Islamabad: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has imposed a fine of RS10 million on the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) due to its negligence in maintenance work that resulted in accidents. In a judgment, NTDC ordered the fine within three months. It said established SOPs were not followed during maintenance work. Nepra […]
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Islamabad: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Economic Affairs was informed on Thursday that Pakistan was the first country to sign a 10-year framework with the World Bank in which the government identified five sectors to work. The meeting discussed the plan to rebuild houses in the flooded areas and registration of NGOs in the
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Islamabad: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja on Thursday paid tribute to the Election Commission in Pakistan (ECP) for achieving a significant milestone by reducing the gender gap in election rolls from 11.8% in 2018 to 7.4% in January 2025. To inaugurate the fifth phase of inclusive women CNIC/Voter Registration Campaign on International Women’s
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Lahore: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has advised PTI to replace his chairman and call Imran Khan a “national criminal”. According to Express News, Iqbal PTI urged to remove Khan and present honest leadership instead. He further claimed that the opposition is disturbed by Pakistan’s progress and added that the country does not need a politically
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Lahore: In an interesting development, President Asif Ali Zardari has returned to Lahore for a two-day stay where he will hold a crucial meeting with PML-N President Nawaz Sharif, revealed sources on Thursday. This is Zardari’s second visit to Punjab’s provincial capital in a week. The president, who is also PPP’s co -chair, was in
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Islamabad: Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar noted that the wording in the judgment of the anti-terrorism courts (ATCs) in Lahore and Islamabad regarding the transfer of 9. May, accused of military custody, was identical. This prompted Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel to note that it seems that ATC judges were weak in English. A constitutional bench of
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Islamabad: The federal government has decided to connect the clearance of DI-ammonium phosphate (DAP) to Afghanistan during the bilateral transit trading to the insurance guarantee, according to a draft changes to the customs rules in 2001 issued by the Federal Board of Revenue. According to a document available to the Express Pakinomist, FBR has asked
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Islamabad: Power consumers are set to get a relief of over RS2 per year. Unit due to reduction in electricity rates due to fuel adjustment fees for January 2025. The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) conducted a public consultation on Thursday to consider a petition submitted by Central Power Calcing Agency (CPPA) to reduce
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Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) and Telecom was informed on Thursday that Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) was facing problems with the launch of 5G Internet Services in the country. In a briefing for the committee meeting, led by Senator Palwasha Khan, officials said not all subscribers would switch to 5G as
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Islamabad: Earlier, officials at Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) admitted to a parliamentary panel meeting on Thursday that its agreement with a private company on the conversion of natural gas to LPG could affect the gas supply to its consumers. During a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee for Petroleum – Prescribed by Mustafa
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