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KARACHI: In a bid to allay concerns of residents about covering Nehr-i-Khayyam with concrete, Local Government Minister Nasir Shah on Monday said that the project aimed at improving the drainage system and overall environment of Clifton. During a visit to the site, he said that the Nehr-i-Khayyam Re...
THE new setup in KP is taking shape rapidly and quietly. While everyone seems focused on the collective meltdown in the PTI, the province the party ruled until recently is busy setting up a new structure. The governor announced his new advisory council within days, while the emergency-stricken distr...
A WEEK after the federal government imposed governor’s rule and emergency in KP, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari invited the opposition to engage ‘positively’ with the centre, saying this could lead to their reversal. Mr Bhutto-Zardari, addressing reporters at a Sunday memorial for the 2007 K...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday warned tax officers that resistance to the ongoing reforms in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) would not be tolerated, directing the authorities to implement proposed measures to minimise the country’s tax gap. The prime minister’s warning came du...
ISLAMABAD: JUI-F Punjab General Secretary Hafiz Naseer Ahmed Ahrar on Monday urged the party’s political opponents to refrain from what he described as a campaign of character assassination against JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. In a statement, Mr Ahrar said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s remarks ...
• Core committee meeting ends after two days without adopting any recommendations• Participants demand removal of NA opposition leader, dissolution of political committee, changes in decision-making procedures• Gohar says Achakzai will remain, opposes calls to form fact-finding committee ISLAMABAD: ...
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir is due to visit Tehran on Tuesday (today), according to a Pakistani official and Iranian media. The scheduled visit follows earlier talks between Field Marshal Munir and Iranian leaders in the summer that focused on ...
• Asset Performance Management System pilot project to be launched from Lahore, Kasur• APMS to be synced with smart meters to monitor power consumption in real-time• System will help authorities triangulate point of loss, theft with greater accuracy LAHORE: The government is all set to introduce the...
• At least 53 killed, 200 wounded in attack on govt forces’ training camp in Shabwa• Egypt delays vote on military support for Saudi Arabia• US embassies urge ‘heightened vigilance’ across region; Riyadh residents get ‘hostile aerial threat’ warning; govt staff told to work from home• ‘Davos in the ...
• Industrial, services sector slowdown drags down economic growth in FY26 • Per capita income ‘lowest in region’; economy reaches $450.4bn ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday revised the gross domestic product (GDP) growth slightly downward to 3.65 per cent for the outgoing fiscal year (FY26), attri...
France announced partial curfews in Paris and other cities on Monday after weekend demonstrations over soaring prices degenerated into some of the worst street violence in recent years. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu did not rule out imposing a state of emergency after the interior minister said p...
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Monday demanded on the floor of the House that details about Sohail Afridi’s whereabouts be shared. Afridi, who has become non-functional as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, has not been seen since the i...
