ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) ruled that business rules do not allow the Balochistan government to provide lifetime benefits to retired chief secretaries or their widows. “In the impugned notification, the petitioners sought to grant the retired Chief Secretaries of Balochistan and their widows for life. It is important to note that the referred […]
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Former Prime Minister and founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. — PID/file Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto defied the suffocating politics of his time and nurtured a new consciousness rooted in human rights, dignity, equality and justice. He rejected absolutism and tried to transform politics into public service. As we mark his
As the city runs on fumes, motorcyclists are queuing up at a petrol pump in Karachi, waiting for their turn amid the hike in fuel prices. Photo: Jalal Qureshi / Express ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari has indicated a possible increase in electricity prices following the recent rise in oil prices. According to
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Former first lady Bushra Bibi. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Lawyers for Bushra Bibi, wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, moved the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday, demanding a decision to suspend her sentence in the £190 million case before her appeal of her sentence is taken up. Filed by Barrister Salman Safdar on
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Prime Minister announces Rs80 Rs129b petrol price cut deployed to cushion inflation shock. The aid package’s goals for commuting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. SCREEN GRAB ISLAMABAD: In a surprise announcement, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday ordered an immediate reduction of Rs80 per liter in oil tax, bringing petrol prices down from Rs458 to Rs378
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to repay the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) $3.5 billion debt this month, a senior minister said in a background briefing on Friday, ending speculation over the fate of the debt that Abu Dhabi had only started rolling over for a month. The political leadership has decided to repay the entire UAE
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Cargo vehicles get Rs100 per liters of support along with fixed monthly assistance People wait their turn to get fuel at a gas station in Peshawar. Photo: Reuters/ File ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI: In a rare display of coordinated fiscal firefighting, the center and provinces have moved in lockstep to roll out a sweeping targeted subsidy regime, shifting
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Zach Bryan cancels show in Tulsa Zach Bryan has been “forced” to cancel his show in Tulsa, Oklahoma tonight due to severe weather, and made it clear that the decision was completely out of his hands. The country star announced the cancellation of his HA Chapman Stadium performance, part of his With Heaven on Tour,
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ISLAMABAD: Backchannel efforts to arrange US-Iran talks are still ongoing, despite earlier attempts to convene a high-level meeting in Islamabad that failed to materialize, sources familiar with the matter said. According to sources, Pakistan had been quietly facilitating preparations for a possible round of direct engagement involving a US delegation led by Vice President JD
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Watch Shiloh Jolie debut in K-Pop music video Shiloh Jolie has made her music video debut and the internet has gone viral, not only because of the look itself, but because of how strikingly similar she looks to her mother, Angelina Jolie. The 19-year-old dancer appears in the teaser for K-Pop singer Dayoung’s new single
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