Islamabad, Feb 16 (IANS) The Pakistan government has hiked the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel by Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 5 and PKR 7.32 per litre, respectively, till the end of February, local media reported on Monday. In the late-night announcement on Sunday, the petroleum division said that the price of petrol and high-speed diesel has been increased after movements in international markets and recommendations from the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), Pakistan’s leading daily, D…
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Quetta, Feb 16 (IANS) Pakistan’s former senator Nawabzada Haji Lashkari Raisani has heavily criticised the Mines and Minerals Act, Balochistan, stressing that the legislation has been made to “plunder resources” of the future generations of the province. He urged lawmakers in parliament to review the legislation again to protect the assets of Balochistan, local media reported on Monday. Former Senator warned that the matter would be taken to “people’s court” if corrective measures are not taken …
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Pakistan’s Supreme Court has stepped in to ensure medical treatment for jailed former prime minister Imran Khan after reports emerged that he has suffered an 85 per cent loss of vision in his right eye, a report has said.The court ordered authorities to form a medical team to examine and treat the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief, according to a report by Dawn.It also appointed lawyer Salman Safdar as amicus curiae and directed him to visit the former premier in ja…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) Pakistan’s economy cannot be fixed without fixing the politics first, as a corruption-ridden government is coming in the way of economic development, according to an article in the Pakistani media.An economic system is perforce a product of the political system. The political system is higher in the hierarchy than all the other sub-systems; hence, any malfunction there affects all the constituent sub-systems. The degenerating economic order cannot be viewed in isolatio…
Islamabad, Feb 13 (IANS) An inspection of buildings conducted by the Sindh government committee has revealed that 91.3 per cent of the buildings in province lacked fire safety arrangements, Pakistani media reported on Friday. The government has decided to seal high-risk buildings which were found by the committee in violation of fire safety laws in Sindh. The committee was set up after the fire incident in Karachi’s Gul Plaza which claimed lives of nearly 80 people, injured hundreds and caused f…
Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) An elderly woman, who was allegedly born in Bangladesh and was trafficked and sold in Pakistan some 35 years back, has filed a petition in Lahore High Court against the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for offloading her from a Dhaka-bound flight, local media reported. Razia Bibi (58) filed the plea through her lawyer Ali Changezi Sandhu and requested the court to impose a fine on the FIA for offloading her, allegedly without any reason, Pakistan’s leading daily Dawn r…
Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Around a million children were not vaccinated and 53,000 refusals were reported during the first polio campaign conducted in Pakistan in 2026, the local media reported on Monday. During the campaign, the largest share of refusals – 58 per cent – were reported in Pakistan’s Karachi. Polio drops were administered to over 44.3 million children in Pakistan. The data has indicated that the polio campaign achieved household coverage of 98 per cent, with only two per cent childr…
Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Political parties in Pakistan seem to be losing the capacity to see critical national issues through a national prism which was reflected in the recent discussion on Balochistan in National Assembly and the Senate, a report has stated. “In this context, the parliamentary debate on Balochistan revealed rare unanimity, but also the absence of introspection. Across party lines in both the National Assembly and the Senate, lawmakers converged on two broad premises: first, tha…
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Pakistan, despite all its boasting and bragging, remains enmeshed in financial crises, forcing its population to endure hardships and extreme circumstances. The country pulls no punches in blaming external factors and geopolitical forces for the troubles within, but a damning report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has exposed its failures on multiple counts, ranging from fiscal indiscipline, erosion of governance and government accountability. According to the IM…
Islamabad, Feb 8 (IANS) Two police personnel were injured in two separate attacks targeting the police in Bannu district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Sunday. Armed assailants opened fire at the Khonia Khel police check post in Wazir sub-division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, Pakistani daily Dawn reported, citing sources. The sources further said that police personnel, Noor Muhammad, was injured in the exchange of fire with assailants. A search operation was laun…