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. Few indicators capture the depth of Pakistan’s fiscal malaise as starkly as the performance of its state-owned enterprises. The latest figures released by the Ministry of Finance make for grim reading: in the first full fiscal year of the current government, net losses of SOEs ballooned by 300%, while taxpayer-funded fiscal support surged to … Read more
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Provincial health minister orders DNA testing, inspections, and strict action to ensure child safety QUETTA: The Balochistan government has announced stringent measures against unlicensed and substandard child nurseries operating across the province following a disturbing incident in Quetta, Provincial Health Minister Bakht Muhammad Kakar said on Saturday. The minister took serious notice of an alleged … Read more
Experts see Venezuela operation and threats to other countries an attempt to revive colonialist politics KARACHI: “I don’t need international law. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me,” US President Donald Trump declared in an interview with the New York Times on Friday. The remarks came in the … Read more
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Senator Saleem Mandviwalla criticised Nepra, saying consumers were charged for power neither generated nor used The Senate Standing Committee on the Cabinet Secretariat was told that electricity consumers have been charged Rs220 billion for 14,000 megawatts of inactive power, while a long-pending survey report on load-shedding in Karachi has been sought from the National Electric … Read more
Says no country can function without army and intelligence, but their mandate is limited to the Constitution Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri received a warm welcome at the South Asian Media University by leaders of Khidmat-e-Khalq, Kisan Labour, Haqooq-e-Khalq, Awami, and Communist parties, along with civil society representatives. Photo: X Tehreek … Read more
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KARACHI: In the wake of severe cold weather, the Sindh government has revised school timings across the province. Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah issued the directive to adjust school hours in order to help students cope with the cold, following which the Education Department released an official notification. According to the notification, both public and … Read more
After María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, offered her Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said it cannot be “transferred to others.”