Efforts on to cut civil govt, debt servicing expenses
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday said the government…
Efforts on to cut civil govt, debt servicing expenses
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday said the government was committed to maintaining macroeconomic stability and steering the economy from stabilisation towards sustainable growth. He also stressed the need to stay on course in structural reforms and strengthen the private sector’s role through privatisation and public-private partnerships (PPPs). Addressing…
Explosion at Bolivia military base kills at least 10, dozens injured
Residents wait to return to their homes following explosions that left people dead and injured at the “Bolivar” Mechanized Artillery Regiment, in Viacha, Bolivia. Photo: Reuters At least 10 people were killed and dozens more injured on Friday after an explosion at a military barracks in the Bolivian municipality of Viacha, about 30 km (19…
‘Fertilizer bag may get Rs700 costlier’
ISLAMABAD: The price of a fertilizer bag could increase by up to Rs700 following a proposed amendment to the Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) law, officials told the Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum on Friday. The committee, which met under the chairmanship of Syed Mustafa Mahmood, was considering the Natural Gas Development Surcharge Amendment Bill…
Sweetener’s import raises eyebrows
ISLAMABAD: The import of sugar and then its export to dispose of unsold stocks, which is happening now, have raised serious questions about data maintenance relating to the commodity’s availability, stocks and domestic consumption. This has also sparked questions about the role of the Sugar Advisory Board and the food ministry, which deal with sugar…
Maj Gen Faisal made NACTA coordinator
. ISLAMABAD: Major General Faisal Naseer was appointed on Friday as national coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) for a period of three years on a “secondment basis”. According to a notification from the Establishment Division, the Inter-Services Intelligence’s (ISI) director general of counterintelligence was appointed with the “approval of the federal government”…
PIMS fire: IHC seeks respondents’ replies
Petitioner sought an independent inquiry against the Pims executive director and the responsible officers ISLAMABAD: The capital’s high court on Friday ordered respondents to submit replies within 15 days to the pleas seeking a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)-led investigation into last month’s Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) tragedy and the dismissal of the hospital’s…
PML-N’s Rafique opposes scrapping mayor posts
. LAHORE: Senior PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique has said that abolishing the office of mayor of metropolitan or municipal corporations in major cities, including Islamabad and Lahore, would amount to weakening the local government system and strengthening the bureaucracy. In a message posted on social media platform X, Saad said the mayor should be…
10-way contest in Skardu by-polls today
. GILGIT: Polling for the by-election in GBA-09, Skardu-III, is scheduled to take place today (Saturday), with around 33,000 voters eligible to cast their ballots in a contest featuring 10 candidates, including nominees of the PPP and PML-N, as well as an independent candidate. The by-election was ordered by the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Election Commission after…
Iran wedding deaths likely caused by US hit
WASHINGTON: An explosion that ripped through a wedding celebration in southern Iran on Tuesday, killing four people and injuring at least 68 others, likely resulted from a direct hit by a US munition and not a ricochet off another target, according to an analysis by weapons experts who reviewed images and video verified by Reuters….
48 terrorists killed in Balochistan IBOs
Ops carried out in Mastung, Quetta, Kalat and Sibi ISPR says cache of ammunition destroyed President, PM laud se RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 48 “Indian sponsored terrorists” in intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Balochistan over the last 72 hours, the military’s media wing said on Friday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the anti-terrorist operations…
