The Evaluation Committee of each Supreme Court shares its performance report on judges with the JCP ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) has moved closer to formalizing a framework for the annual performance evaluation of Supreme Court judges, with a key committee reaching broad agreement on proposed rules aimed at setting measurable standards under […]
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PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan. PHOTO: EXPRESS RAWALPINDI: PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan has said that if talks have been reduced to the level of a “meeting of five elders”, then such talks should be rejected outright. “There is no need for such a meeting nor can the five elders meet,” Gohar said on Tuesday
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KHUSHAB: Once famous for land that yielded bountiful crops, Soon Valley, located in Tehsil Naushera of Khushab district, is now facing a growing crisis as wild boars are increasingly destroying farmland and pushing local farmers towards financial ruin. Residents say a government-imposed ban on wild boar hunting, enforced under wildlife protection laws, has severely affected
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KARACHI: Tensions between private schools and the Sindh government over the verification of free education lists eased on Tuesday after a detailed meeting between the Grand Alliance of Private Schools Associations and provincial education authorities. The alliance had announced a strike on January 9 in protest of the verification process, citing concerns about harassment of
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300 cases of dog bites reported in first five days of 2026, most victims aged two or under KARACHI: As many as 300 dog bite cases were reported at Indus Hospital in Korangi during the first five days of the new year, highlighting a worrying rise in attacks by stray dogs in several neighborhoods in
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stressed on Tuesday that privatization of loss-making state-owned enterprises (SOEs) remains a top priority for the government, highlighting the sale of 75 percent of PIA shares as a first step in a broader reform effort. Chairing a high-level meeting on the affairs of the Privatization Commission at the Prime Minister’s House,
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The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched an integrated automation suite MAKTAB to transform universities by elevating their core academic, administrative and financial functions. MAKTAB is an integrated suite comprising SAP-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Student Lifecycle Management System (SLcM) and Blackboards Learning Management System (LMS), implemented across 25 public universities under the World Bank-funded Higher
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. Advisor to the Prime Minister and senior PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah. Photo: APP/ File ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the prime minister on political affairs Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday called on the PTI to abandon its “hostile attitude” towards the state, warning that continued confrontation could undermine party founder Imran Khan’s political influence, destabilize the Khyber
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The PML-N-led coalition government at the Center now has 229 members in the NA. PHOTO: APP ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Education on Tuesday took the Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PIERA) to task over what it termed unjustified increases in school fees, raising serious concerns about flaws in
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. RAWALPINDI: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), in its bid to make Pakistan a safe digital country, registered more than 2,200 cases and arrested over 2,900 suspects during 2025 as part of nationwide operations against cybercrime and digital fraud. NCCIA spokesperson said on Tuesday that 774 cases were filed in the courts during
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