Archive for  September 2019
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Cultivation area of sunflower crop continues to scale back in the province due to a water shortage and low support price, Provincial Agriculture Minister, Ismail Raho told the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday. During the questions
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Foreign Office on Monday rejected the 'baseless' messages on social media regarding Pakistan's campaign in Geneva launched for highlighting Indian atrocities in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IoJK). Responding to media queries, Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr
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Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Tuesday directed an immediate rescue operation in aid of civil administration for victims of earthquake in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). A statement issued by the
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A subcommittee of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has asked National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to probe irregular award of contract to Global Marine Services of $6.73 million in 2013 for hiring tugs for Karachi Port operations
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The Indian army chief seems to have lost his marbles. According to him, Pakistan has reactivated militant camps in Azad Jammu & Kashmir and about 500 militants are waiting to infiltrate into India. It is,
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Queen Elizabeth II was left exposed Tuesday to suggestions that Boris Johnson used her as a political pawn by having her approve a suspension of parliament that the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled broke the
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Pakistan has been trapped in a stagnant growth dilemma for decades. We have not been able to achieve adequate GDP growth rates for any extended period of time. During the early 2000s, growth rate did
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There are a number of reasons why Pakistan's economy has consistently refused to take-off. It has continued to suffer from a life-long socio-economic stagnation despite having had ready access to large amounts of attached and
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Inspired by a 12-year-old Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg's example, who staged a "School Strike for Climate" outside her country's parliament in August 2018, millions of children and adults in Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa and the
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Collections under agricultural income tax, a provincial subject under the constitution, have remained appallingly low in all provinces due to political considerations. This situation is unlikely to change given the sustained inability of our successive
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