ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s election authority is scrambling to ensure Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Senate elections proceed on July 21, urging the province’s governor and chief minister to convene the assembly and swear in new members elected on reserved seats before a looming deadline.
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Relentless monsoon rains kill 14 in 24 hours across Pakistan, forecast warns of worse
ISLAMABAD: A relentless wave of monsoon rains lashed Pakistan over the past 24 hours, claiming 14 lives and plunging cities into chaos as flash floods and collapsing structures wreaked havoc across the country.
Pakistan to sell PIA assets by year-end as privatization enters final stretch
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is accelerating plans to sell the operational assets of its struggling national carrier, Pakistan International Airlines Co. (PIA), targeting completion by the last quarter of 2025, a parliamentary panel was told on Monday.
Public satisfaction plummets in PTI-ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, survey finds
ISLAMABAD: Public satisfaction in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has cratered, a new Gallup Pakistan survey reveals, as residents point to crumbling infrastructure, rampant unemployment, and a lack of accountability under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, founded by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, which has ruled the region for over a decade.
Govt raises ex-mill sugar price 18 percent to Rs165/kg
ISLAMABAD: The government has set the ex-mill price of sugar at Rs165 per kilogram, a Rs25 hike from last June’s rate, as it grapples with skyrocketing retail costs and aims to steady a volatile market, the Ministry of National Food Security and Research said on Monday.
Gilgit-Baltistan bans new hotels construction to save fragile lakes, ecosystems
ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Gilgit-Baltistan have banned all new hotel construction and expansion near three iconic lakes in Hunza and across ecologically fragile zones in the Baltistan division, a step announced on Monday to shield the region’s delicate ecosystems from rampant development.
Finance Minister Aurangzeb defends FBR powers, calls on banks to drive growth
KARACHI: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Monday defended the Federal Bureau of Revenue’s (FBR) expanded powers to combat sales tax fraud, dismissing criticism that they overreach into income tax matters.
Former aide to Imran Khan to testify on political repression before US commission
ISLAMABAD: A former aide to imprisoned ex-prime minister Imran Khan will testify on Tuesday before a US congressional commission about what he calls widespread political repression in Pakistan.
PTI launches 90-day protest movement to challenge coalition government
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the opposition party led by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, launched a 90-day “do-or-die” protest movement to challenge the government.
Frontier Constabulary soldiers drill on the parade ground at Shabqadar Fort. Their traditions date back to the 1920s, when the British founded this force to patrol what was then part of India.
Pakistan bolsters federal authority with new security force ordinance
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has signed an ordinance transforming the Frontier Constabulary, a border security unit, into the Federal Constabulary, granting the federal government broader powers to tackle national security threats.