KP adviser says NEC cannot change provincial revenue shares as Center seeks 1.2 tr. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s head of state and government met on Monday to resolve differences over the new budget as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s finance adviser revealed the federation wanted to freeze new provincial shares at this year’s level to retain an additional Rs1.2 trillion. Muzzammil […]
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KARACHI: Prime Minister Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore has offered to resume talks with the JAAC and is calling on protesters to return to the dialogue table. Meanwhile, fatal clashes in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have sparked competing accounts of casualties, government complaints and political legitimacy, with official sources confirming at least seven deaths. According
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Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Maritime Affairs Minister Junaid Anwar Chaudhry. Photos: Files Maritime Affairs Minister Junaid Anwar Chaudhry said on Monday that the government was “actively working” to secure the release of 10 sailors held hostage by Somali pirates on a ship for over a month. The oil tanker Honor 25, sailing under the
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The President orders that a full effort be made to adjust the growth rate, public welfare schemes in the upcoming budget Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari discussed the recent elections in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and the relaxed situation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in a meeting on Monday. According to a
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Says to work seriously, painstakingly with partners to find a peaceful solution to the conflict Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: APP/ File Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday called on all sides to exercise restraint and give peace a better chance after Iran and Israel exchanged a new round of missiles. The statement came after
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Saying that no one has the right to offend, requests all those responsible to apologize to these families for violating dignity Senator Rubina Khalid, Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Programme. Photo: Rubina Khalid Chairperson of the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), Senator Rubina Khalid, on Monday stressed that any humiliation or disrespect towards the
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DPO Tariq Habib Khan says investigation has been launched while efforts to arrest the attackers have been intensified DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two suspects in custody were killed and a police officer was injured on Monday after unidentified terrorists allegedly linked to Fitna al-Khawarij opened fire on a police vehicle in Surozai area of Hangu district,
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urges the UK Government to educate and warn those who ‘support proscribed organisations’ to desist from such actions Police officers stand guard at the main entrance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad. Photo: File The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected what it called “irresponsible and ill-informed insinuations” by some members of the
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PM congratulates PPP for emerging as leading party; commends the Electoral Commission for ensuring free, fair elections The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday strongly condemned what it described as massive electoral irregularities, manipulation of results and misuse of state machinery in several constituencies during the Gilgit-Baltistan elections held on Sunday. In a statement issued by
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Afzal Khan Gujjar sustains injuries while his son and nephew were killed on the spot; security guard also killed Protests erupted in Swat’s Matta tehsil on Monday following a deadly attack in Shakardara area that left three people dead and injured well-known transporter Afzal Khan Gujjar. PHOTO: EXPRESS SWAT: Protests erupted in Swat’s Matta tehsil
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