The Court holds that marginal deficiencies can be remedied through statutory “rounding mechanism” provided by law ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has upheld a series of Lahore High Court (LHC) judgments directing the Employees Old-Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) to grant a monthly old-age pension to workers who had completed more than 14 and a […]
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Karakoram-8 light attack aircraft. Photo: Courtesy — x.com ISLAMABAD: Military-to-military engagement with friendly countries is a routine affair that includes various facets of defense cooperation, Pakistani security sources said on Friday, following a Reuters report that claims Pakistan is in the final stages of a $1.5 billion arms deal with Sudan. According to Reuters, citing
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Ambassador Usman Iqbal Jadoon, Deputy Permanent Member of Pakistan to the United Nations. Photo APP UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan welcomes Syria’s cooperation with the technical secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and has emphasized the need for independent verification to eliminate suspected chemical weapons in Syria that were developed under the
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Security forces say six militants were killed in North Waziristan and five in Kurram during IBOs Arms and ammunition were also recovered from slain khwarij over two IBOs. Source: ISPR At least 11 khwarij belonging to what the military described as the Indian proxy Fitna Al Khwarij – a reference to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
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MUZAFFARABAD: Under the leadership of AJK Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government is fully committed to eliminating public deprivation in the region as it accelerated development efforts across AJK, the region’s Minister for Information, Auqaf and Religious Affairs, Chaudhry Muhammad Rafiq Nair, said on Friday. He said that since the
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. KARACHI: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Friday decided to hold quarterly review meetings to monitor the K-IV and other key projects, push for faster progress, and suggested convening a joint session of all relevant Senate committees to help resolve Karachi’s long-standing water and sewage problems. The body, which met with Senator
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Screenshot from a social media video released on Friday shows protesters gathering as vehicles burn amid developing anti-government unrest in Tehran. Photo: AFP LONDON/PARIS: Iran plunged into a near-total internet blackout on Friday as authorities moved to quell the biggest wave of anti-government protests in more than a decade, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Ishaq Dar speaks at an OIC high-level event on peace and tolerance on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 80th session ISLAMABAD: An extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is taking place in Jeddah today to discuss Israel’s recognition of the self-proclaimed Somaliland region, a move that
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World Bank representative Anthony Cholst said the bank will continue economic cooperation with Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has approached the World Bank for its possible role in refinancing a $36 billion energy sector debt from multilateral and bilateral creditors that it had previously taken to install power projects. Government sources told The Express Pakinomist
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Cancels second wave of attacks on Venezuela; Neighbors, allies sharply critical of US actions NEW YORK: President Donald Trump’s increasingly expansive view of American power, openly dismissive of international law and instead rooted in what he calls his “own morality,” is sending shockwaves across capitals as Washington deepens military, economic and political interventions from Latin
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