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ISLAMABAD: A foreign bank disclosed before the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue on Wednesday that an employee was found involved in fraudulent actions, while the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said its forensic report had established the involvement of bank staff in the embezzlement of Rs410 million from the accounts of certain overseas Pakistanis. The additional director of FIA …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate was told on Friday that India could not unilaterally modify the Indus Waters Treaty. On India’s move to seek revision of the Indus Waters Treaty, PML-N Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed said that the issue was linked with the future of the country. He said Pakistan had still not given an effective, solid and bold response over January …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Friday that K-Electric was operating without any formal agreement since 2015 and the accumulated payables against the country had climbed to Rs490 billion till December 31, 2022. Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Khan told the house during the question hour that efforts were under way to resolve payment issues with K-Electric and a new …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Friday that the process for the first-ever digital census in the country has begun and field operations will be carried out from Aug 1 to Aug 31. The house was told during the question hour that the field operation involving face-to-face interviews would be preceded by a pilot census to be conducted from May …

ISLAMABAD: As the opposition smelled a rat in the closure of a PIA-owned luxury hotel in New York, the government on Tuesday told the Senate there was no plan to privatise Roosevelt Hotel. The opposition said it appeared that the government was preparing ground to sell out the 19-storey hotel at a throw-away price. PPP Senator Raza Rabbani alleged that …