Islamabad: A parliamentary body was informed on Tuesday that rising drug prices have become a serious problem in the country, while the pharmaceutical industry left the country due to corrupt practice. The Federal Minister of Health told the Senate’s Standing Health Committee that the decision to lift restrictions on medicine would be made following a […]
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Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Tuesday noted media reports on alleged availability of subscriber data online. In a statement, PTA clarified that it does not have or manage subscriber data which remains exclusively with licensed operators. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday noticed the question after Express news brought to the limelight for the second
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Lahore: PML-N candidate Rana Sanaullah was elected senator from Punjab in an election Tuesday and secured 250 votes. According to official results, a total of 251 ballots were taken from the ballot, of which 250 were declared valid while rejected. In response to Sanaullah’s victory, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated the senior PML-N leader and
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Islamabad: A Judicial Officer, Waseemur Rehman Khan Khakwani, who has been appointed Deputation as the Supreme Court’s extra justice secretary (judicial), has been exempt from his duties after only five months. The position as additional registrar (judicial) is considered one of the most crucial in SC, as the officer in this role is responsible for
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Islamabad: At least 19.7 million children under the age of five have been vaccinated during a week’s long antipolio campaign held from 1 to 7 September across several districts, the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) quoted. Over 4 million children were covered by Punjab, 8.7 million in Sindh, 2.2 million in Balochistan and 4 million
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Lahore: PTI Central President and former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has said the government should be blamed when people are drowned in floods. “The ordinary people say the government has done nothing to us that the rulers are incompetent that they did not inform us of the flood in time,” Elahi said on
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Rawalpindi/Islamabad: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan has strongly condemned handling a journalist by alleged PTI workers, but has also accused that “people are being sent” in the Garb of Journalism to discredit her. When he spoke with the media outside Rawalpindis Adiala prison after a meeting with Imran, imprisoned in the prison
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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) President Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the proponents of the Kalabagh dam are trying to create cracks among the provinces at a time when the country is to confront Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attack on the river Indus. “Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej are in flooding in Punjab, but I do
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An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore on Tuesday handed ten-year prison period to Senior Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including Dr. Yasmin Rashid, for their alleged involvement in the arson of a Supreme Court’s judging vehicle during the 9th of May 2023 protests. The verdict was announced by ATC judge Manzar Ali Yellow after completing the
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The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has announced a reduction of RS1.78 per year. Unit in Electricity Arriff for Consumers nationwide, including Karachi, under FCA) Mechanism for fuel cost adjustment (FCA) to July 2025. According to a review issued on Tuesday, the adjustment will be reflected in electricity bills for September, providing temporary relief
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