World Bank, govt join hands to woo investment in Discos – Business
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank is currently working with the government to invite private sector participation in the distribution sector, starting with the best-performing power distribution companies (Discos). The success of this initial initiative could pave the way for the private sector participation in under-performing Discos. However, Discos’ poor financial health remains a significant barrier. An […]
Contours of the new Middle East
HOW and why the Assad regime collapsed like a house of cards in a mere 11 days, after battling foreign-sponsored rebel groups, including IS and Al Qaeda, for some 13 years with the help of its own foreign friends, Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, will remain the subject of debate and analysis, even speculation, in the […]
Economic plan? – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s comment at an Islamic finance conference that, having effectively addressed its economic woes, the country is on the path to stability and growth, is overly optimistic, if not boastful. It is true that the country no longer faces the economic emergency of a year ago, when it was on the verge […]
Joint parliament session next week to resolve row on seminaries registration – Newspaper
ISLAMABAD: As the controversy regarding the madrassah registration bill refuses to die down, a joint session of parliament will be convened in the upcoming week to possibly take up the Societies Registration (Amendment) Bill 2024, which, after its passage by both houses of parliament, was returned by the president with ‘objections’. Sources in the National […]
Govt mulls yet another approach to curb cybercrime – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The government aims to boost its cybercrime laws to regulate social media content through an amendment to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) 2016 which would allow it to address lacunae, especially in instances where state institutions are defamed. The intention to amend Peca was recently revealed by Sajid Mehdi, parliamentary secretary of […]
Polio reaches Charsadda as eight districts test positive for virus – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The presence of poliovirus has been detected in eight districts, a day after four more cases of the crippling diseases were confirmed. According to the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health, wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) has been detected in environmental samples collected from one uninfected and seven […]
22 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza – World
CAIRO: At least 22 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza on Saturday, medics said, while the Israeli military claimed it targeted gunmen operating from shelters and aid storages. At least 10 people were killed in an air strike near the municipality building in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip where people […]
PTI protest: Defence counsels allege police flout ATC orders with ‘81’ rearrests after suspects discharged – Pakistan
Defence counsels of suspects rounded up in connection with last month’s PTI protest in Islamabad alleged that the capital police flouted the anti-terrorism court’s (ATC) orders and rearrested 81 individuals after they were discharged from cases on Saturday. Dawn.com has reached out to the police for comment on the matter. On November 13, PTI founder […]