ISLAMABAD: The Auditor General’s office on Wednesday raised alarm over the Higher Education Commission’s failure to recover more than Rs1.5 billion from scholarship defaulters. Calling it a critical matter, the issue was raised after audit officials reported that 5,321 students had received foreign scholarships under nine different projects. While 96 individuals had defaulted, approximately Rs0.8 billion had already been recovered. …
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party Mengal (BNP-M) chief Akhtar Mengal has announced to lead a long march on March 28 from Wadh to Quetta against the detention of BYC leaders. Taking to his X handle, the BNP-M chief mentioned that he would lead long march, “which is against the arrest of our daughters and disrespect of our mothers and sisters.” He …
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan have reached a staff-level agreement on the first review of Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and a new arrangement under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), according to an official IMF statement released today. The staff-level agreement, which is subject to approval by the IMF’s Executive Board, includes access to around $1.3 …
LAHORE: The federal government has accepted PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s offer to initiate a dialogue with Imran Khan’s PTI to evolve consensus to fight terrorism. “The government has no objections if Bilawal Bhutto engages in dialogue with the PTI,” Adviser to Prime Minister Rana Sanaullah told Geo News on Tuesday. He said if the PPP chairman managed to secure PTI’s …
LAHORE: The Punjab government says it has no claim on Sindh’s water, but it will not allow any interference in its (Punjab) water management. “Let me tell you… Punjab has no claim over Sindh’s water. However, no one is allowed to interfere in Punjab’s water management,” Punjab’s Information Minister Azma Bokhari told journalists here on Tuesday. She was replying to …
ISLAMABAD: After failing to get any concession for the party’s founding chairman, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) will hold protests outside the Adiala Jail on three days of Eidul Fitr. The Chairman of Public Accounts Committee and head of the PTI Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chapter, Junaid Akbar, in a televised interview, said that the party workers will hold protest on all three …
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leaders in the National Assembly and Senate have filed a petition before the Islamabad High Court (IHC), challenging the delay in the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and two members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). The petition, submitted by Omar Ayub and Shibli Faraz, calls for urgent action to fill the vacant positions in …
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti has ordered strict action against government employees and officers involved in anti-state activities. Chairing a high-level meeting the other day, the chief minister ordered divisional and deputy commissioners to identify and act against the officials engaged in activities that go against the state’s interests. He made it clear that no government employee would …
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Interior Ministry has asked Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) authorities to provide records of Afghan students enrolled in the province as part of an update to its foreign nationals’ database. The ministry’s security cell sent an official letter to the provincial home secretary, instructing that details of Afghan students be submitted by March 27. The move comes as Pakistan nears …
ISLAMABAD: The inaugural EU-Pakistan Business Forum is set to take place in Islamabad from May 14-15 to enhance economic cooperation, according to a joint announcement by the government and European Union delegation on Tuesday. The EU is the largest single market in the world and the largest destination for Pakistani ex-ports. The EU is also the world’s largest foreign investor …