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In a major move towards public service reform, the Sindh cabinet has approved the removal of all fees for death certificates across the province. The move is part of a broader strategy to strengthen the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) system and ease administrative burdens on citizens. This explanatory sheet presents the main details

Islamabad: The chief military spokesperson said Chinese weapons systems deployed during Pakistan’s four-day military conflict with India in May were “exceptionally well”. “Of course, lately, the recent Chinese platforms, they [Chinese weapon systems] have demonstrated exceptionally well,” Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said in an interview with Bloomberg.

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar confirmed on Tuesday that former Jamaat-e-Islami senator Mushtaq Ahmad had been released from Israeli custody and was now at the Pakistani embassy in Amman, Jordan. Dar said Ahmad was “in good health and good spirits” and arrangements had been made for his return to Pakistan on

Hyderabad: On Tuesday, Jaffar Express – a train that travels from Quetta to Peshawar through a route that passes through all four provinces – was targeted again in Shikarpur district of Sindh, while it was ferrying passengers from Rawalpindi to Quetta. A banned terrorist group, the Baloch Republican Guards (BRG), claimed responsibility for the attack.

Islamabad: A group of 10 powerful and influential countries that included China, Russia, Iran, India and Pakistan on Tuesday opposed any attempt in the United States on Tuesday to be on the road in Afghanistan by taking control of the strategically important Bagram air base. Without explicitly named the United States, a joint declaration published

Islamabad: The petitioners contesting the 26th constitutional amendment succeeded in persuading a constitutional bench (CB) of the Supreme Court to authorize the streaming live of the legal proceedings. However, the experts declare that the real contestation of the petitioners will be to convince the CB to order the constitution of a full court to hear

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) was informed on Tuesday that the Establishments Division and the Interior Ministry have approved the filling of 35 vacant patwari posts in the federal capital, but the Finance Ministry is yet to give its approval. During the hearing, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani expressed hope that the government would fill