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FBR Rejects Rs 750bn EFS Misuse Allegations
Nadeem Tanoli
Islamabad: The government on Friday defended its automated financial management systems in Parliament, rejecting claims of large-scale revenue leakage and asserting that issues with bill rejections in the Accountant General…
Pakistan Has No School Ranking System, Govt Confirms
Nadeem Tanoli
Islamabad: Pakistan currently lacks a federal-level system to rank schools and colleges, the government confirmed in Parliament on Friday, even as nationwide curriculum reforms move forward.
Federal Minister for…
Pakistan Falls to 168th on Human Development Index
Nadeem Tanoli
Islamabad: Pakistan’s human development indicators have declined sharply, with the government confirming in Parliament that the country now ranks 168th out of 193 nations in the UNDP Human Development Report 2025—its lowest…
Pakistan’s Literacy Gains Lag Behind Population Boom
Nadeem Tanoli
Islamabad: Pakistan’s deepening education challenges came into sharp focus in Parliament on Friday as the Ministry of Education acknowledged that literacy gains remain far too weak to keep pace with the country’s rapidly…
PSDP Utilization Under Fire in Parliament
Nadeem Tanoli
Islamabad: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal Chaudhry on Friday defended the government’s development spending amid pointed parliamentary criticism over stalled projects, inter-ministerial lapses, and Pakistan’s deepening youth…
Parliament Slams Cuts to Higher Education
Nadeem Tanoli
Islamabad: The government on Friday came under sharp scrutiny in Parliament over shrinking scholarship funds, university admissions policies, and the absence of new higher-education initiatives in Punjab’s Gujrat–Kharian…
Harassment Scandal Rocks Pakistan’s Universities
Nadeem Tanoli
Islamabad: Pakistan’s education sector is facing intensifying scrutiny after the federal government confirmed 191 harassment cases in universities, exposing alarming gaps in policy enforcement and institutional…
Data Reveals Deepening Inequalities in Higher Education System
Nadeem Tanoli
Islamabad: Newly released federal data has confirmed a sharp rise in university admissions across Pakistan—but the same figures expose widening inequalities and structural weaknesses that continue to undermine the country’s…
Ombudsman Declares Late Attendance a Form of Corruption
APP
Multan: Federal Ombudsman Advisor for Multan Division, Muhammad Rashid Qamar, has stated that habitual late arrivals by government employees constitute a form of corruption and disciplinary action must be taken against those…
Price of Poverty on Two Wheels
Asem Mustafa Awan
Islamabad: In a country where nearly half the population lives below the poverty line, as reported by the World Bank, the sight of an elderly man balancing heaps of snack packets on his motorbike through the narrow…