Owner decision-making, flawed EPC terms and weak evaluation criteria are to blame ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recently made a number of hydrocarbon discoveries, which need rapid and economical development. This led me to study some associated project execution practices currently in vogue and share suggestions which may help. Although a project always has two major parties…
Given Modi is new to coalition politics and his allies are political bargainers, many questions about the future arise The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist and policy commentator. Email him at write2fp@gmail.com They say there are two tragedies in life. Not to get your heart’s desire. And to get it. But what happens when…
Experts stress the power of prevention as communities face rising risk from preventable illness. Listen to article HEALTH: A prominent immunologist has issued a stark warning of a “post-herd-immunity world” as measles outbreaks ravage communities in the American Southwest, Mexico, and Canada, with inadequate vaccination coverage. The United States is now facing its worst measles outbreak in…
KARACHI: Fresh attacks by the US and Iran on each other sparked a wave of selling at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday, with investors dumping shares as soaring oil prices and concerns over global energy supplies weighed heavily on market sentiment. Earlier, trading opened on a sharply negative note, when the benchmark KSE-100…
. The writer is an assistant professor. He can be reached at mujeebalisamo110@gmail.com For many women, violence and discrimination are social stratification and family structures. From the moment a girl is born into a lower-middle-class family, she is treated as a temporary member of her own home: a guest who will eventually be married off…
ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved 15 development projects worth Rs34.740 billion and recommended nine major projects with a cumulative cost of Rs431.022 billion to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for further consideration. The meeting was chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal…
Interior minister says PM Shehbaz, Field Marshal Munir making vigorous efforts at all levels to resolve the issue Mohsin Naqvi met Natalie Baker in Islamabad on Wednesday, April 23, 2026. US Chargé d’Affaires to Pakistan Natalie Baker met Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday, where both discussed diplomatic efforts regarding the second round of negotiations…
Akif Javed (6-79) and Haris Rauf (5-34) bowl extremely well for their respective outfits Kingsmen Academy and PTV Markhor IT Solutions and Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) were made to follow-on by Kingsmen Academy and Pakistan Television (PTV), respectively as day three of the opening round of President’s Trophy Grade-I unfolded across four…
. Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain has underscored the need for rationalizing taxes and bringing about structural reforms in the dairy sector to improve affordability, ensure safe nutrition, and support farmers in the country. He was…
Steering committee approves draft submission as public hearing runs from April 28 to May 14 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is pursuing a case in Washington in the backdrop of the withdrawal of reciprocal tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. Officials said a public hearing began on April 28 and will continue until May 14, 2026. Pakistan’s ambassador…