The census authorities have been given until May ’15 to vet and reconcile the results, but can they remove the glaring controversies by the extended deadline is an open question. By Muhammad Ali.
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Parvez Elahi evades arrest in dramatic midnight house raid
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Police and anti-corruption officials attempted to arrest Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, former chief minister of Punjab and current president of opposition party Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf, during a late-night raid on his Lahore residence.
PDM, PTI agree to hold final talks on election date consensus on May 2
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Talks between Pakistan’s coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the opposition party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI), made progress on Friday towards breaking the deadlock over the timing of elections.
Country’s first digital population census given extra time to fix data anomalies
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday granted a 15-day extension to the country’s first digital population census to complete and rectify anomalous data, following consultations with political parties belonging to the treasury benches, with the exception of the far-right Jamaat-e-Islami party.
Pakistan plans to build new refinery, Saudi Aramco to invest
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced plans to build a new refinery to meet the country’s energy needs.
Khan gets protective bail in sedition case
Ruling in a sedition case against the former prime minister, the Islamabad High Court told him to attend the trial court regularly. By Naveed Naqvi.
ECC approves double-digit price hike for general and essential medicines
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday approved an increase in retail prices for both general and essential medicines, with the latter rising by up to 14 percent and the former by as much as 20 percent.
Pakistan brings back 149 nationals from war-torn Sudan
By Staff Reporters ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has successfully evacuated its nationals from conflict-hit Sudan, with the first batch of 149 Pakistanis arriving in Karachi on Friday,
Former army chief’s views on future threat to Pakistan taken out of context, says ISPR
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) clarified that recent discussions in the media regarding the combat worthiness of the Pakistan Army and the views of former army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa on the “future threat to Pakistan” have been misquoted and taken out of context.
New taxation measures on tobacco could backfire for govt’s revenue goals
By News Desk
If the government’s move to institute new taxation measures through a minibudget was aimed at raising more revenue to plug the yawning budget deficit, it may well prove counterproductive – at least as far as it concerns the tobacco sector.