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POLITICSTwo hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said. Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening, video released by the energy ministry showed. He was…
POLITICSISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is planning a major commercial area in Zone III, which is otherwise a protected area where construction activities are prohibited, even for small houses on private land. The CDA, through a joint venture with the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), is…
POLITICS• Murad says no compromise on Sindh’s geographical unity; House rejects proposals to alter provincial boundaries or create a new province or administrative units • Muttahida, JI walk out over exclusion of proposals on administrative units and devolution KARACHI: Amid a strong protest and boycott by…
POLITICSTHE Balochistan government has announced that future government employment will be made possible through an AI-based recruitment system managed by a dedicated unit. This method, it claims, will be transparent and based on merit. There is a general consensus in society regarding the fact that public…
POLITICSISLAMABAD: Lawmakers on Thursday expressed serious concern over the persistent non-payment and delays in disbursement of salaries and other dues to media workers, directing that all outstanding payments across the industry be cleared without further delay. They emphasised that employees…
POLITICSAccidents are nurtured over years; they don’t happen just like that — Qabil Ajmeri MY last column on these pages was titled ‘ Collapse and consequences ’. I borrowed ‘collapse’ from the interior minister and added the consequences myself, illustrating the latter with the fast-unfolding HIV epidemic…
POLITICS• Ahsan Iqbal calls for ‘economic reset’ to sustain strategic achievements • Ex-foreign minister says alliance safeguards sovereignty of all three states LAHORE: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan on Thursday described the Makkah Pact as an important…
POLITICSThe government on Thursday raised the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs2.84/litre and Rs2.28/litre, respectively. Following the revision, petrol will retail at Rs349 per litre while HSD will cost Rs374.31 per litre. The government continues to levy Rs114 per litre in taxes and…
POLITICS• High-speed diesel to be deregulated at a later stage • Ogra may be empowered to adjust diesel pricing without repeated cabinet approvals • Petroleum price stabilisation fund unlikely to be operationalised ISLAMABAD: The government is unlikely to operationalise the recently created Petroleum…
POLITICSEstonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur has resigned following a scandal in which he authorised the payment of €70 million to an Indian company for artillery shells, only to receive ammunition of defective quality, it emerged on Thursday. Britain’s The Telegraph reported on Monday that Datasel SRL…
POLITICSFIFA has accused UEFA of a “smear campaign” and a “fishing expedition” after European football’s governing body asked US judges to force it to hand over documents related to its failed World Cup investor plan. Global soccer body FIFA’s divisive plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to investors,…
POLITICSThe federal government and Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan (JI) on Thursday agreed to constitute committees to recommend measures for reducing the petroleum levy and providing relief to the public. JI Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal and Prime Minister’s Adviser Rana Sanaullah…
POLITICSISLAMABAD: Loopholes in the system continue to fuel a crime wave, with illegally issued SIMs being used in a large number of fraudulent calls and fake banking messages. This was the grim picture presented to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control on Thursday, as…
POLITICSPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday praised the courage of a nurse who saved an infant from a deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) that killed 14 babies last week. The fire early last Wednesday drew shock and horror across the country with lawmakers in both houses…
POLITICSNepal will have to rebuild around 20,000 houses in flood-ravaged areas, authorities said on Thursday, as rescuers continued to search for workers trapped in tunnels linked to hydropower projects and thousands remain missing after last week’s catastrophe. A glacier collapse on August 26 sent a…
POLITICSA two-day international conference, ‘Act For Nutrition: The Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore’, held at Islamabad’s Serena Hotel, concluded on Thursday, with experts calling for food and nutritional security to be recognised as fundamental rights. The conference aimed to address Pakistan’s…
POLITICSIran attacked US military bases in Kuwait on Thursday, despite US President Donald Trump threatening further strikes in a fresh flare-up six months into the war. The new clashes, which began with US raids on Sunday, deepen the ongoing impasse in the war , as Iran maintains a stranglehold on the…
POLITICSKARACHI: Six workers of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) were arrested in Karachi on Wednesday on the accusation of setting motorcycles and tyres on fire at Korangi Crossing to block the roads, police said. The development coincided with JI’s nationwide strike against the petroleum levy, which the party…