Govt notifies sale of 35pc gas output to private parties – Business
ISLAMABAD: After prolonged resistance from Sui gas companies, the government on Friday issued a statutory order that allowed exploration and production (E&P) firms to sell over one-third of their newly discovered gas reserves to private companies with maximum annual cap of 100mmcfd. The SRO comes after the intervention of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) […]
Kurram convoy toll rises as four drivers found dead – Pakistan
• Five drivers still missing; over 10 of 35 trucks in convoy looted, set ablaze• Ringleader among five militants killed in Khyber• FC soldier martyred in Kalat IED blast KURRAM: Police recovered the bodies of four drivers with their hands tied following an attack on a convoy in the Bagan area of Lower Kurram a […]
IMF lowers Pakistan’s GDP growth estimate to 3pc – Business
ISLAMABAD: Almost a month before scheduled negotiations on its $7bn Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with Pakistan, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday lowered the country’s growth estimate to 3pc for current fiscal year, down from 3.2pc it had projected about three months ago. In its World Economic Outlook Update released on Friday, the IMF […]
Al Qadir ruling – Newspaper
THIS was, perhaps, the only case in which there seemed to be ostensible malfeasance involved. Alas, the way the Al Qadir Trust case was conducted, and the delays in pronouncing the verdict have cast a shadow over it, and one wonders whether the matter is as closed as the PTI’s critics would have one believe. […]
Overcrowding endemic in Pakistan’s prison system: report – Pakistan
KARACHI: Pakistan’s prisons are housing 152 per cent of their authorised capacity, while three-quarters of the total inmates are either awaiting or undergoing trial, according to a report. The report, titled Pakistan’s Prison Landscape: Trends, Data, and Developments in 2024, highlighted that inmates face numerous challenges, including overcrowding, unhygienic living conditions, insufficient access to clean […]
SpaceX’s Starship breaks up in space – World
WASHINGTON: A SpaceX Starship prototype failed in space minutes after launching from Texas, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk’s flagship rocket programme. SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Starship, carrying its first test payload of mock satellites, eight […]
No investment in telecom infrastructure over three years, admits IT minister – Pakistan
• Internet, VPNs, WhatsApp fully functional in country, Shaza Khawaja tells NA after PPP lawmaker voices concerns• PTI continues noisy protest; house adjourned due to lack of quorum ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Friday acknowledged on the floor of the National Assembly that internet users were facing […]
PTI vows to challenge ruling as govt hails ‘just deserts’ – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Friday announced its intention to challenge the conviction of its jailed founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the £190 pound Al-Qadir Trust case, while the government tried to justify the punishment as “just deserts” for the former prime minister. Reacting to the announcement of the verdict on […]
Imran ‘hoisted with own petard’ in corruption case – Pakistan
• Judge finds ex-PM, his wife guilty of corrupt practices in long-awaited verdict of £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case• PTI founder gets 14, Bushra 7 years under NAB law as court finds ‘no mitigating circumstances’• Al-Qadir University property forfeited to federal govt ISLAMABAD: After multiple delays and postponements, an accountability court in the capital finally […]
‘Ex-mayor misused pension funds’
Listen to article KARACHI: Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani has stated that most departments attached to his ministry are paying pensions to retired employees, but unresolved dues from the past remain a huge burden. While speaking during the question hour in the Sindh Assembly session on Friday, the minister accused former Karachi mayor Waseem Akhtar, who belonged […]