ISLAMABAD: Like every year, the National Assembly on Friday once again echoed with the familiar demand for creating new provinces in the country during the general debate on the federal budget. Taking part in the debate on the budget for the next fiscal year, Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousuf forcefully demanded carving out Hazara province in Khyber …
ISLAMABAD: The government has signed term sheets with 18 commercial banks for a Rs1.275 trillion Islamic finance facility to help pay off the mounting debt in its power sector, Power Minister Awais Leghari said on Friday. The government, which owns or controls much of the power infrastructure, is grappling with ballooning circular debt, unpaid bills and subsidies that have choked …
WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir has stressed the “immense potential for a broader, multidimensional relationship built upon mutual respect” with the United States, the military’s media wing said on Friday. COAS Munir is on a five-day official visit to the US, where he met with President Donald Trump over luncheon, becoming the first serving army …
ISLAMABAD: As the Senate took up legislative business during budget session in an unusual move, a bill binding government servants from BPS-17 to BPS-22, to disclose domestic and foreign assets held by them as well as their family members, sailed through the House. The Civil Servants (Amendment) Bill, 2025, was moved in the House for immediate consideration and passage by …
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said it was an honour to meet Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir during a luncheon held at the White House on Wednesday. Speaking to the media after the event, Trump extended his gratitude to Pakistan’s military chief for visiting and acknowledged the army chief’s role in helping avert further military escalation …
WASHINGTON: During his two-hour meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir discussed a wide range of issues, focusing on expanding bilateral cooperation in trade, artificial intelligence, energy, cryptocurrency, and emerging technologies, according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The two leaders also exchanged views on …
KARACHI: Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), has underscored the critical role students play as the frontline force in Pakistan’s information war during a special session at the Saylani IT programme in Karachi. The DG ISPR praised the students for their engagement and responsiveness to the nation’s security challenges on Thursday. He highlighted the …
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench on Thursday announced its verdict in a case pertaining to the seniority and transfer of Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges, declaring that their transfers were not unconstitutional. The bench — headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and comprising Justices Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Shahid Bilal Hassan, Salahuddin Panhwar and Shakeel Ahmed — took up petitions …
ISLAMABAD: Senior counsel Salman Akram Raja told the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench (CB) on Wednesday that PTI members had joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) en masse in view of the precedent set by the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), which was allocated reserved seats after the 2018 elections despite not winning any seats in parliament. The counsel, who represented PTI …
RAWALPINDI: A special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight repatriated 107 Pakistanis who were stranded in Iran due to the closure of Iranian airspace, bringing them home early on Wednesday, officials said. The passengers, unable to return directly due to the airspace closure, travelled by land to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, before boarding PIA’s first special flight PK-9552, which landed at Islamabad International …