Pakistan

LAHORE: National Elec­­­tric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) Chair­man Waseem Mukhtar has said there was no other option but to take some harsh decisions to make the power sector sustainable. Talking to the media after attending an energy conference on Saturday, the power sector regulator head said the situation has reached a point where such decisions have be­­come imperative for the …

QUETTA/GWADAR: Legendary Balochi language poet Mubarak Qazi passed away on Saturday in Turbat after a prolonged illness at the age of 68. According to the family, Mr Qazi, who hailed from the coastal town of Pasni, had been in Turbat due to illness for at least two weeks but passed away last night at the residence of a friend. His …

ISLAMABAD: Political parties have censured the caretaker government for the massive hike in petrol prices, saying the move will put a further strain on the masses already battling with rampant inflation and eroding purchasing power. The petrol and diesel prices have hit record levels after the government increased the prices by Rs26.02 and Rs17.34 per litre, respectively, on Friday. Leading the …

PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Sunday was re-arrested for the umpteenth time immediately after a Lahore anti-corruption court discharged him in a graft case pertaining to the Lahore Master Plan 2050, his lawyer, Rana Intezar Hussain, confirmed. “They (officials) said he has been arrested in a terrorism case and was being taken to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi,” Hussain said. …

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Sunday departed for New York to represent Pakistan at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will be held on September 22. PM Kakar will apparently be the first interim prime minister to represent Pakistan at the UN General Assembly. According to a press release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, …

Justice Qazi Faez Isa was sworn in as the 29th chief justice of Pakistan on Sunday. His first act as the CJP was to form a full court to hear challenges to the law clipping the top judge’s powers. The hearing is tomorrow. He was administered the oath of office by President Arif Alvi during a ceremony at Aiwan-i-Sadr in …

PESHAWAR: Issuing a stay order, the Peshawar High Court on Friday stopped the Khyber Medical University and Educational Testing and Evaluation Authority from releasing results of the recent Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test on their official websites until further orders. A bench consisting of Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Wiqar Ahmad issued the order after hearing 23 applications …

CHITRAL: A group of prominent citizens of the border areas of southern Chitral have demanded of the army chief to visit the district to allay the fears and reservations of the people after the attack of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan militants on the posts of security forces on Sept 6. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, the group led …

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar has said consistency of policies is only possible under a one-party rule, and not in a liberal democracy and parliamentary system. “The consistency you are referring to is possible in one-party government which rules for two, three or four decades and forwards its policies with consistency — whether they are right or wrong. …

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan International Airlines has refuted the reports of the imminent closure of its operation, saying the national carrier was also clearing all national and international payments. PIA has reportedly grounded several aircraft as it struggles to secure funds to maintain its operations for the next few months. Some media reports also claimed that the operations would be ceased by Sept 15, evoking a …