Pakistan expressed on Sunday “utmost satisfaction” over a supplemental award by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) that it said affirmed Islamabad’s position of the Indus Waters Treaty placing “substantive limits on India’s water-control capability” on Indus River system’s western rivers. The decision pertained to maximum pondage – a technical term for the maximum volume […]
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Punjab CM announces monthly stipends for imams of 65,000 mosques
In a landmark decision, Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif directed the authorities concerned to introduce a monthly stipend for ‘imams’ of 65,000 mosque across the province, being the first initiative of its kind in Pakistan’s history. She said while presiding over the fifth consecutive meeting on law and order that mosque imams are highly […]
IHC reserves decision on NBP president, chairman’s appointment
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday reserved its judgment on four identical petitions challenging appointment of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) president and its chairman. Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani conducted hearing on four petitions filed separately regarding the above matter and reserved its verdict after listening arguments of all parties. At the […]
Traders in Karachi agree to put off decision to keep shops open till 8pm after successful talks
KARACHI: Tajir Action Committee of traders on Saturday said it had agreed to put off their decision till Monday of keeping shops open till 8pm, after having a discussion with Sindh Minister for Information Nasir Hussain Shah, a private TV channel reported. Speaking to journalists, the provincial minister said that the committee had been invited […]
ECP rejects petition seeking removal of Nawaz’s name from party title
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected all the petitions filed against the removal of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s name from the party name Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N). Four petitions were filed for the cancellation of registration of PML-N following the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) ruling stating that a disqualified […]