Archive for the February 21, 2018
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has welcomed NAB's probe into the alleged use of KP govt's helicopter by him and hoping that the anti-graft body would also look into abuse of official planes, helicopters
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The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to send some corruption references to accountability courts and initiate inquiries in some other major cases in its executive board meeting held here on Tuesday headed by NAB
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In yet another incident of poor security in Sessions Court, two lawyers were killed by their colleagues in an armed attack on Tuesday morning. Police officials said that lawyer Kashif Rajput opened indiscriminate fire at
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The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Tuesday condemned the move of certain member states of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Pakistan on the body's watch list. While passing a resolution, the committee
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Senators on Tuesday warned the government of "disastrous" consequences if Pakistani troops destined to be deployed in Saudi Arabia get involved in the Yemeni conflict under the doctrine of hot pursuit. Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani
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The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has proposed that a company may appoint its share registrar or a paying agent (excluding central depository) for distribution of dividend payable in cash. Through an SRO,
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Senate Standing Committee on Energy has threatened to send cases of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) that are not paying secondary freight to transporting companies in accordance with the contract to National Accountability Bureau (NAB). This
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The PML-N government seems to have reinvented its strategy of criticising the higher judiciary. It has done so with a view to pre-empting contempt of court proceedings. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has made a
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In 2007, my niece suggested that a family entourage drive up to Quetta/Ziarat over a long weekend. I tried to dissuade her, suggesting instead Dubai. But she prevailed (one can't disagree with a niece). The
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Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) increased from 20 in 1990 to close to 300 today, and have become a key feature of the international trade policy landscape. True enough, as the distinguished economist Richard Baldwin said
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