India says it plans to hire tens of thousands of government workers in occupied Kashmir after New Delhi stripped the cashmere of constitutional rights they had for seven decades through a hasty presidential order. Satya Pal Malik, the governor appointed by New Delhi, called it the largest recruitment campaign in the disputed region, with officials […]
WASHINGTON: Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan has said that Pakistan and AJK will not allow India to link the Kashmir movement for freedom with terrorism. "We will remain alert to ensure that India does not succeed in doing so," Haider told a news conference Tuesday night at Pakistan's
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) formed a five-member panel on Wednesday, with two independent and three of its own, to interview candidates for the roles of the national side technical staff. The panel includes former test captain Intikhab Alam, who had previously been the managing coach of the Pakistan team, who won the 1992
ISLAMABAD: The president of the Federal Revenue Board (FBR), Shabbar Zaidi, reiterated on Wednesday that the government will not withdraw from taxing trade and services as part of the measure to expand the country's narrow tax base. It seems that Zaidi is not in the mood to go back to the aggressive documentation campaign launched
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) admitted on Wednesday a request for a regular hearing filed against the appointment of two members of the Electoral Commission of Pakistan (ECP) by President Dr. Arif Alvi using his discretionary powers. President Alvi appointed Khalid Mehmood Siddiqui of Sindh and Munir Ahmed Kakar of Balochistan on August 22
KARACHI: About a week after the federal government moved to the Supreme Court in search of funds deposited by Bahria Town Limited for the resolution of cases on its project in Karachi, the Sindh government also filed an application on Wednesday in the superior court with an identical request. Sindh's Advocate General, Salman Talibuddin, filed
ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday approved a series of amendments to the laws aimed at providing exemptions from income tax, sales tax and customs duties to the port and the Gwadar free zone until 2039, but could not decide how to give legal coverage to the decision. A meeting of the Cabinet's Economic Coordination Committee
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition of the Pakistan-Nawaz Muslim League (PML-N) has "condemned" the government movement to transfer judges to hear cases against party leaders and asked the President of the Supreme Court to Pakistan, Asif Saeed Khosa, take note of what they described as "obvious" and a dazzling attack on the judiciary by the executive.
ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the Afghan allegation of bombing along the border, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Pakistani troops only responded in self-defense when they were attacked by terrorists based on Afghan soil and asked Kabul to fulfill his commitment to eliminate terrorist hiding places throughout the country. Afghan border “As a matter of policy, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Energy and its companies were severely criticized on Wednesday by the ruling party and opposition lawmakers for alleged corruption, mismanagement and lack of progress in development activities in the electricity sector. While members of the Pakistan-Nawaz Muslim League opposition left a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Energy Committee in protest,
