PESHAWAR: The government is outsourcing six health centers in tribal districts to non-governmental organizations under the public-private partnership program, according to sources. "A proposal has been submitted to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Foundation, which will likely submit tenders after completing the necessary formalities and invite NGOs with experience in the provision of health services under […]
KARACHI: Karachi remained under thick, dark clouds on Monday and different parts of the metropolis received light and moderate rains during the second half of the day. The downpour continued to wreak havoc on the poorly maintained traffic, electricity and sewer systems of the metropolis amid the Met office's warning that the current system "is
ISLAMABAD: The government defended on Monday its decision to cancel around Rs210 billion to large companies from its outstanding Rs420bn bills because of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC), saying it gave up past invoices & # 39; uncertain & # 39; ; to ensure a low but more certain flow of future income. "It is
TAXILA: Federal Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan has said that a decision has not yet been made to close Pakistan's airspace to India. At a press conference at the PTI secretariat here on Monday, the minister said: “All options regarding the closure of airspace were considered during the last cabinet meeting; however, no final decision
RAWALPINDI: Sardar Latif Khosa, former governor of Punjab and lawyer for PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari, lamented on Monday that, despite court orders, the former president was not provided with air conditioning, refrigerator and personal assistant facilities in the jail. Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, Sardar Khosa, Shahbaz Khosa and Shazia Khosa met Monday with the former president
ISLAMABAD: The Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU), Karachi, requested ARY Communications (ARY) to pay Rs992 million as taxes for 2013 claiming that the media house had evaded taxes through "misrepresentation, concealment and misuse of exemptions" . The alleged tax evasion for 2013 came to light at a time when FYY already questioned the findings of the
KABUL: The US ambassador leading the efforts to forge an agreement with the Taliban met Monday with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul and showed him the draft of a proposed agreement with the insurgents. Zalmay Khalilzad has spent about a year meeting with the Taliban in Doha in a series of talks aimed at
LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday that both Pakistan and India are states with nuclear weapons and that escalating tension can threaten world peace, adding that Pakistan will never begin a military conflict. He said the two countries were sitting in a time bomb that justified a joint strategy to solve serious problems of
ISLAMABAD: As a federal minister on Tuesday highlighted the need to control the anti-theft agency, a bill came to the Senate to amend the National Responsibility Ordinance enacted two decades ago by a military ruler. To end a discussion in the Senate about the denial of health facilities to former President Asif Ali Zardari amid
ISLAMABAD: Despite the tension with New Delhi over the Kashmir problem, Pakistan provided consular access on Monday to serve the Indian naval commander and intelligence operation Kulbhushan Jadhav in organizing his meeting with the official in charge of the High Commission of India Gaurav Ahluwalia in line with the Vienna Convention and the July 17
