Protest breaks out over test paper leaks in Bihar
Students gesture as police use water cannons to disperse them in Patna. PHOTO: REUTERS PATNA:…
Protest breaks out over test paper leaks in Bihar
Students gesture as police use water cannons to disperse them in Patna. PHOTO: REUTERS PATNA: Police in India’s eastern Bihar state used water cannon and detained dozens of protesters attempting to march on the governor’s residence on Tuesday, demanding the cancellation of a civil services recruitment examination over allegations of leaked test question papers and…
Court seeks answers on JIT probe into Mir Raza case
Mir Raza Ali, owner of the popular dessert shop Wafflix, whose body was found in Gulistan-e-Jauhar after he was allegedly kidnapped from PECHS. — SCREENGRAB/ Youtube KARACHI: A constitutional bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) has issued a written order in a petition seeking the formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe…
Indus remains in low flood at five points
. RIVER OF LIFE: Boats unfurl their sails as they ply the River Indus in search of fish. Water levels in the ancient river continue to rise amid rains in the upper parts of the country. PHOTO: APP ISLAMABAD: The Indus River remained in a low flood at five key points on Tuesday morning, with…
PML-N’s Rafique calls for Charter of Pakistan
. LAHORE: akistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Khawaja Saad Rafique on Tuesday called for comprehensive negotiations between the government and opposition, urging all stakeholders to agree on a “Charter of Pakistan” to address the country’s political, economic and security challenges. In a long post on microblogging site X, formerly Twitter, Rafique said it was “already too…
Govt toughens procurement rules
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have differences over banning state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from getting contracts without competitive bidding, as the global lender allows these contracts only in exceptional circumstances requiring disclosure of the events leading to such negotiated deals. Barring differences over two important clauses relating to the direct award of contracts…
‘Shade, breeze and a charpai’
MULTAN: On a sweltering summer afternoon in Chah Inaamwala, a small village near Multan, 68-year-old Baba Shafi pulls his woven charpai beneath the shade of a large mango tree outside his home, seeking relief from the relentless heat. Unable to afford an air conditioner because of high electricity bills and a limited income, Baba Shafi…
SC to decide on Sept 16 extent of compliance with Imran’s medical examination order, Sanaullah told Senate
Says if SC finds any shortcoming and directs govt to take further measures, its orders will be implemented Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah. Photo: X/ File Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs Rana Sanaullah Khan on Tuesday told the Senate that the Supreme Court (SC) would decide on…
A professorship is a promise, publicly made
. The writer is Provost, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore. He can be contacted at s.m.asghar.zaidi@gmail.com Somewhere in Pakistan this week, a university scholar will be made a professor by a piece of paper. The registrar’s office will issue a notification. The pay scale will move up. Colleagues will bring sweets to the…
Death toll in Pishin attack rises to six
Police said six labourers were killed after armed men opened fire on them in Saranan a day earlier QUETTA: The death toll from a firing incident targeting labourers in the Saranan area of Balochistan’s Pishin rose to six after an injured worker succumbed to his wounds on Tuesday, police said. According to police, five labourers…
A sixty-year-old book that still questions Pakistan
. Recently, I was invited to speak at a programme on Dr Jameel Jalibi’s landmark work, Pakistani Culture: The Question of National Culture. Revisiting the book reminded me that some books belong to their time, while others continue to interrogate every generation that follows. Jalibi’s work, first published in 1964, is firmly in the latter…
