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A trader counts Pakistani rupee notes at a currency exchange stand in Peshawar, Pakistan December 3, 2018. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has dismissed a series of petitions filed by students of Sindh medical colleges, who had sought permission to pay their tuition fees in Pakistani currency after securing admission under the foreigner/foreigner […]

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif interacts with a beneficiary of the Prime Minister’s Laptop Program in Haripur. Photo: APP HARIPUR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while inaugurating the Prime Minister’s Laptop Distribution Program 2025 in Khyber-Pakhtunnkhwa on Wednesday, termed his initiative not only to confer laptops to students, but rather to create an ecosystem where youth can

Sisters of PTI founder Imran Khan sit outside Adiala jail after they were denied a meeting on Tuesday. Photo: X/PTI RAWALPINDI: After dispersing a PTI sit-in protest outside Adiala jail in the wee hours of Wednesday, authorities in Rawalpindi arrested hundreds of people, including the septuagenarian sisters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, under the

Judge Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri. Photo courtesy: IHC ISLAMABAD: Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri accused Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar of misconduct by saying he was facing “immense pressure” to expeditiously terminate the quo warranto petition filed against him. Justice Jahangiri had filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court through advocate Akram

Says restrictions on the movement of beggars and illegal migrants; NA committee orders promulgation of clear SOPs Inspector General of Police Sindh Riffat Mukhtar. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) revealed to a parliamentary committee that it had disembarked 66,154 passengers this year to combat organized gangs of beggars and illegal immigrants traveling

. Lithium-ion batteries are pictured at the production site of battery specialist Saft Groupe in Poitiers, France, October 5, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The government plans to launch a policy of local manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for industrial use with the aim of shifting the load from the national electricity grid to solar energy. Prime

Criticizes deregulation policy; says that a completely free market does not exist anywhere ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel has expressed serious concerns over low sugarcane prices, despite high profits made by sugar mills. The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on National Food Security met on Wednesday to review agricultural production. Committee chairman Syed Hussain Tariq said December

. ISLAMABAD: DPM/FM Ishaq Dar and his Iraqi counterpart Dr. Fuad Mohammed Hussein on Wednesday reaffirmed their brotherly relations, exchanged views on strengthening bilateral cooperation and highlighted the importance of high-level exchanges. Dar spoke with his Iraqi counterpart, and they also underlined their commitment to strengthening their engagement in political and economic affairs, as well

. ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi on Wednesday said that Pakistan’s first safe and smart railway station has been established in Rawalpindi. “The station is equipped with a 24×7 AI-based surveillance system and 184 modern surveillance cameras, significantly enhancing security and operational surveillance,” he said during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lt. Gen.