PAKISTAN has planned the next (digital) census in October 2022 after an inter-censal interval of just five years — instead of the conventional 10 years followed by other countries — and after missing the 2001 and 2011 censuses. The last census, conducted in 2017, was based on the traditional methodology …
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EARLIER this month, Pakistan’s foreign minister, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, met his Iranian counterpart, Dr Amir Abdollahian, to review their countries’ relationship. The past few years have seen serious gains across multiple facets of the two neighbours’ bilateral relations, due substantially to the efforts of Pakistan’s mission to Iran. The clearest indicator of improving …
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ISLAMABAD: Hours after the Lahore High Court (LHC) announced a significant decision on the election of Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz on Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) top leadership and discussed ways and means to handle the situation. According to the PM Office, PPP Chairman …
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ISLAMABAD: Using the word that he usually reserves to describe the alleged US role in his ouster, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Thursday alleged that ‘interference’ (mudakhlat) was under way to change the results of upcoming by-elections in Punjab. “The level of interference is that two of the …
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THE Higher Education Commission (HEC) has sent a circular to vice chancellors (VCs) of public universities drawing their attention to the financial crisis confronting the country and asking them to take a “leadership role and think of innovative ways to provide relief to the lower-income groups and the economy as a whole”. …
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LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has launched an income beyond means investigation against the director (special branch) of the south Punjab police. An ACE official told Dawn on Monday that an investigation had been launched against Ameer Taimoor (director of the special branch in south Punjab), who is former chief minister Usman …
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The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday instructed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to notify PTI members on five reserved seats of the Punjab Assembly (PA) that fell vacant following the de-seating of 25 of the party’s MPAs over defection. Last month, 25 PTI dissident lawmakers, which included five …
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The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark KSE-100 index opened in the green on Monday, gaining over 600 points in early morning trade. According to the PSX website, the bourse witnessed an increase of over 450 points by 9:45am. At 10:40am, the index had reached 41,734.31 points, up 683 points, or …
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With the change of government, a group of influential and leading Saudi and Kuwaiti investors who had originally purchased Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) in 2005 has swung back in action again to lead the transfer of renamed K-Electric (KE) to Shanghai Electric Limited (SEL) of China. The transaction between …
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CASH-STRAPPED Pakistan’s energy crisis is set to worsen over the next several weeks as it struggles to procure LNG at an affordable rate when little is available in an international market that has been sorely affected by the political fallout of the Russia-Ukraine war. The global LNG shortages have sent …
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