Energy costs: NEPRA allows Rs2.05 drop in electricity tariffs … for now
ISLAMABAD: Even as it reduced electricity tariffs by Rs2.05 per unit on account of lower global oil prices, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) appeared to fall in line with the...
View ArticleAxact scandal: Broadcasters’ body steps in to help Bol employees
The country’s top broadcasters body has stepped in to protect the interests of journalists whose future has been put at stake by Bol Network, a sister company of Axact. The ambitious media project was...
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Economic corridor: Pakistan spurns ‘frustrating’ objections from India
ISLAMABAD: A day after India went public with its opposition to the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Islamabad dismissed its archrival’s concerns on the multibillion-dollar project as...
View ArticleMastung massacre: Enemy wants to sow ethnic discord, says PM
QUETTA: A multi-party confab concurred on Tuesday that the May 29 methodical slaying of 20-odd Pashtuns in the restive Mastung district was an abortive attempt by the ‘enemies of Pakistan’ to sow...
View ArticleDirective to officials: Resolve Karachi water crisis urgently: Bilawal
KARACHI: PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday directed officials to gear up efforts to resolve the water crisis in Karachi on a war footing. He issued the direction while presiding over a...
View ArticleElection misconduct: PTI minister sent on one-day judicial remand
DI KHAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPA and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has been handed over to police for a one-day judicial remand by a judicial magistrate in DI Khan on...
View ArticleO tearaway quicks, where art thou?
There is something about a fast-bowler. Sprinting in from 30 meters, putting the entire body through a completely unnatural motion to deliver a ball 22 yards down the pitch, at the highest speed a...
View ArticlePML-N resolute about clinching NA-162 seat
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is keen to see his party win the NA-162 (Sahiwal-III) by-election on July 5. The seat had fallen vacant after the disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf...
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Capital punishment: 23 terror convicts among 151 hanged
LAHORE: Since the moratorium on the death penalty was lifted five months ago, at least 151 people have been executed, but only 23 of them were convicted of terrorism charge. The rest of 114 have been...
View ArticleCrippling disease: Pakistan, Afghanistan to put up joint fight
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan have joined hands to strive for a polio-free South Asia. Both countries will collaborate to develop a joint action plan to strengthen immunisation services and...
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Provisional relief: No blackouts at Sehr, Iftar, says Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has promised that there will be no power outages at Sehr and Iftar during the holy month of Ramazan. Chairing a high-level meeting at the Prime Minister House on...
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Phone-tapping case: ISI requests in-camera hearing
ISLAMABAD: The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has requested the Supreme Court to hold proceedings of the 19-year-old suo motu case regarding phone-tapping behind closed doors. The agency, through...
View ArticleHub raid: Mastermind of attack on president’s son held
QUETTA: The paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) has booked four militants of banned outfits – including the alleged mastermind of the abortive bomb attack on President Mamnoon Hussain son’s convoy – in...
View ArticleTravel ban extension on ex-Gitmo inmates is breach of ‘agreement’: Afghan...
KABUL: Afghan Taliban on Wednesday rejected an extension in the travel ban on five ex-Guantanamo inmates who were freed last year in exchange for a US soldier, calling it a breach of their ‘agreement’....
View ArticleFrench archaeologists find woman’s 350 year-old corpse buried with husband’s...
RENNES, FRANCE: A fully dressed and well-preserved corpse of a noblewoman who died in the 17th century has been discovered by French archeologists. The woman’s body was in a lead coffin, along with the...
View ArticleNPT status ‘crucial’: China backs Pakistan on NSG membership
BEIJING: As the ninth Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference concluded, China said that while it supports Pakistan gaining access to the Nuclear Supplier’s Group (NSG), signing the...
View ArticleIslamabad asks US for access to civilian nuclear technology
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sought from the United States access to peaceful nuclear technology during talks held in Washington under the Pak-US Strategic Dialogue. US Undersecretary of State for Arms...
View ArticleEvidence suggests India sponsoring terror in Pakistan: Defence minister
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Pakistan’s stance on the Kashmir issue is based on the requirements of justice, Radio Pakistan reported. Speaking to a private news channel, he said evidences about...
View ArticleUnemployment is declining, claims finance ministry
ISLAMABAD: The finance ministry claims that unemployment has declined from 6.3% last year to 6% in fiscal 2015, a statement that stands in sharp contrast to the figures presented to Prime Minister...
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War-on-terror losses drop for fourth straight year
ISLAMABAD: The government claims that Pakistan’s economy lost $4.5 billion in fiscal 2015 due to the war against terrorism, a number that is sharply lower than the $6.6 billion the government claimed...
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