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ISLAMABAD: Over half of the polling stations being established for Nov 15 elections in Gilgit-Baltistan have been categorised as sensitive, a Senate panel was informed on Tuesday. The GB chief secretary told the Senate Standing Committee on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan that out of the total 1,141 polling stations, 577 had been identified as sensitive, with 297 of them highly …

ISLAMABAD: The power sector’s circular debt increased by Rs538 billion (33.4 per cent) during the fiscal year ending on June 30, or at an average rate of about Rs45bn per month. This was observed during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Power presided over by Senator Fida Muhammad Khan on Thursday. The government had been claiming that it …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate special committee on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was informed on Thursday that the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms and the Ministry of Finance had not shared any documents with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on CPEC and its financial uptakes and deficits in balance of payments. The committee’s chairperson, Senator Sherry Rehman of the Pakistan Peoples …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s sole shipyard in Karachi is no longer enough to meet the country’s needs. The government needs to move in the strategic direction of building more shipyards beginning with Gwadar. The Senate Standing Committee on Defence Production on Monday observed that Gwadar presents itself as an ideal location for the construction of a modern shipyard as there is no …