PPP hints at revisiting alliance over ‘unmet promises’ – Newspaper
• Bilawal accuses ‘N’ of ignoring PPP during key legislative processes, not according the party due respect• Criticises govt’s handling of security, internet policy• Calls for ‘National Action Plan 2.0’ to address terrorism KARACHI: While asserting there is no direct rift with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday delivered a […]
Liberal imports to hurt local assembly of EVs – Business
KARACHI: The draft of the National Electric Vehicle Policy (NEVP) 2025-30, which includes substantial tax breaks for imports, aims to transform the country’s automotive landscape from fossil fuels to green alternatives. However, assemblers feel the liberal imports of EVs would hurt local manufacturing. One of the salient features of the policy draft suggests that the […]
Govt to amend law to boost trader registration – Business
ISLAMABAD: The government is set to amend tax law through a presidential ordinance to make it mandatory for all importers and manufacturers to sell their products to known customers to bring more traders into the formal tax regime. The proposed amendments relate to the ‘Know Your Customer’ (KYC) digital invoice system, designed to encourage traders […]
Climate ambition gap – Newspaper
AS the world inches closer to catastrophe, all eyes are on the Conference of Parties (COP) taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan. The opening speeches from the COP28 UAE presidency, COP29 Azer presidency, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) executive secretary all made the links between climate action and finance needs. Climate […]
Last call – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
IT does not seem prudent for a party of PTI’s heft to have issued a ‘final call’ for a ‘final’ protest. Politics is, by its very nature, never ‘final’ — it requires persistence and immense patience to bear fruit. Yet the PTI, directed by its incarcerated founder, is now ready to risk everything on a […]
Major, soldier martyred in Harnai blast – Pakistan
• ISPR says three terrorists killed in gunfight; two persons kidnapped, murdered in Ziarat• Women, children among five killed in N. Waziristan explosion QUETTA / NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Five people were killed in North Waziristan while two security personnel, including an officer, embraced martyrdom in fresh incidents reported from terror-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, officials said […]
SCBA head ‘disowns’ secretary’s statement – Newspaper
ISLAMABAD: Cracks have started surfacing in the newly elected premier lawyers’ body, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), as its president and executive committee have disowned a press statement issued by the secretary Salman Mansoor condemning the 26th constitutional amendment. In a public statement on Thursday, SCBA President Mian Muhammad Rauf Atta said the statement […]
Balochistan PAC finds irregularities in dam projects – Pakistan
QUETTA: The Public Account Committee of the Balochistan Assembly on Thursday found financial irregularities in different dam projects undertaken by the provincial irrigation department and noted that the department completed a project at a cost of Rs18 billion while its original cost was Rs9 billion. The PAC meeting, presided over by the Chairman of the […]
CJP consults academics on justice sector reforms – Newspaper
ISLAMABAD: As a part of his commitment to strengthening service delivery and broadening access to justice, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on Thursday convened a meeting to stress the importance of building IT capacity and conducting a thorough business process analysis of the judicial system. During the session, participants engaged in constructive discussions […]
Meeting of apex body called with terrorism on agenda – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called a meeting of the top civil and military officials to discuss the surging terrorism in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, officials have told Dawn. The meeting of the apex committee, scheduled for next week, will be attended by Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir, federal cabinet members and […]