India is the only external threat, says military
ISLAMABAD: The Senate defence committee was told on Thursday that India was the only external military threat to Pakistan. Military officials shared the perceived threat with members of the Senate body...
View ArticleMuch ado about ill-gotten funds
AMID much political discourse over the issue of money earned through corruption, tax evasion and fraud in Pakistan and stashed away in Swiss banks, the authorities in Switzerland have cold-shouldered a...
View ArticleGovt accused of going slow on National Action Plan
ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate accused the government on Monday of going slow on the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) and called for formation of an oversight parliamentary...
View ArticleAitzaz appointed leader of opposition in Senate
ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has been appointed as the leader of the opposition in Senate for the second consecutive term after his nomination by Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani. The...
View ArticleGovt accused of going slow on National Action Plan
ISLAMABAD: The opposition in the Senate accused the government on Monday of going slow on the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) and called for formation of an oversight parliamentary...
View ArticleAitzaz appointed leader of opposition in Senate
ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has been appointed as the leader of the opposition in Senate for the second consecutive term after his nomination by Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani. The...
View ArticleThar to emerge as country’s ‘energy capital’, says minister
ISLAMABAD: Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that with the opening of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Thar will emerge as the ‘energy capital’ of the country and will...
View ArticleIncentives package to lift exports likely
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to announce on Friday a bailout-cum-incentive package to support country’s falling exports. A five-member ministerial committee on Thursday concluded...
View Article26 died in Indian shelling, Senate committee told
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Defence Committee was informed on Friday that 26 Pakistanis had been killed in over 200 ceasefire violations along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary over the past three...
View ArticleGwadar-Sukkur route to link Balochistan’s remote areas with other parts
KARACHI: The western wing of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), connecting Gwadar port with rest of the country, would be completed by the end of next year, said Federal Minister for Planning,...
View ArticleSenate committee accuses FBR of harassing taxpayers
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s standing committee on finance accused the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday of harassing taxpayers. “I was ready to ‘give tea and water (a reference to a small amount...
View ArticleSenate committee questions FBR data
ISLAMABAD: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Finance complained on Friday that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and other government agencies had tarnished the country’s image by releasing incorrect...
View ArticlePak-China Economic Corridor Council launched in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD - The Pak-China Economic Corridor Council (PCECC) was launched on Wednesday in Pakistani capital of Islamabad, vowing to facilitate and assist in the successful and quick execution of all the...
View ArticleMPC calls for AJK-like governance system for GB
GILGIT: A multi-party conference held here on Sunday said that Gilgit-Baltistan, being a disputed region under resolutions of the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan, should be given...
View ArticleSenate criticises bar on women from voting in coming GB polls
ISLAMABAD: The Senate criticised on Thursday a decision made by a jirga in Diamer district to bar women from casting vote in elections for the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly to be held next...
View ArticleMore than half of PPP senators set to retire
ISLAMABAD: Over 50 per cent senators of the main opposition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) are set to retire in March as the party invites applications from the candidates willing to contest the...
View ArticleSpecifics of low revenue
IN a startling disclosure, the Auditor General of Pakistan has unearthed a Rs520bn loss to the national kitty during audit year 2013-14 due to the evasion of duties and taxes in four selective areas of...
View ArticleIncentives package to lift exports likely
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to announce on Friday a bailout-cum-incentive package to support country’s falling exports. A five-member ministerial committee on Thursday concluded...
View ArticleSBP says banks can’t misuse definition of ‘politically exposed person’
ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Wednesday that commercial banks might be misusing the term ‘politically exposed persons’ (PEPs) to obstruct the process of providing financial...
View ArticleClimate justice: There is no Planet B
Last Friday morning, Islamabad’s busy Jinnah Avenue was closed off to motor cars and opened for cyclists only. Around a hundred young people from the capital city took part in the “Go Green Rally!”...
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