A farmer plows his field with bullocks in Perowal as rising fuel prices and rising farming costs force small farmers to return to traditional farming methods. Photo: Express PEROWAL: Rising inflation, skyrocketing costs of agricultural inputs and the global energy crisis have forced smallholder farmers in the Perowal area to abandon modern mechanized farming and […]
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LAHORE: Traders and buyers at cattle markets in Lahore have complained of overpricing and strict restrictions ahead of Eidul Azha. Traders at the Shahpur Kanjran cattle market, the largest permanent livestock trading center in Punjab, alleged that animal access, fodder and space allotment charges were being charged above the officially approved rates, increasing the financial
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LAHORE: Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday called for sweeping structural reforms in Pakistan’s economy, arguing that the country remains trapped in a decades-old tax mindset, spiraling debt cycles and elite-driven governance that continued to hinder sustainable growth. Speaking at a budget seminar at a private university, he said Pakistan’s fiscal approach today
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Marwat claims that the process that led to the change of CM was initiated by Imran Khan, who has been convicted, disqualified ISLAMABAD: Shair Afzal Marwat, who himself admitted that he was elected as a member of the National Assembly on the platform of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has approached the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) seeking
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain on Thursday blamed post-devolution coordination failures between the federation and the provinces for exacerbating problems in the wheat sector. He told a Senate committee that provincial governments were not cooperating on procurement targets despite mounting challenges facing Pakistan’s agricultural economy. The remarks came
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ISLAMABAD: The reported deportation of Pakistani nationals from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sparked a heated debate in the Senate on Thursday as the opposition warned of dire economic consequences of the development. However, the government disputed the scale of the figures and promised that a verified date would be presented in parliament. Parliamentary Affairs
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Plane crashed in a residential area near Jinnah Airport, killing 97 people and injuring two others KARACHI: May 22 marked the sixth anniversary of the crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane from Lahore into a residential area just a kilometer off the runway of Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport, killing 97 people and injuring
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is reportedly considering a return to parliamentary standing committees as part of a wider internal reassessment of its legislative strategy, party sources said on Thursday. The sources said the PTI parliamentary party has submitted a key resolution for immediate implementation, which has now been presented to the party lawmakers for
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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Home Affairs and Narcotics Control on Thursday requested a detailed response from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) within a week on complaints of passengers being offloaded from airports despite having valid travel documents. The issue was raised during a committee meeting in Parliament House chaired by Raja Khurram
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The resolution says any decision by Achakzai will be binding on all parliamentary party members ISLAMABAD: A major opposition alliance on Thursday formally authorized opposition leaders in the National Assembly and Senate to negotiate on its behalf with the government and their decisions would be binding after an eight-hour standoff, even as the PTI hardened
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