News Pakistan

January 12, 2019

Reconstituted NFC to slash provincial shares

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has reconstituted the 9th National Finance Commission to work out a new resources distribution formula between the Centre and federating units […]
January 12, 2019

July-December 2018: FBR misses half year tax collection target by Rs172b

ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) promise during the elections, the share of direct taxes in total collection has slightly gone down to 37% in […]
January 11, 2019

Pakistan’s shocking abortion rates

Pakistan currently has one of the highest abortion rates in the world. Abortion in our country has become the means to exercise birth control, and most […]
January 11, 2019

Lahore’s ThinkFest draws international opinion makers

The schedule of the third edition of the Afkar-e-Taza ThinkFest was released on Thursday. As with previous years, dozens of scholars, thinkers, and opinion makers from […]
January 11, 2019

One-man army: In final adieu, Justice (R) Muslim compiles a to-do list for Sindh govt

HYDERABAD: The Supreme Court-mandated Commission on Water and Sanitation, whose stint is expiring on January 15, appears to have set ambitious goals for the provincial government […]
January 11, 2019

PTI retracts disqualification petition against Zardari

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), on Thursday, retracted a petition filed before the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking disqualification of Pakistan Peoples Party Co-chairman Asif […]
January 11, 2019

CJP slams private schools for cutting back on facilities after fee reduction order

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Saqib Nisar expressed on Thursday his annoyance at private school owners’ reaction to Supreme Court’s order to slash fees by 20 per cent. […]
January 11, 2019

Parveen Rehman murder: SC orders probe into delay in forming new JIT

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has directed the interior secretary to initiate an inquiry into the delay in the constitution of a new Joint Investigation Team (JIT) […]