Ahmer Kureishi
Is Pakistan Railways eyeing modernisation?
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is seeking customs duty exemptions on import of machinery and equipment, an indication the behemoth national rail utility may be planning to undertake a modernisation or upgradation initiative soon.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa enacts revolutionary pension reform
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has become the first Pakistani federating unit to undertake much-needed pension reforms and establish a Contributory Pension Fund (CPF) for new entrants into civil come new fiscal year.
Urgent shipment of Indonesian palm oil gets underway
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: All is set for Indonesia to send ten shiploads of palm oil to Pakistan on urgent basis, with the first ship ready to set sail for Karachi on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office.
Former PM Abbasi laments President Alvi’s lack of diplomatic etiquette
ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Tuesday slammed President Arif Alvi for not receiving credentials of new US ambassador Donald Armin
Markets smile, households groan over soaring energy prices
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The markets may have responded rather well to the government’s recent moves to put a stalled International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout back on track, but households are staggering under the enormous burden of inflation brought on by successive hikes in energy prices.
An open truck seen transporting sensitive PMC records to an unknown location Saturday June 4, 2022. Independent Pakistan Staff Photo
Tampering with evidence?
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The functionaries of Pakistan Medical Council (PMC) are removing the official records of the
Political stability goes before economic stabilisation
By Staff Reporter
A day after Moody’s downgraded Pakistan’s outlook from stable to negative citing “political and social risk”, British weekly the Economist has provided an apt translation for the obscure jargon: “Imran Khan is jeopardising Pakistan’s attempts to fix its economy”.