Islamabad

The National Assembly passed the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2023 aimed to amend certain laws relating to taxes and duties.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday held a telephonic conversation with President of Kenya, Dr William Ruto.

Pre-arrest bail was granted by Judge Zeba Chaudhry to a suspect in the February 9 fatal motorcycle crash on Major Margalla Road of a teenage biker named Sulaiman Babar.

ISLAMABAD – A lecturer who allegedly asked a “objectionable” question in a test on the English composition of the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE) programme has been fired by the Comsats University Islamabad (CUI).

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urges Pakistan to limit its use of subsidies to those who truly require them, arguing that money should be transferred from the rich and powerful to the underprivileged.

COMSATS University in Islamabad, Pakistan, has come under fire when one of its faculty members asked students to write an essay about incestuous relationships. The controversy started after a photo of the test from the institution went popular on social media.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) informed President Arif Alvi on Saturday in no uncertain terms that he has no part in announcing the dates for general elections to provincial legislatures and that the commission is aware of its constitutional duty in this regard.

The Supreme Court has emphasised the need to change the procedures for compensating people for land that has been acquired for government purposes. According to the court, awarding a lesser value would violate the fundamental rights to life, dignity, and property ownership.

On Friday, Imran Khan’s legal team sent a letter to the Islamabad police requesting that the terrorism charges against him be dropped from the First Information Report (FIR).

As the Senate on Friday unanimously adopted suggestions on the Money Bill to amend specific tax and duty laws through the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023.

For customers of ex-Wapda distribution firms (Discos), the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) announced on Thursday a Rs2.32 per unit cut on account of fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for December 2022.

On Friday, the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) police announced that they had filed a complaint against a “unknown accused” person for allegedly holding a leopard hostage in the DHA Phase II neighborhood.