Pakistan

The National Financial Commission (NFC) award sparked debate recently after there was social media chatter that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged the country to revisit the award. Every few years, the debate crops up. But what is the NFC? According to Article 160 of the Constitution, the NFC Award is the allocation of revenues between the federation and the provinces “through …

Islamabad on Saturday denounced the “provocative” remarks made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in a televised interview yesterday, in which he appeared to confirm that New Delhi was carrying out an assassination campaign in Pakistan, as reported by The Guardian. “If any terrorist from a neighbouring country tries to disturb India or carry out terrorist activities here, he will be given a …

LONDON: After two decades of evading justice, a Pakistani man was convicted on Thursday of murdering a UK police officer in 2005. PC Sharon Beshenivsky was a 38-year-old mother of three who was shot dead outside a travel agency in Bradford while responding to an armed robbery call. She was shot at point blank range. Piran Ditta Khan, 75, who …

ISLAMABAD: Capacity issues at all levels and a lack of coordination among the stakeholders were two of the key reasons that developing countries, including Pakistan, will counter the effects of climate change and mitigate losses caused by it. Aftab Alam Khan, an award-winning climate change expert, said while talking to the media on Thursday that developing countries need to learn …

ISLAMABAD: With the aim of increasing trade and energy cooperation, Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs and Diplomacy Mahdi Safari committed on Thursday to resolve the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline issues amicably. Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said that Pakistan and Iran enjoyed historically strong bilateral ties that were based on shared values, similar cultures, the same …

ISLAMABAD: The office of the Islamabad police has been lying vacant for almost a week due to a tussle between the district administration, the interior ministry with the police over the Police Order 2002 brought into force by ex-IGP Akbar Nasir Khan in 2022. The Police Order proclaimed by the ex-IG empowered the police chief and placed the capital police under the …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday directed the interior ministry to remove the name of former federal minister Dr Shireen Mazari from the Exit Control List (ECL). Ms Mazari’s name was placed on the ECL because she was among those members of the PTI-led federal cabinet that had approved the confidential agreement that allowed transfer of GBP190 million to …

KARACHI: Enjoying a majority so far in Senate, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Thursday nominated its senior leader Yusuf Raza Gillani as its candidate for the post of Senate chairman. The party made the announcement in a brief statement for the upcoming election of the Senate chairman which is expected to be held next week. Mr Gillani was elected a …

HYDERABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) on Thursday accepted Sindh’s request for release of water to the province over and above its share from April 6. Irsa’s decision is the outcome of its Sindh member Mohammad Ehsanul Haq Leghari’s recent move to take up the issue of increasing values of TDS (total dissolved solids) in Indus water at Kotri …

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday granted post-arrest bail to 39 activists of the PTI in a case of attacking Lahore corps commander’s residence, also known as Jinnah House, during May 9 riots. Judge Arshad Javed allowed the bail petitions of the jailed activists subject to furnishing of surety bonds of Rs100, 000. Those granted bail include Shan Ali, Nadir …