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. ISLAMABAD: Electricity rates have been hiked by Rs 1.63 per unit across the country, including Karachi, which is served by K-Electric, a private power company. According to a notification issued by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday, the hike was approved due to the monthly fuel adjustment for January. Electricity consumers

. Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad. Photo: Radio Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has suspended the notification of Sadaf Ihsan – a woman lawmaker elected to the National Assembly apparently on the JUI-F’s ticket – in compliance with an Islamabad High Court (IHC) order. The action was initiated after JUI-F’s Hina

. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is confident it can weather the growing storm in the Middle East as tensions over Iran threaten to redraw regional fault lines, senior officials said, insisting that Islamabad’s top priority remains the protection of its core national interests. Officials familiar with the discussions told The Express Pakinomist on Wednesday that Pakistan has

The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) rejects a request for review of the registrar’s office’s objections, ruling that the constitution does not provide for perpetual litigation, as judicial discipline requires that there be an end to the sentence. A division of the FCC issued the seven-page judgment, authored by FCC Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan, on a

Global energy markets grapple with impact of ongoing closure of Strait of Hormuz amid US-Israel attack on Iran Federal Minister for Oil, Ali Pervaiz Malik, will meet Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Pakistan, Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki, on Tuesday. Photo: Ministry of Energy/X ISLAMABAD: Oil Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik confirmed that Saudi Arabia has pledged to