Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday strongly criticised the government’s steep increase in petrol and diesel prices, warning that the move would further burden citizens already grappling with rising inflation and economic hardship.According to the rights body, the decision to take petroleum products to their historical highest levels comes at a time when the public is already grappling with severe inflation and economic pressure, raising fears that the p…
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Quetta, Jan 27 (IANS) Workers of the Balochistan Employees Grand Alliance (BEGA) held protest rallies in Pakistan’s Quetta and Khuzdar for raising their demands, including the grant of the disparity reduction allowance, local media reported on Tuesday. The BEGA employees held a rally from Bacha Khan Chowk to the City Police Station in Quetta. After reaching the police station, the demonstrators held a sit-in and shouted slogans against the government, as the authorities had refused to agree to t…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The privatisation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) in 2025 halted the airline’s daily operational haemorrhaging but at a high moral and fiscal cost, a report has said, adding that it has come at the expense of the taxpayer.According to a report in The Express tribune, the official announcement that the “Arif Habib-led consortium won a 75 percent stake in PIA with a bid of PKR 135 billion, is misleading, and deceptive”.Dr Mohammad Zubair Khan, former Pakistan …
Quetta, Jan 15 (IANS) A female teacher was shot dead outside Allahabad Girls High School in Sibi area of Pakistan’s Balochistan on Thursday, local media reported, citing police officials. The attack took place outside the school, where unknown assailants riding a motorbike opened fire at close range, Pakistan’s leading daily ‘The Express Tribune’ reported citing police and eyewitnesses. Shot in the head, the teacher was taken to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. The gunmen fl…