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Tough love: Raise gas tariff, do away with cross-subsidy, asks WB
Bank wants full recovery of cost of domestic and imported gas.
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In absence of reforms, ADB to stop $500m energy loan
Govt asked to change fuel mix, give autonomy to boards of power companies.
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Back-door deals?: Rupee gains despite SBP’s dollar purchases
Central bank buys $250 million, speculations rife about an understanding with foreign exchange companies.
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Eyeing Islam through the lens
Young Brazilian diplomats capture Muslim diversity in Brazil for a photographic book.
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Civil Servants (Amendment) Bill: Senate bill seeks to place bar on dual-national bureaucrats
The bill is proposed to ensure senior civil servants have stakes in the country.
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Way to go: International moot on IT kicks off in capital
Award worth Rs1m to be given for the most innovative idea.
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Land grab: Of sinister antics and powerless ‘alma matters’
Over 200 acres of the QAU encroached upon by influential persons; administration looks the other way.
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Sabzi Mandi extortion case: Report confirms extortion, suggests remand of accused
Islamabad Police admit that their own officials are deeply involved in extortion activities.
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Stay granted: Islamabad High Court reinstates PEMRA chief
Suspension of Chaudhry Rashid’s sacking a replay of NADRA chairman’s reinstatement.
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Rigging allegations: Nisar offers to address concerns
“We are ready to follow you and replicate [the biometric system] in Punjab,” says Nisar.
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Thumb impression verification: PTI petition elicits reserved SC response
Bench seeks report of election tribunals investigating foul play in two NA constituencies.
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MPs to Dhaka: Don’t rake up old memories
NA passes resolution against Molla’s hanging; PML-N, PTI, JUI-F support, while PPP and MQM oppose JI’s resolution.
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Sindh govt opposes move to deduct bills from tax pool
The four provinces and federal government agreed on a formula to share the cost of holding local government elections.
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Improvement needed: A reality check on the GSP Plus status
Minister of State for Commerce Dastgir says country needs to widen export base.
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Gas pipeline: Iranian firm offers to finance Pakistan’s side
Working groups to consider offer for constructing, funding the project.
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May 11 elections: SC hears PTI petition challenging PML-N seats
NA-110, NA-122, NA-125 and NA 154 named in the petition for verification of thumb impressions.
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Housing scheme:10 years on, victims of land scam await justice
Documents say that Rizwan Sadiq and his nephew Asad Mumtaz were involved in a land scam leaving thousands homeless.
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Members meet to activate CPNE Islamabad
The meeting discussed all the challenges faced by the council.
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Opposition to what: Fearing bureaucrats, PTI rejects LB draft bill for capital
Most of Asad Umar’s proposals had have been incorporated in the draft.
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Degree dilemma: CDA moving in circles over degree verification issue
Almost 14 months have passed since CDA gave one-month deadline for verification.
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Gold theft: Police fail to trace robbery culprits
Three shops looted in Sadiq Market; gang arrested in Kallar Syedan for similar incident to be interrogated.
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NA question hour: ‘ICT police picked up 2,836 beggars this year’
484 were sent to different Edhi centres, 70 to Child Centre Islamabad, while 2,282 were produced before courts.
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Bloodied crossings: Three killed on road
Three others were also injured.
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Deepening controversy: ECP tasked to probe vote fraud allegations
Nisar says NADRA, FIA will be ‘at the beck and call’ of the poll body.
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Another dismissal: Govt sends PEMRA chief packing
According to a notification Rashid Ahmad’s appointment was ‘illegal’.
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Surrealistic: Sublime defined through camera lens
The photographs stand out for attention to detail capturing the essence and mood of each scene.
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Cosy and rhythmic: Reminiscing of home from lands afar
A select gathering listened to the Australian-Pakistani poet Jocelyn Ortt-Saeed.
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Jumping the gun: NSCC endorses choice of 40 development fellows
Only one federal secretary attended the meeting.
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Population survey: PM gives green light for sixth census
Approves twin summaries for long-awaited exercise; provinces to work out details, processes in next CCI meeting.
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Sitting on summaries: Top-level apathy hurting higher education
A number of run-of-the-mill items needing approval are not getting it, causing numerous issues.
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Homebound: Despite their absence, rural women impress through work
A variety of colourful embroidered works including aari, ahir, chikankari and chunri were displayed in the exhibition.
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Acid attack: Cop attacks ex-wife, FIR takes week to register
The FIR contains no mention of acid crimes laws; police claim they will add the section ‘later’.
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PMDC staff ‘coerced’ to cover up wrongdoing
Many have taken unsanctioned leave after receiving threats, one allegedly died due to the stress.
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No jurisdiction: IHC dismisses former IG’s petition, says approach FST
Zafar Abbas Lak was demoted after he ran newspaper ads at state expense to felicitate new PM.
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SAFMA conference: Ringing endorsement for premier Nawaz’s noninterference policy
Speakers say relations should be built on a firmer footing.
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CSS examinations: Wheels that run Pakistan coming to a halt
Alarming drop in CSS standards and results over the last decade.
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Government supports secondary debt market
SECP to ensure trade of govt bonds enter stock markets.
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Aircraft lease: ECC refuses bidder’s demand for sovereign guarantee
Committee also turns down request for tax exemption.
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Work for the govt: A search on for the chief economist
Panel conducts interviews of five out of six shortlisted candidates.
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Balochistan missing persons: Families on march for their relatives
Relatives of missing persons set off on a gruelling 1200-kilometre march from Karachi to Islamabad.
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Senate session: CCI meeting delays earn opposition’s ire
Rabbani alleges PML-N govt is obstructing passage of legislative bills in parliament.
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Headless: CDA, Capital’s gossip central
For reasons best known to the decision makers, the federal government has still not decided on a successor.
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SAFMA conference: Kabul and Islamabad MPs, thinkers sue for peace
Mushahid says it’s time Pakistan stops treating Afghanistan as a province.
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NATO blockade: Nawaz, army chief discuss ways to end protests
PM expresses concern over backdoor channels used by US administration.
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Soft strokes: A tribute to Kashmir’s splendour
Capturing the landscape in vivid detail, the paintings also offer a visual retreat into the picturesque land.
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Check on encroachments: Civic body all set to go high-tech
Signing of MoU is expected between SUPARCO and the CDA.
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Molla’s hanging: NA speaker blocks JI resolution
The speaker advised JI lawmakers to take up the issue with Aziz on Monday
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December 24 hearing: Musharraf summoned for landmark trial
Venue of the trial has been shifted to National Library from Federal Shariat Court.
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Islamabad tempers response to Dhaka execution
While Nisar sees it as an attempt to reopen old wounds, FO restates its non-interventionist policy.
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Creeping forward: Figures show shrinking trade deficit
Small gains in exports, reduction in imports help narrow trade gap.

















































