Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday expressing satisfaction at the positive trajectory of bilateral relations, reaffirmed Pakistan’s strong commitment to further expanding cooperation with Türkiye, particularly in the energy sector. The prime minister was talking to Turkish Minister of Energy & Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar who called on him here at the PM House. He […]
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27th Amendment
Pakistan’s courts are groaning under a backlog of more than 2.26 million pending cases. Unresolved suits and criminal cases have stacked up in district and high courts for years, leaving ordinary citizens caught in a lengthy limbo. In fact, over 80% of these delays lie in district courts, where even minor disputes can take years […]
Courts, cannabis, corruption: Albania struggles against old demons
With an ex-minister on trial for drug trafficking, an opposition leader suspected of money laundering and hundreds of judges probed over graft, Albania is wrestling against a corruption plague threatening its EU membership hopes. The government insists that no other EU hopeful has undertaken such sweeping efforts to tackle graft and organised crime in order […]
Azhar says economic crisis result of Dar’s policies
Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar on Thursday hit back at former finance minister Ishaq Dar’s criticism of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government; questioning the absconding PML-N leader’s right to point fingers at the state of the economy. The financial crisis the country is currently mired in “was a result of his own policies”, he […]