State Life seeks Rs6bn for Sehat Card programme – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: The State Life Insurance Corporation on Saturday urged the provincial government to pay Rs6 billion for the continuation of the Sehat Card Plus health programme in the province. In a letter, the insurer asked all hospitals empanelled for the programme to stop new patient admissions under the Sehat Card Plus until further directives. It […]
‘Decisions on captaincy to be made after consulting stakeholders’ – Sport
LAHORE: Amid a string of dismal performances given by the national teams in Tests as well as limited-over formats, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday said the decisions regarding beleaguered captains Babar Azam and Shan Masood would be made through consultations featuring major stakeholders later this month. White-ball captain Babar and red-ball […]
Turkish-US woman’s family seeks probe into ‘killing by Israeli military’ – Newspaper
JERUSALEM: The family of a Turkish-American woman shot dead while demonstrating against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank demanded an independent investigation into her death on Saturday, accusing the Israeli military of killing her “violently”. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was “shot in the head” while participating in a demonstration in Beita in the West […]
Pakistan slipping into economic abyss, says Atif Mian – Business
WASHINGTON: In a sobering analysis of Pakistan’s economic turmoil, Princeton economist Atif Mian has warned that the country is facing an unprecedented financial crisis driven by a complex web of challenges. Mian, a Pakistani American scholar, points to the convergence of skyrocketing domestic and external debts, unsustainable pension liabilities, and a failing power sector as […]
Policy board for planning constituted – Business
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning and the Planning Commission have constituted a 25-member high-powered policy board to boost transparency and refine the country’s economic planning process with significant involvement from the private sector. The policy board, chaired by Federal Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, comprises distinguished people from various fields, including former federal ministers, industrial leaders, […]
Modern China is ‘opportunity’, not ‘threat’ – Business
BEIJING: Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen told his US counterpart on Saturday that a modern China was an economic “opportunity” not a “threat” to the United States, the ministry said. Trade is one of the many areas of friction between the world’s two leading powers, along with rivalry in technology and tensions in the […]
Senate panel calls for using provisions to resolve foreign trade disputes – Business
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce has asked the commerce ministry to implement enabling articles in free trade agreements (FTAs) to find amicable solutions to disputes between commercial entities. Chairing the committee meeting on Saturday, Senator Anusha Rahman stressed the need to implement these provisions. The committee reviewed various export initiatives of the Ministry […]
Murder trial of three Pakistanis in UK to begin on Oct 7 – Pakistan
LONDON: A trial date has been set for Oct 7 for three individuals accused of the murder of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her Woking, Surrey home in August last year. British-Pakistani Urfan Sharif, 42, Beinash Batool, 29, and Urfan’s brother, Faisal Malik, 28, all of whom were living with the child before her […]
PTI rally in Islamabad uses Khyber-pakhtunkhwa government machinery
PAKISTAN: The use of machinery and vehicles belonging to the Khyber-pakhtunkhwa government for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally in Islamabad, has sparked controversy over the use of public resources. More than 40 operational vehicles from Rescue 1122, including ambulances and fire trucks, were dispatched to Islamabad, with videos surfacing of the vehicles arriving in Swabi. In addition to […]
PTI asks workers to reach Islamabad individually – Pakistan
LAHORE: The Punjab home department has apparently given a free hand to the PTI leaders and workers to attend party’s public gathering in Islamabad on Sunday (today), but the PTI leadership insists that police have been told to contain its workers within their respective districts. The government on the other hand said the state machinery […]