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It is unfortunate that, rather than taking ownership of important decisions, our officials generally seem more willing to make even good ones appear to be the result of some unavoidable obligation to the country’s foreign creditors. This constant shifting of responsibility, or rather blame, to external stakeholders has meant that even necessary policy changes at…
• Prime Minister briefs Cabinet on his ‘constructive’ meeting with Zayed Al Nahyan• A “comprehensive” meeting on reducing energy prices will be held this week• Halal meat and rice exports will be on the agenda during the Indonesian president’s visit to Islamabad• Cabinet takes steps to safeguard FBR data, declares its infrastructure critical ISLAMABAD: Prime…
• Former Prime Minister Brown calls Musk’s accusations a “complete fabrication”• Humza Yousaf reminds X boss how Pakistani MP helped secure extradition of murderers LONDON: Tech billionaire Elon Musk appears to be playing a dangerous game, sparking fury over a landmark data mining scandal in what appears to be an attempt to attack British Prime…
ISLAMABAD: International cooperation has stalled, driven by rising geopolitical tensions and instability, but momentum in climate finance and health and innovation offers hope, the World Economic Forum said in a report, Cooperation Barometer Global, published on Tuesday. The WEF’s main annual report highlights that global cooperation is at a critical moment and its analysis reveals…
WASHINGTON: The billionaire owner of Tesla and SpaceX, who has been named by US President-elect Donald Trump as his potential efficiency czar, appeared surprised on Tuesday to learn that the US was sending US taxpayer money to Afghanistan. Elon Musk, who has been chosen to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) under the…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday received two requests for early hearing of 26th Amendment challenges by the full bench comprising all its judges. The first application was filed by Afrasiab Khattak through his lawyer Khwaja Ahmad Hosain, urging the court to direct its registrar to fix the petition for hearing before the full court…
• Aurangzeb says cost reduction process for 42 ministries to be completed by June 30• Uncertainty about the financial impact of the elimination of 150,000 positions and public funds in banks• Demands that the cabinet has approved 95% of the committee’s recommendations ISLAMABAD: Unsure about the financial impact of abolishing 150,000 posts and public funds…
A sit-in protest against the power crisis in Aliabad area of Hunza district came to an end on Wednesday as the Karakoram Highway (KKH) was restored to traffic as the government accepted the demands of locals. Protests broke out in several parts of Gilgit-Baltistan on Friday as residents reported up to 22 hours of power…
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Tuesday met a delegation from Starlink to discuss the progress in licensing the satellite internet service provider. Starlink Services, owned by Elon Musk, is one of the most technologically advanced companies in the world among those offering Internet through low Earth orbit…
President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a New York state court from convicting him of his conviction on criminal charges stemming from money paid to a porn star to maintain her silence. “This court should immediately stay further proceedings in the New York trial court to avoid grave injustice and…