ISLAMABAD: The federal government has implemented significant changes to the pension system for government employees, fulfilling a key demand from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As of the new year, a ban has been imposed on government officials and employees from receiving double pensions. A notification has been issued to formalise the changes, Express News reported. The new system will …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday lauded the economic progress achieved in the last nine months of his government’s tenure and emphasised export-led growth for the future. His comments came a day after the government unveiled the National Economic Transformation Plan 2024-29, with the promise to revive the country’s economy. The five-year plan aims to address key economic challenges …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday launched a five-year ‘transformation plan’ to address chronic economic issues by focusing on 5Es — exports, e-Pakistan, environment, energy, equity and empowerment. ‘Uraan Pakistan’, an indigenous economic plan, was unveiled at an event attended by the federal ministers and representatives of all four provinces. While outlining his government’s priorities, PM Shehbaz pledged economic …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that charagah land — an open pasture, a field or meadow used for grazing cattle — is distinct from state land and can only be leased out on specific conditions, and that too with the permission of the Board of Revenue (BoR). Grazing land is always considered a common resource for the benefit …
QUETTA: Levies forces arrested 72 Afghan nationals who had crossed into Pakistan illegally from Afghanistan in the Chagai area on Tuesday. According to a senior Levies officer, the Afghan citizens did not have legal travel documents and were subsequently deported at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing at Baracha, in Chagai. He said Pakistan had tightened security in its border areas with …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif celebrated the Pakistan Muslim League’s (PML) Foundation Day on Monday, crediting the party’s contributions to Pakistan’s development over the past three decades under Nawaz Sharif’s leadership. In a statement, Shehbaz said, “The All-India Muslim League, led by Quaid-e-Azam and other leaders of the Pakistan Movement, paved the way for the creation of an independent Pakistan.” …
RAWALPINDI: Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has firmly stated that he will not strike a deal with the establishment or under pressure from any country. Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Monday, Khan’s sister, Aleema Khan, relayed the former prime minister’s remarks, adding that he has rejected any notion of negotiating while facing …
KARACHI: Karachi Additional Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Javed Alam Odho said on Monday that the city’s roads would be cleared of protest sit-ins before Maghrib prayers, saying that citizens had “suffered enough” for the last three days. The sit-ins, which have been ongoing for the past week, blocked major roads to protest the Parachinar killings, demanding measures including reopening …
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will chair an in-camera meeting between negotiating teams representing the federal government and the PTI on January 2, a notification from the NA secretariat read on Monday. This will be the second meeting between the negotiating parties, discussing the PTI’s demands to release jailed party workers and the formation of a judicial commission …
ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Monday announced that the government will launch the National Economic Transformation Plan for the next five years tomorrow, Radio Pakistan reported. During a 2022 briefing, Iqbal presented the former government’s four-point plan for revitalising the economy which included increasing exports, encouraging foreign investment, improving the tax-to-GDP ratio, and dealing with the loss-making, government-owned industries. …