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.
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Pakistan boast two top ICC-rated batsmen for first time
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s in-form opener Imam-ul-Haq went past Indian veteran Virat Kohli to join teammate Babar Azam at the top of the ICC MRF Tyres Men’s One Day Batter rankings, a statement said on Wednesday.
Power at large
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: On the mornings of long power-less nights, hot and bothered sleep-deprived employees totter into their offices after burning the country’s history’s most expensive fuel and blackguard their employers in hushed tones for eternally stagnant salaries.
Missing Persons: IHC summons explanation from present, ex govt chiefs
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) wants all the former chief executives from Pervez Musharraf to present Shehbaz Sharif to come clean on their alleged unspoken agreement to extrajudicial abductions of citizens, for which they can be tried for high treason.
Clouded Controversy: Foreign Office says no delegation ‘from Pakistan’ visited Israel
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday scrapped reports that a delegation comprising Pakistani nationals travelled to Israel and called on the diplomatically unrecognised state’s head.
Sahib-e-Asra: Pakistan’s sprinting sensation set to stun the world
By Staff Reporter
Pakistan’s sprinting prodigy Sahib-e-Asra, who has three international medals to her credit, is unlikely to outrun her financial troubles, but she remains in hot pursuit of her Olympic dream.
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Christiane Amanpour's CNN Edition - video screen grab
A plucky young Bhutto batting for Pakistan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Bilwal Bhutto Zardari may be young but he is a Bhutto. Diplomacy runs in his blood and international affairs were the stuff he learned in his cradle. Small wonder he was like a fish in water interacting with foreign leaders and media persons on his maiden visit to the United States after assuming charge as Pakistan’s new foreign minister.
Curative Surgery: Axe set to fall on secy, DG health
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Aamir Ashraf Khawaja, Federal Secretary of Health, is about to get the axe for allegedly godfathering a slew of malpractices that nearly maimed the medical regulatory authority, sources said.
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Pakistan’s Abdul Joshi summits Mt Everest
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Abdul Joshi has summited Mount Everest along with an elite international team of mountaineers, the Pakistan Alpine Club has said.
OVERWHELMING REPONSE: Women cricketers flocked to the trials. Photo courtesy PCB
Women cricketers flock to trial for association teams
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: If anyone had any misgivings about how much Pakistani women love cricket, they now stand corrected. In what the officials have termed as an overwhelming turnout, no less than 1,118 young young women showed up in the trials organised by five of the country’s six cricket associations, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said.