LEAP-Pakistan

March 7, 2019

Trump revokes Obama rule on reporting drone strike deaths

President Donald Trump has revoked a policy set by his predecessor requiring US intelligence officials to publish the number of civilians killed in drone strikes outside […]
March 7, 2019

Brexit: UK urged to table ‘acceptable’ backstop remedies

The UK has been urged to table fresh proposals within the next 48 hours to break the Brexit impasse. EU officials said they would work non-stop […]
March 7, 2019

India being pushed for ‘direct talks’ with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The United States is pushing for direct talks between Pakistan and India to ensure that the ongoing tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours do not […]
March 7, 2019

Sehat card: a step in right direction

The issuance of Sehat Insaf Card is a great initiative towards progress in the health sector which has been neglected over the decades as is evident […]
March 7, 2019

Freedom of speech ‘can’t be stretched to cover contempt’

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has noted that freedom of speech cannot be stretched to scandalise the court and to bring the judges into hatred, ridicule […]
March 7, 2019

Sindh govt stalls process of rideshare regularisation

KARACHI: The Sindh government appears to have stopped work to regularise ridesharing services such as Uber and Careem, while efforts to control and monitor taxi and […]
March 7, 2019

NA panel clears Rs16.6b budget for climate ministry

ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Climate Change has unanimously approved recommendations for allocating Rs16.613 billion for seven ongoing and new projects, including […]
March 7, 2019

Lahore, Faisalabad among world’s top most polluted cities

NEW DELHI: India dominated a list of the world’s most polluted cities in 2018, taking 22 of the top 30 spots, according to a Greenpeace report. […]