ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s nationwide truckers’ strike ground into a fourth day on Tuesday after a fresh round of talks between the government and the country’s largest transport alliance again failed to produce a breakthrough, leaving oil tankers, container trucks and freight haulers parked nationwide with no resolution in sight.
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President Zardari signs off on new high court judges after weeks of constitutional wrangling
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the appointment of additional judges to five of the country’s high courts, ending a weeks-long standoff with the government that had left senior judicial posts vacant and prompted a legal challenge in the Islamabad High Court.
Karachi police reopen Mir Raza Ali murder case after second autopsy contradicts suicide finding
KARACHI: A newly formed police investigation team has begun formal inquiries into the murder of young businessman Mir Raza Ali, days after a second post-mortem examination overturned earlier suggestions that he had taken his own life.
PTI rift deepens over timing of Islamabad march for Imran Khan’s release
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s chief minister has insisted that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s entire political leadership, along with its allied group, is united behind a long march on Islamabad scheduled for September 27, as he moved to shut down suggestions from within his own party that the date was the product of a backroom deal with the government.
Muslim Conference’s Sardar Attique loses Dhirkot seat he held for 40 years, as AJK’s third-phase polling descends into rigging claims
BAGH: Voters across Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch division delivered one of the biggest shocks of this year’s assembly election on Monday, unseating a political dynasty that had held power for four decades, as polling in four constituencies was overshadowed by allegations of rigging, outbreaks of violence and the suspension of voting at several stations.
Supreme Court bars tax penalties from being imposed retroactively
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that penalties imposed under the Income Tax Ordinance 2001 cannot be applied to assessments completed before June 2002, delivering a judgment that settles years of legal uncertainty over how far tax authorities can reach back when punishing non-compliant taxpayers.
Goods transport strike set to continue after marathon talks fail
KARACHI: Pakistan’s goods transport strike shows no sign of easing after a first full day of negotiations between industry leaders and senior government ministers ended without resolution, leaving fuel tankers, freight trucks and trailers off the country’s roads for a fourth consecutive day.
Pakistan remittances rise 13 percent to start fiscal year, defying Mideast conflict
KARACHI: Pakistan’s remittance inflows extended a run of double-digit growth into the new fiscal year, with money sent home by overseas workers climbing 13% in July even as a regional conflict in the Middle East entered its sixth month.
Militant commander among five killed in Balochistan security raid
QUETTA: Security forces killed five militants, including a commander of a group links to India, during an intelligence-led raid in Balochistan’s Panjgur district on Monday, as the province continues to bear the brunt of a sustained militant campaign that has claimed hundreds of lives this year.
Pakistan scales back flood-housing pledge for 65,000 families after fraud probe – report
ISLAMABAD: The government has scaled back a World Bank-backed program to rebuild homes for families displaced by the 2022 floods, leaving more than 65,000 verified households in Balochistan province without the housing they were promised, after investigations into record tampering and duplicate payment claims stalled the project.