Ogra suggests raising gas prices by up to 26%.
ISLAMABAD: In order to generate around Rs847.33 billion during the current fiscal year, the federal government has been advised by the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) to raise gas…
IT exports reach $324 million.
KARACHI: Pakistan posted monthly IT exports of $324 million in November, up 25% year-over-year but down 2% month-over-month despite internet crises and firewall problems. These monthly IT exports exceed the…
Government considers Gwadar port for large imports
ISLAMABAD: The government is investigating the viability and plan for using Gwadar Port to handle 60% of imports into the public sector, such as sugar, wheat, and fertilizer. Tuesday's federal…
Foreign direct investment rises to $1.1 billion, a 31 percent increase.
KARACHI: In the first five months of the current fiscal year, foreign direct investment (FDI) increased by more than 31%. According to the State Bank's most recent figures released on…
Five security personnel were killed in Shangla’s D.I. Khan.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN / SHANGLA: On Tuesday, there were two distinct incidents: an IED bomb in Dera Ismail Khan and a militant attack on a police checkpoint in Shangla district,…
“Desperate,” according to Faisal Edhi, Parachinar requires immediate assistance.
KURRAM / KARACHI: According to philanthropist Faisal Edhi, the lack of supplies, including medications, has made the humanitarian situation in Parachinar worse and endangered lives. Essential medications are desperately needed…
Threats to impartiality in the Bhutto murder trial are noted by CJP Afridi.
ISLAMABAD—The murder trial of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was described by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on Tuesday as a sobering reminder of how constitutional governance…
Boards of seminaries refuse to be “subservient to the government.”
ISLAMABAD: In contrast to the forum's 2019 position, in which traditional madressah boards agreed to give the federal education ministry some degree of authority, the Ittehad Tanzeemat-i-Madaris Pakistan announced on…
Balochistan’s polio drive has been delayed by two weeks.
QUETTA: An official said on Tuesday that the polio vaccination program, which was supposed to start this week in all 36 districts of Balochistan, has been postponed for two weeks.…
Mahnoor, undefeated, dominates the US Junior Squash Open U13 final.
After defeating China's Zinyuan Yin in the semi-finals on Monday night in Philadelphia, Mahnoor Ali of Pakistan advanced to the Under-13 final of the US Junior Open. Ali defeated Yin…
