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HAL struggled to meet production targets, delaying operational aircraft entry into service Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Tejas Mark 1A, a light combat aircraft, takes off before its maiden flight at HAL Nashik, India, October 17, 2025. PHOTO: Retuers ISLAMABAD: The crash of the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft, developed by India’s Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) […]

KP CM asked the federal government to fulfill its promise to finance the Chashma canal on the right bank Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Muhammad Aurangzeb. PHOTO: APPLICATION ISLAMABAD: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi announced his participation in the first meeting of the National Finance Commission (NFC) but demanded that the Center clear

. Former deputy director’s raise, promotion refused for sad affairs in the Parliament boxes. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The government has convened a meeting of the Departmental Selection Board (DSB) on December 10 to consider promotions of officers from grade 18 to grade 19 in major federal services. According to official sources, the DSB meeting will

. ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Friday sought a detailed report from Pakistan Railways (PR) on widespread encroachments and illegal occupation of its land. The court ordered the department to explain the steps it took to recover its properties and the action taken against the officials responsible for the encroachments. A two-judge bench

. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has scheduled hearing of a case seeking to prevent Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri from working on Friday over allegations of holding a fake degree. According to the docket, a two-member bench of the High Court will hear the case on November 25, filed by lawyer Mian Dawood. A

. ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to convene sessions of the National Assembly and Senate next week, and key bills are expected to be tabled as part of a coordinated parliamentary initiative, sources said on Friday. Both houses of Parliament are scheduled to meet on November 27, with officials considering the possibility of convening

. Police registered a case of kidnapping after the former detective mysteriously disappeared on September 11. PHOTO: EXPRESS LAHORE: Fears over possible privatization of the PIA have increased uncertainty among employees, and incidents of missing staff abroad continue. Senior Purser Asif Najam, who arrived in Canada on November 16 aboard a PIA flight from Lahore,

. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has referred the petitions filed against the 27th constitutional amendment to a larger three-member bench. Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal of the LHC on Friday took up the petitions filed by advocate Muhammad Shahid Rana and Hassan Latif Chaudhry. The petitions claimed that the creation of the Federal Constitutional

. Federal Oil Minister Musadik Masood Malik speaks to Reuters during an interview in Islamabad, June 11, 2024. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination, Senator Musadik Masood Malik, on Friday called for an acceleration of international and domestic investment in green skills development, warning that without a climate-ready workforce, developing