By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A powerful cabinet committee Wednesday decided to continue a federal subsidy program on five essential commodities, announced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the final weeks of the last fiscal and commonly known as the prime minister’s relief package.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to declare a national disease emergency on account of an outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in the country ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: As the Indus starts to swell with the onset of Monsoon rains, power generation capacity of the Tarbela hydroelectric plant is set to improve by 2,500 MW and 3,500 MW, allowing the authorities to cut back load shedding, Independent Pakistan can report.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) on Tuesday formally approved the process of negotiations with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) within the ambit of the constitution.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Tuesday directed cigarette manufacturers to join the Track and Trace System regime with effect from July 1, 2022, to bring the sector’s larger tax evading part in the tax net.
By Staff Reporter
LAHORE: Maryam Nawaz, PML-N Vice President, on Tuesday came down hard on the PTI for moving the Supreme Court against Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz’s plan to provide 100 free units of electricity to lifeline consumers.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet is yet to give a go-ahead to phasing in a power tariff hike of Rs7.92/unit as committed with the IMF, which might have consequences for the bailout pogramme, it is learnt.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The authorities have imposed a PKR 10 million fine on a Balochistan power distribution company over 15 electrocution fatalities.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan continued to break fresh ground in the interpretation of Article 63A of the Constitution Tuesday when it said deviation from party policy is not a petty issue but a matter of morality.
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ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Division has raised questions over Hub Power Holding Limited’s (HUBCO) undertaking about the transfer of entire share capital of Eni Pakistan Limited to Prime International Oil & Gas Company Limited (PIOGCL), while moving the corporate regulator to vet the case for clarity, it was learnt on Monday.
