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Prime Minister gave green light to NA Chairman to continue negotiations between government and PTI LAHORE: Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry reiterated the need for dialogue, stressing that negotiations are essential for the stability of the country. He called on President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take ownership of the negotiation process. […]

The Court decides that marginal deficits can be made up using the statutory “rounding” mechanism provided for by law. ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has upheld a series of judgments of the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordering the Employees’ Old Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) to provide monthly old age pension to workers who have

Karakoram-8 light attack aircraft. Photo: Courtesy — x.com ISLAMABAD: Military engagement with friendly countries is a routine matter encompassing various facets of defense cooperation, Pakistani security sources said on Friday, following a Reuters report claiming Pakistan was in the final stages of a $1.5 billion arms deal with Sudan. According to Reuters, citing three sources

Ambassador Usman Iqbal Jadoon, Deputy Permanent Member of Pakistan to the UN. Photo APP THE UNITED NATIONS: Welcoming Syria’s cooperation with the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Pakistan stressed the need for independent verification to eliminate suspected chemical weapons in Syria that were developed under the Assad regime

MUZAFFARABAD: Under the leadership of AJK Prime Minister Faisal Mumtaz Rathore, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government is fully committed to eliminating public deprivation in the region, by accelerating development efforts in AJK, Regional Minister for Information, Auqaf and Religious Affairs Chaudhry Muhammad Rafiq Nair said on Friday. He said that since the formation of

. KARACHI: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet Secretariat on Friday decided to hold quarterly review meetings to monitor the K-IV and other key projects, push for faster progress and proposed to convene a joint session of all concerned Senate committees to help resolve Karachi’s long-standing water and sanitation problems. The body, which met Senator

Ishaq Dar speaking at a high-level OIC event on peace and tolerance on the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly ISLAMABAD: An extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is taking place today in Jeddah to discuss Israel’s recognition of the self-proclaimed Somaliland region, a

World Bank representative Anthony Cholst said the Bank would continue its economic cooperation with Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has approached the World Bank for its possible role in refinancing energy sector debt worth $36 billion from multilateral and bilateral creditors, which it had incurred in the past to install power projects. The government sources