Pakistan

The K-Electric, the sole power utility in Karachi, on Thursday submitted a request to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) seeking a hike of Rs5.50 in tariff under fuel adjustment charges. According to the request, the power utility has requested an increase of Rs5.18 for July to September 2021, and rupee 0.32 for November. The national power regulator will …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday reserved its verdict on petitions registered against PTI Senator Faisal Vawda calling for his disqualification due to concealing his dual nationality. The News reported in January 2020 that Vawda was a dual national at the time of filing his nomination papers to the ECP to contest the 2018 general elections. Vawda submitted his nomination …

RAWALPINDI: The Military Lands and Cantonments (ML&C) Department on Tuesday made transfers and postings across the country and reshuffled all the cantonment executive officers. According to a notification, Lahore Military Estate Officer Imran Gulzar has been transferred and posted as Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) from Dec 30 while RCB CEO Omer Farooq Ali Malik has been …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has dismissed an appeal seeking the disqualification of Prime Minister Imran Khan for concealing the parentage of his putative daughter Tyrian White. A two-member bench of the IHC comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Arbab Mohammad Tahir resumed hearing the case on Tuesday after a gap of three years and four months. After …

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Maryam Nawaz has said it will be heartening for her to see party president Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister of Pakistan but it is subject to the approval of the party’s supreme leader, Nawaz Sharif. Talking to journalists after attending the hearing of her appeal by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in …

Twelve suspected cases of coronavirus’ Omicron variant were reported in Balochistan on Tuesday, according to a health official. Head of Opera­tions Cell (Covid) Dr Naqibullah Niazi told that 32 cases had tested positive for Covid-19 out of which 12 cases exhibited signs of the Omicron variant. They were from the town of Kalat. He said their samples were sent to …

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday accepted the written apologies tendered by Railways Minister Azam Swati and Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry for their caustic remarks against the electoral watchdog. The apologies were accepted by a two-member ECP bench headed by Nisar Ahmed Durrani. Swati, along with Chaudhry, had launched a tirade against the ECP on September 10. During a meeting …

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Tuesday formed a two-member ministerial committee to address reservations of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over the use of electronic voting machine (EVM) in next general elections to be held in 2023. Ignoring public dismay over galloping price hike in the country, the cabinet expressed satisfaction over what it believed “the economy’s upward trend”. …

Tazah, a B2B agriculture marketplace in Pakistan, announced on Wednesday that it has raised another $4.5 million in a pre-seed round after last raising $2m in October. A statement issued by the startup said it was “Pakistan’s largest pre-seed round extension” and brought the total amount raised to $6.5m. It added that the extension was co-led by Fatima Gobi Ventures …

The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday allowed Arzoo, an underage Christian girl who allegedly converted to Islam and then contracted a “free-will marriage”, to return to her parents more than a year after the court had sent her to a shelter home. A two-judge bench of the SHC, headed by Justice Mohammad Karim Khan Agha, had ordered that Arzoo be shifted …