Information Minister Ataullah Tarar said on Monday that the government was considering reviving austerity measures introduced during a previous fuel conservation drive amid renewed hostilities in the Middle East. The austerity measures were announced on March 9 to mitigate the im...
The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Monday kept the key policy rate unchanged at 11.5 per cent. The decision comes as prolonged tensions in the Middle East drive up global oil prices and fuel inflation. Bankers had anticipated a status quo, but s...
The Himalayas are approaching a tipping point as glaciers melt faster than a decade ago, threatening water security as the region approaches “peak water” by mid-century, according to a study released this month. The findings come after the collapse of a Himalayan glacier in lat...
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Monday issued notice to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister (CM) Sohail Afridi for the second week of October in a plea challenging his appointment. A three-judge FCC bench, headed by Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan, took up the pet...
Oil prices rose about three per cent on Monday, after new strikes on Saudi Arabian energy and civilian infrastructure and Iranian attacks on ships in the Gulf compounded supply concerns following the closure of a key Saudi oil pipeline. Brent crude futures climbed $2.93, or 2.8pc...
Top AI executives say they want to slow the breakneck pace of artificial intelligence development, but competition, US government reluctance and geopolitical factors stand in the way. What are AI leaders proposing? On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei advocated for a coordinat...
For Raja Umer Khattab, Karachi changed before the city fully understood what was happening. Moving to the Sindh Police’s specialised unit in early 2002 — later named the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) — the veteran police officer was deeply familiar with Karachi’s typical vio...
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Monday questioned the validity of the jail manual if it was to be applied discriminatorily, adding that it was “clear” on the transfer of prisoners to hospital. The court made the observations while hearing pleas filed by inmat...
Pakistan have been fined 50 per cent of their match fee, and penalised 11 World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third and final Test against England in Birmingham, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday. In a press release, the...
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday reserved its verdict on a plea against the PTI’s planned long march and protest in the federal capital on Sept 27. The PTI has announced a nationwide protest, including in Islamabad, on Sept 27 to demand the release of party fou...
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday reacted to Indian media’s attempts to link Pakistan to terrorism, saying that the neighbouring country had “started a war based on a lie and lost miserably”, a reference to last year’s May conflict. Bilawal made the remarks on the soc...
India’s interior minister has vowed to further implement a contentious common civil code for states governed by the ruling Hindu nationalist party, a move expected to stoke concern among minority Muslims. India’s 1.4 billion people are subject to a common criminal law, but rules ...
Security forces have killed three terrorists during an operation in Balochistan’s Mastung, state media reported on Monday, citing security sources. The troops targeted a vehicle of Fitna-al-Hindustan — a term the state has designated for Balochistan-based groups to highlight Indi...
GILGIT: PPP’s Attaullah Shah was declared the winner for the GBA-16 (Diamer-II) seat in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on Monday following the completion of verification and counting of postal ballot papers. Final consolidated results detailed in Form-49 released by the Election C...
PESHAWAR: Afghan medical students studying in Pakistani colleges have expressed concern over directives from the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to return to their country and appealed to the government to allow the already enrolled students to complete their degrees, especia...
An illegal dyke has been constructed in the heart of a mangrove forest in Korangi Creek, disrupting the natural flow of water and depriving the mangroves on one side of the creek of their essential water supply. As the mangroves dry out and die, they are subsequently cut down by ...
• House, water and sanitation taxes slashed • 15mgd water from Daducha Dam backed by Rs100m grant to shift tubewells to solar • package follows talks between public representatives and RCB committee, says MNA RAWALPINDI: A major relief package was announced on Sunday for the resi...
AS the debate on changing provincial boundaries and decentralisation rages on, it is worth taking a step back to see what is at stake here. What are the main problems that require attention and which have made several people, including entrenched insiders, declare that the curren...