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Says agents dupe asylum seekers with UK settlement promises, expresses concern over rising Pakistani asylum claims British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott. Photo: Facebook/UK in Pakistan The British High Commissioner in Pakistan, Jane Marriott, warned on Saturday against agents deceiving asylum seekers with false assurances of UK settlement and financial gain, stressing that genuine

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has ruled that appointments to key public offices must demonstrably conform to constitutional standards of fairness, transparency, institutional integrity and merit-based governance, holding that executive authority cannot be exercised on undisclosed considerations or in disregard of established selection procedures. Upholding a judgment of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) that

ISLAMABAD: Water sector development in the next financial year faces a major funding squeeze, with the government proposing Rs179 billion in allocations against a required outlay of Rs969 billion. According to sources, the Ministry of Water Resources had projected a total requirement of Rs 969 billion for ongoing and planned development schemes. However, the government

The current visit would help both sides continue discussions Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif leaves China after completing his four-day official visit. PHOTO: PMO ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan was keen to elevate its economic ties with Saudi Arabia to a mutually beneficial economic partnership. He spoke to a powerful Saudi Arabian

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokesman Tahir Andrabi speaks at the FO’s weekly press briefing. SCREEN GRAB ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday “categorically” rejected India’s remarks on the upcoming elections in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), terming them as “baseless” and part of a “carefully choreographed attempt to conflate fact with fiction”. In a statement, Foreign Ministry (FO) spokesperson