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November 26, 2018

Can you be ’employed’ for one hour’s work?

Just how many hours do you need to work to be officially classified as “employed”? Steve Garner, a sociologist, recently tweeted about how his son had […]
November 26, 2018

156 TLP activists detained for 30 days under MPO

KARACHI: The Sindh government has detained 156 leaders and workers of the Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance, 1960 for […]
November 26, 2018

Next SC campaign to tackle population control, says CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday revealed that the next campaign the Supreme Court would support would be centred around population control. […]
November 26, 2018

CJP proposes to restore tax on prepaid mobile cards

Chief Justice Saqib Nisar has proposed reintroduction of tax on pre-paid mobile phone cards in an effort to raise funds for the Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams. […]
November 26, 2018

Parliament’s first 100 days

Although parliament did not figure prominently in Imran Khan’s ‘first 100 days’ agenda —now, appropriately, the Prime Minister’s 100 Days Agenda — it is only natural […]
November 24, 2018

Rs 1500bn needed to build Diamer-Bhasha, Mohmand dams: CJP

MANCHESTER: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mian Saqib Nisar, has said that Pakistan need Rs 1500 billion to build Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand dams to avert water crisis […]
November 24, 2018

SC directs Sindh govt to establish forensic lab in two weeks

The Supreme Court on Saturday directed the Sindh government to establish a forensic lab in the next two weeks. During a hearing at the apex court’s […]
November 15, 2018

Katas Raj Temple case: SC forms committee to probe cement plants’ water use

ISLAMABAD: After conducting several trials, the Supreme Court on Wednesday formed an inspection committee to determine the veracity of the claims made by two cement factories […]