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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Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) Chief Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan has observed that proceedings at a Constitutional Court in the Supreme Court in a super tax case were wasteful. The CJ made this remark on Tuesday while heading a three-member bench – including Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi – hearing various petitions
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Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry ISLAMABAD: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Tuesday that terrorists had found a “congenial environment” in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, which he linked to the province recording the highest number of attacks over the past year. Addressing a wide media
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Bangladesh Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan meets Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu at Air Headquarters. Photo: PPI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bangladesh took another step towards deepening defense cooperation on Tuesday when a high-level Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) delegation led by Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan held talks
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ISLAMABAD: With the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ramping up preparations for a street movement and the establishment maintaining a firm stance against the opposition party, Pakistan’s political landscape remains fraught with uncertainty and deepening mistrust. Against this backdrop, a senior minister in the PML-N government has once again floated the idea of a high-level dialogue involving
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ISLAMABAD: A high-level delegation from the Senate led by Deputy Speaker Syedaal Khan will pay an official visit to the United States from January 20 to 25, 2026, the Senate Secretariat announced on Tuesday, amid a wider thaw in Pakistan-US relations over the past year. The secretariat described the visit as a “historic milestone” in
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