Cabinet okays new power supply system for special economic zones – Business

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved a new power supply system for special economic zones (SEZs) and industrial estates, aiming to accelerate industrial development and simplify electricity management. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Cabinet Committee on Energy allowed the provision of power supply to SEZs and industrial estates at a single […]

Situationer: Pakistani blocs intensify lobbying before Trump’s inauguration – Newspaper

US-Pakistan relations face renewed scrutiny amidst Islamabad’s internal political turmoil, and a shifting global landscape. • Ambassador Rizwan Sheikh’s schedule filled to brim with ‘meetings on the Hill’• PTI-allied diaspora groups set to hold Congressional briefing on 22nd WITH Donald Trump set to begin his second term in the White House, Pakistan’s political and diplomatic […]

Sanjdi coal mine rescue operation concludes; all bodies retrieved – Pakistan

QUETTA: The bodies of all 12 labourers trapped at a depth of over 4,000 feet in a coal mine after a methane gas explosion have been retrieved following a six-day rescue operation. “The last victim of the Sanjdi mine tragedy was recovered on Tuesday morning, from a depth 3,000 feet deep in the mine,” Chief […]

Missing justice – Newspaper – DAWN.COM

IT has taken a tour of Pakistan’s provinces for Chief Justice Yahya Afridi to be “jolted” by the crisis of enforced disappearances. The issue has long been an open wound in Pakistan’s body politic, one that successive chief justices have observed with varying degrees of concern but insufficient action. The CJP told reporters that complaints […]

Felon in the White House – World

THE changing of the guard in Washington, D.C. next week will mark a new milestone in America’s history: a felon will return to the White House. A man who has been convicted on almost three dozen charges of felony, but spared jail time, will be sworn in as the country’s 47th US president. Donald Trump […]

Murree forests engulfed by intense wildfires, millions in timber destroyed

Listen to article Three forests in Murree, namely the Ghoda Gali, PP-1, and Samli ranges, have been severely impacted by raging wildfires. These fires, which have spread across 49 different areas, are showing no signs of slowing down and are intensifying, especially after nightfall. The blaze, now visible from miles away, has been wreaking havoc on the […]

PTI senators take issue with ‘contempt of parliament’ – Newspaper

• Disrupt proceedings over non-compliance with Ejaz Chaudhry’s production order• Law minister rules out blanket amnesty for PTI prisoners, asks them to move court• Dar says efforts underway to resume UK flights, inquiry ordered into controversial PIA advert ISLAMABAD: After incarcerated PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhry was not able to attend the session, the issuance of […]

Kyiv claims ‘biggest-ever aerial strike’ on Russia – World

KYIV: Ukraine carried out its largest aerial attack on Russian territory of the nearly three-year war overnight, Kyiv said on Tuesday, hitting factories and energy hubs hundreds of miles from the frontline. The Russian military accused Kyiv of using US — and British — supplied missiles for one of the strikes and promised it would […]

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