Police plan round the clock digital surveillance for SCO moot – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: In order to provide foolproof security to hundreds of delegates arriving in Islamabad for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), the Islamabad police have chalked up a comprehensive digital surveillance plan to monitor routes and key locations in real-time. Police officials told Dawn that the route surveillance will focus on Route-I, Route-II and Route-III designed […]
Adjournment plea for review of PTI poll symbol verdict irks SC – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was irritated on Friday with an application seeking adjournment of a case moved by the PTI regarding the denial of election symbol — cricket bat — to the party. Through the case, the party had requested for the fixation of a petition seeking review of the court’s Jan 13 decision upholding […]
Karachi ballots torched as mob disrupts Malir vote recount – Pakistan
KARACHI: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has sought strict action against those responsible for creating disturbances and burning election materials during a recount of votes in NA-231 (Malir), on Friday. Despite heavy police deployment, armed assailants — described by the ECP as ‘masked men’ — forced their way into the office of the regional […]
RLNG prices cut 7pc for October – Business
ISLAMABAD: With system losses at around 13 per cent, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Tuesday notified about 7pc reduction in the sale price of Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) for two Sui gas companies — SSGCL and SNGPL — for the current month. The regulator also recommended a 17pc increase (more than […]
Economic Coordination Committee green-lights more sugar exports – Business
ISLAMABAD: On the demand of the sugar industry, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Friday allowed the export of another 500,000 tonnes of sugar with the condition to start sugarcane crushing by Nov 21 and approved a compensation package for the families of the deceased Chinese workers of the Port Qasim Power […]
Govt plans separate tax policy cell – Business
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to withdraw the Inland Revenue Service’s (IRS) powers to propose tax increases and place it with a special cell to be constituted under the federal finance minister. Since 2019, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has assured the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that tax policymaking and collection would be independent. […]
PPP pushes talks forward with draft amendment – Pakistan
• Party makes its proposals public, outlines provisions for creating federal and provincial constitutional courts• Stalemate persists in the parliamentary committee as PTI terms PML-N’s suggestions ‘vague’• Govt ‘gives Bilawal one-month’ to evolve consensus; Fazl confirms receiving govt draft ISLAMABAD: There was a whiff of consensus on the proposed constitutional amendments during talks between the […]
Govt pledges PSDP cuts, other reforms amid IMF criticism – Business
• Lender warns Pakistan on SIFC, Sovereign Wealth Fund• Govt promises to adjust gas, power tariffs, expand tax net to agriculture, retail sectors• Plans to privatise four power sector entities this year ISLAMABAD: Amid criticism from the IMF over the Special Investment Facilitation Council and Sovereign Wealth Fund, the government has committed to drastically reduce […]
21 killed, 10 coal mines destroyed in Duki carnage – Pakistan
QUETTA: At least 21 coal miners, including three Afghan nationals, were killed and six others injured in a deadly terrorist attack at a mines area of a private company, some 10km from Duki district headquarters, in the wee hours of Friday. Officials said that militants fired rockets, hurled hand grenades and opened indiscriminate fire, killing […]
Israel draws world ire as two more UN staff injured in Lebanon – World
• Lebanon asks UN to seek immediate truce• Israel targets head of Hezbollah’s security apparatus BEIRUT: Israel claimed that its forces fired at a ‘threat’ near a UN peacekeeping position on Friday in Lebanon, acknowledging that a “hit” was responsible for wounding two Blue Helmets in an incident that has sparked a fierce diplomatic backlash. […]