Says that pension cannot be denied simply because of late application, resignation Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that pension is neither a concession nor a charity but a constitutional and legal right of a government employee which […]
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Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf founder Imran Khan. Photo: Reuters/file ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Friday urged the federal government to facilitate a meeting with the party’s founder, sparking a debate and protest from opposition lawmakers in the Senate over the issue. During the session chaired by Sherry Rehman, lawmakers raised the issue of excessive and unsupervised use of
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines has signed a cargo cooperation agreement with Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda, a move aimed at giving Pakistani exporters smoother, uninterrupted access to key global markets through an expanded and more competitive air cargo network. According to a PIA spokesperson, the national flag carrier and Garuda Indonesia have formalized a Cargo Special
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The victims were traveling from Islamabad to Faisalabad for a funeral, rescue officials say SARGODHA: At least 14 people were killed and several others injured on Saturday after a truck crashed due to dense fog in Punjab’s Sargodha district, rescue officials said. The accident took place near Ghalapur Bangla in Kot Momin tehsil where visibility
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presents a symbolic health card to a woman. Photo: APP ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday revived and extended the Prime Minister’s Health Card program to Islamabad Capital Territory, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan, reaffirming the federal government’s commitment to providing quality healthcare as a fundamental right to
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ISLAMABAD: After months of procedural limbo and bickering, the National Assembly on Friday finally saw the opposition benches regain a formal voice as Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai was named leader of the opposition, returning a formal opposition to the lower house amid wider political paralysis. The appointment of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli
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Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, addressing the National Assembly during Wednesday’s session. Photo: X ISLAMABAD: Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry informed the Senate on Friday that more than 80 percent of the international pledges made during the 2022 floods were in the form of soft loans rather than grants.
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. ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan said on Friday that agriculture remained an important part of Pakistan’s trade as the country saw a significant increase in agricultural exports last year, with exports rising by about $3 to $3.5 billion compared to the previous year. Responding to a call for attention by Aliya Kamran, Ms
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LAHORE: Bushra Bibi’s daughter approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) for permission to meet her mother, who is currently incarcerated in Adiala Jail. Mubashra Khawar Maneka filed the petition through Lahore High Court Bar Association President Asif Naswana. The Government of Punjab, the Superintendent of Adiala Jail and other relevant authorities have been made respondents
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. WASHINGTON: Elon Musk’s X was mostly restored after a crash affected tens of thousands of users globally on Friday, according to Downdetector.com. At its peak, there were more than 74,000 reports of problems with the social media platform in the United States around 10:14 a.m. ET, data from the outage tracking website showed. It
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