on Sat­urday united behind a Muslim MP and demanded the suspension of a Hindu right deputy who abused him with an Islamophobic slur. BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri had called Danish Ali a terrorist during a discussion on India’s successful moon-landing . Mr Ali is a Lok Sabha MP from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of Dalit leader Mayawati. Hours after Mr Ali said he may consider leaving the Lok Sabha if Speaker Om Birla does not take “appropriate action” against Mr Bidhuri for his communal tirade in parliament, several opposition leaders, including Cong­ress’ Rahul Gandhi, visited Mr Ali’s house late on Friday. Video of Bidhuri’s controversial references to Danish Ali has gone viral Mr Gandhi, accompanied by Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal and MP Imran Pratapgarhi, held a closed-door meeting with Danish Ali for about 40 minutes. While leaving Danish Ali’s house, he tol...

• Bureau looking for deputationists from investigating agencies, other government departments to fill gaps in its ranks • More than 30 officers on deputation in other departments; deputy chairman, prosecutor general’s posts also empty ISLAMABAD: Amid the reopening of hundreds of accountability cases in the wake of a recent Supreme Court order , the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) finds itself short of staff to handle the expected mountain of paperwork as a major chunk of its officers are currently on deputation to other departments, Dawn has learnt. A source said that more than 30 NAB officers have been sent to other departments, on deputation, over the past eight to ten months. The bureau was already short of top officials following the resignations of its deputy chairman and prosecutor general days before the Supreme Court issued its verdict. Faced with a mammoth task, sources say the accountability watchdog has now asked for the services of officers from various othe...

A soldier was martyred during an exchange of fire with terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district on Saturday, according to the military’s media wing. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the district’s general area of Mir Ali during which an “intense fire exchange” occurred against terrorists. “Own troops effectively engaged terrorists’ location. However, during the operation, Sepoy Shakeel Shafqat, age 21 years, resident of District Khanewal, having fought gallantly, embraced martyrdom,” the ISPR said, adding that the area was being sanitised to eliminate any terrorists found in the vicinity. “Security forces of Pakistan are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave soldiers further strengthen our resolve,” the ISPR said. On Thursday, eight terrorists were killed by security forces during two separate IBOs in the Jani Khel general a...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered the Sindh chief secretary on Friday to constitute an inquiry committee within 10 days to investigate an alleged fake appointment scandal in the Sindh Education Department (SED). The committee will scrutinise the entire recruitment process of the provincial education department while verifying the authenticity of appointment letters issued to 56 petitioners whose jobs were subsequently revoked by the department shortly after their hiring. “In our considered view, before declaring the appointments illegal or taking any action against the petitioners, a drastic action should have been taken against the responsible persons who committed illegality, if any, at the departmental level,” observed Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar in a judgement he wrote. Justice Mazhar was a member of a three-judge Supreme Court bench, which also consisted of Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi and Justice Musarrat Hilali that had taken up an appeal against the Nov 28, 2022, Sindh ...