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NA panel approves law on PPP authority

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Privatization on Wednesday approved the Public-Private Partnership Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2026 while reviewing the progress of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) privatization and discussing tax incentives for the aviation sector. The meeting, led by Dr. Farooq Sattar, was reinstated after a gap caused by the government’s austerity campaign. During […]

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Two officers martyred in two KP attacks

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Six policemen among 10 injured in car bomb at Bannu police station. MIRANSHAH: At least two policemen were martyred and 26 persons, including 22 policemen, injured in separate terrorist attacks in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu and Lower Dir districts on Wednesday, while search and clearance operations in the affected areas continued under heightened security. In Bannu district,

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Monal Case: ‘IHC Exceeded Jurisdiction’

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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has set aside the judgment of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that declared the allotment of 8,068 acres of land to the Pakistan Army in Islamabad’s National Park area illegal. It held that the High Court exceeded its jurisdiction by deciding issues pending in a civil court. The eight-page

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Has Pakistan taken a back seat?

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ISLAMABAD: For months, Pakistan found itself in an unfamiliar but influential role: acting as one of the main mediators between Iran and the United States at a time when the two adversaries seemed dangerously close to a wider regional war. Today, however, the diplomatic momentum has all but disappeared. The renewed exchange of military strikes

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Four bodies, including those of missing security personnel, were found in Quetta

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Body of missing ASF inspector, former CTD corporal and two others recovered from Quetta’s Shaban area Police on Wednesday recovered four bodies from the Shaban area of Quetta, including those of missing security personnel and a police constable who had been abducted nearly a month ago. According to sources, the victims were identified as Airport

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Pakistan promises more security for China-run mine after insurgency warning

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The mine’s operator is denying a report by the Financial Times that the project could be forced to shut down within a month The hills near the proposed site of the Reko Diq copper mine in Pakistan’s Balochistan province are seen in this undated 2010 photo— REUTERS The federal government said on Wednesday it was

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PM Shehbaz stresses importance of reactivating regional cooperation in meeting outgoing SAARC chief

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South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation Secretary General, Ambassador Md. Golan Sarwar, calls on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Wednesday. – PMO Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday emphasized the importance of reviving regional cooperation in a meeting with outgoing South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Secretary General Ambassador Golam Sarwar. A

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Appeals rejected as Saman Abbas’ murder convictions become final

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This undated file photo shows Pakistani girl Saman Abbas, who went missing on May 5, 2021, in Italy. PHOTO: COURTESY/ARAB NEWS Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation – the country’s highest appeals court – rejected appeals against the life sentences handed down to the relatives of Saman Abbas, the 18-year-old Pakistani teenager who was murdered in

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Lahore seals water park after girl’s death; three officials arrested

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Investigation initiated to investigate the circumstances, determine negligence and assign liability The Lahore district administration on Wednesday sealed a private water park in Batapur after a nine-year-old girl was allegedly trapped in a drain pipe and died during pool drainage operations, while police arrested three officials of the facility in connection with the incident. The

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FATA, PATA will not pay tax till they get NFC share, says Kundi

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Warns against tax collection from tribal areas, challenges authorities to visit region, witness reality on ground Governor KP Faisal Karim Kundi. Photo: File Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Wednesday made it clear that the people of the former tribal areas would not pay taxes until they were given their rightful share under the National

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