Governance

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

News Desk  Islamabad: The Special Court (Central-I) Karachi has dismissed a corruption case against former Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) chairman and renowned tax expert Shabbar Zaidi, cancelling the FIR registered against him by the…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In a field baked under the October sun, an elderly farmer guides a pair of oxen across the soil — a sight unchanged for centuries. The cracked earth rises in thin clouds as the wooden plough carves through…

News Desk  Islamabad:  Nearly one-third of Pakistan’s tax filers — around 1.7 million individuals — have declared zero taxable income in their annual returns, according to a report by The News citing official sources. Out of 5.5…

News Desk Kasur: Police have arrested a man in Pattoki tehsil of Kasur district for playing a Noor Jahan song at high volume in violation of the Punjab Loudspeaker Act, 2015. According to police officials, the suspect was taken into…

News Desk  Islamabad: Superintendent of Police (SP) Industrial Area, Adeel Akbar, tragically took his own life in the federal capital early Thursday morning, reportedly due to depression linked to professional stress and health…