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THERE is an enduring consensus in Pakistan that the exchange rate should not be allowed to move by much as a matter of routine, and that determining its level is a matter of discretion for the state. In some areas we call this “Dar-o-nomics”, after Ishaq Dar, whose name came to be attached to exchan...
The 12th edition of the HBL Pakistan Super League will be held from March 18 to May 2 next year, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Thursday. The window was finalised following consultations with the owners and representatives of the eight franchises at a meeting of the PSL governing council in...
LAST month, at the London School of Economics’ Environment Week, the International Growth Centre asked a roundtable of policymakers, researchers and funders how evidence systems should change to support harder climate choices. I opened with a case: a major climate decision Pakistan took without the ...
NEITHER side, it seems, has committed fully yet. Both the government and the opposition have engaged in a lot of political chest-beating since the breakdown of negotiations early Sunday, but they have both also left the door open for resumption of dialogue. It is a prudent strategy. The PTI’s plan s...
QUETTA: Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chairman, National Assembly Opposition Leader and head of the Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Ayin-i-Pakistan (TTAP) Mahmood Khan Achakzai has said negotiations between the government and opposition cannot resolve Pakistan’s crisis without a meeting with PTI founder...
PARIS: France has begun talks with the Taliban government to “facilitate” the deportation of Afghan citizens to Afghanistan, a diplomatic source said on Wednesday. Paris has had no diplomatic relations with the Taliban authorities since their return to power in August 2021, and its embassy in Kabul ...
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has extended electronic production monitoring to the leather, paper and paperboard sectors, authorising four private vendors to install and operate camera-based monitoring systems across industrial sectors. The move is part of the FBR’s efforts to streng...
THE Makkah alliance has moved, in less than two months, from a political declaration towards practical cooperation, though it remains a few steps short of becoming a fully operational military alliance. Its Strategic Political and Defence Committee, which met in Riyadh on Oct 5, decided “to move imm...
• Clear, predictable rules stressed for public servants • Administrative convenience can’t justify denying legitimate promotion, bench observes ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has emphasised that the government, being the largest public employer, must conduct itself as a model employer, as good governa...
• KP CM tells chief secretary, police chief not to follow ‘unconstitutional’ orders• Insists Centre’s counterterrorism approach failed; claims KP can restore peace within 100 days• Joins march supporters in Bara; says future strategy to be announced in Swabi• Kundi says governor’s rule, emergency wi...
KARACHI: Over the past three days, millers have raised the prices of various flour varieties by an average of Rs14 per kg. In the last week of September, they cut prices for various flour varieties by Rs3 per kg, but this failed to provide any price relief to consumers, as retailers kept the prices ...
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday reached a staff-level agreement (SLA) with Pakistani authorities on the fourth review under the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the third review under the $1.4bn Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), qualifying Pakistan...
