Barca face biggest game of the season against Napoli: Xavi – Sport
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Champions League last-16 second leg tie at home to Napoli will be their most important game of the season, manager Xavi Hernandez said on Monday. The first leg was 1-1 and Barca on Tuesday have a chance to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2020 after failing to get past the […]
YDA besieges Services’ medical superintendent office over house job issue of 107 medics in Lahore – Pakistan
LAHORE: The young doctors of the Services Hospital Lahore on Monday besieged the office of the medical superintendent (MS) to pressurise him into issuing house job completion certificates to 107 doctors of the private hospitals, who had not been acknowledged by a committee constituted for the purpose. The doctors turned aggressive, used abusive language against […]
PTI plans shadow cabinet to monitor Punjab govt – Pakistan
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has decided to form a shadow cabinet in Punjab to monitor the provincial government’s performance in each administrative department. Party’s senior leader Mian Aslam Iqbal, in hiding since the May 9 violent protest, says the party has decided to form a shadow cabinet to scrutinise the performance of the ‘stolen-mandate government’ […]
Flash floods, rains suspend Pak-Iran transport service – Pakistan
QUETTA: Flash floods, triggered by heavy rains in Chagai, Noshki and other districts of Balochistan, have blocked national highways and washed away railway tracks at many points, suspending transport services between Pakistan and Iran. Officials said that both districts in western Balochistan, bordering Afghanistan, experienced heavy rain that began between Sunday night and Monday, lasting […]
Flutter of the butterfly’s wings – Pakistan
ABOUT dialectics, the rulebook says, any two phenomena in the big world are related in a range of ways. “The flapping of the wings of a butterfly can be felt on the other side of the world”, goes a Chinese proverb. Ponder the unstated coincidence between what some analysts see as terse greetings Prime Minister […]
Tribunal upholds ruling against P&G – Business
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Appellate Tribunal has upheld an order passed by the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) against Proctor and Gamble Pakistan (P&G) for engaging in deceptive marketing practices. The tribunal dismissed the appeal filed by the P&G and ruled that the CCP has the authority to determine the legitimacy of a complaint and to […]
Finance czar commits to continuing caretakers’ policies – Business
ISLAMABAD: Newly appointed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday laid out his singular agenda: to focus on the implementation of much-needed reforms and secure a new deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to pull the economy out of crisis. “No debates, no waste of time — just a steadfast commitment to implementation,” the former […]
Ramazan begins today after moon sighted – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: The Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee on Monday announced the sighting of moon and first day of the holy month of Ramazan will fall on Tuesday. The committee’s meeting was held at the office of the administrator of Auqaf in the provincial capital with Maulana Abdul Khabir Azad, head of the central moon sighting committee, in […]
New blood joins old guard in federal cabinet – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari administers oath of office to members of the federal cabinet at Aiwan-i-Sadr, on Monday.—APP • 19-member body sworn in; Dar made foreign minister, ex-HBL CEO to lead finance ministry• Attaullah Tarar becomes information minister; lone woman Shaza Khawaja yet to be allocated portfolio• In first cabinet meeting, PM Shehbaz orders […]
Won’t tolerate intimidation of press, says CJP – Pakistan
• Media aired Chattha’s allegations without verification, Justice Isa regrets• Rejects reports by Islamabad police, FIA; slams authorities for failure to apprehend those behind Matiullah Jan’s abduction• PBC expresses solidarity with ‘journalists facing harassment’ ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Monday observed that the intimidation of the press would not be […]