ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has upheld the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) decision directing the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) to provide financial assistance to two minor Hindu girls, while also laying down guidelines for courts dealing with cases involving welfare assistance in the future. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi held that … Read more

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) succumbed to significant selling pressure on Monday as the benchmark KSE-100 index dropped 1,692.74 points, or 0.97%, over rising crude oil prices and escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, which weighed on investor sentiment. The index opened the week on a fragile note, falling 429.59 points, or 0.25%, at … Read more

Nepra agreed that the key principle should be equal treatment: open-access consumers should pay the same UoSC as similarly placed consumers of suppliers of last resort ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved a uniform structure of Use of System Charges (UoSC) for power bulk consumers of distribution companies (Discos) and K-Electric … Read more

As the GSP-Plus renewal is due, Pakistan has to brace itself to meet the EU's trade regulation benchmarks. Islamabad has no choice but to ensure compliance with high standards to seek inclusion in the successor regime, which carries more stringent regulations. Islamabad has also made significant progress in upholding, legislating and implementing competition criteria and … Read more

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