Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stressed Tuesday that the privatization of loss-making state-owned enterprises remains a top government priority, highlighting the sale of 75 percent of PIA’s shares as the first step in a broader reform effort. Chairing a high-level meeting on the affairs of the Privatization Commission at the Prime Minister’s House, the Prime Minister […]
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The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched an integrated automation suite MAKTAB to transform universities by improving their core academic, administrative and financial functions. MAKTAB is an integrated suite comprising SAP-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Student Lifecycle Management (SLcM) System and Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS), deployed across 25 public sector universities under the World Bank-funded
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. Advisor to the Prime Minister and senior leader of the PML-N, Rana Sanaullah. Photo: APP/File ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Advisor on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday urged the PTI to abandon its “hostile stance” towards the state, warning that continued confrontation could undermine party founder Imran Khan’s political influence, destabilize the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government
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The PML-N-led coalition government at the Center now has 229 members in the NA. PHOTO: APPLICATION ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Federal Education and Vocational Training on Tuesday criticized the Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PIERA) for what it called unjustified increases in tuition fees, raising serious concerns over flaws in the fee
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. RAWALPINDI: The National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), in its bid to make Pakistan a digitally safe country, has registered over 2,200 cases and arrested over 2,900 suspects in 2025 as part of nationwide operations against cybercrime and digital fraud. The NCCIA spokesperson said on Tuesday that 774 complaints were submitted to courts during the
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Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) Chief Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan has observed that the proceedings before a constitutional bench of the Supreme Court in a super-tax case were wasteful. The CJ made the remark on Tuesday while heading a three-member bench, including Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi, hearing various petitions filed against
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Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry ISLAMABAD: Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Tuesday said terrorists had found a “conducive environment” in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, which he linked as the province recording the highest number of attacks in the past year. Addressing a wide-ranging press
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An undated image showing Levies staff. QUETTA: The Balochistan government has officially merged the Levies Force with the provincial police, abolishing all “B” zones and converting them to “A” zones, a move that officials say resolves a long-standing administrative ambiguity and ensures uniform enforcement of the law across the province. Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti announced
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Bangladesh Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan meets Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu at Air Headquarters. Photo: PPI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bangladesh took another step towards deepening defense cooperation on Tuesday as a high-level delegation of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), led by Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan,
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ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) steps up preparations for a street movement and the establishment maintains a tough stance against the opposition party, Pakistan’s political landscape remains fraught with uncertainty and growing distrust. In this context, a senior minister in the PML-N government has once again floated the idea of a high-level dialogue involving the
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