The Sindh government has announced a three-day Eidul Azha holiday from May 26 to 28, in correction of an earlier notification of a four-day holiday, which included Friday.
The decision is in line with the federal government’s announcement of a three-day public holiday from Tuesday to Thursday to mark Eidul Azha.
In a corrigendum dated May 23 and issued by Sindh Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah,…
The federal government has allowed temporary exemption of shops, markets and eateries from early closure timing of 8pm, state broadcaster _PTV News_ reported, citing a notification, on Monday.
The Cabinet Division notification dated May 18 states that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has given the approval to exempt “with immediate effect and till May 31” several entities from the closure timings…
LAHORE: Responding to traders’ protests and appeals by the shopping malls association and general public to revise 8pm business closure timings, the Punjab government has granted partial relief and lifted the restriction on market timings until June 1.
The implementation and coordination wing of the Services and General Administration Department (S&GAD), the Punjab government on Friday notified…
ISLAMABAD: State-run Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) on Wednesday floated urgent tenders for the import of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes for delivery between May 12-14 and May 24-26 amid rising temperatures and power shortfall.
The company set May 7 (Thursday) as the deadline for bids, which will be opened the same day, given the urgent need to meet the power demand expected to spike again…
PESHAWAR/ LAHORE: Justices Babar Sattar and Mohsin Akhtar Kayani will begin presiding over proceedings at the Peshawar High Court (PHC) and Lahore High Court (LHC), respectively, in the coming week following their recent transfers from the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
Their transfers, along with that of IHC judge Saman Rafat Imtiaz to the Sindh High Court, were approved by the Judicial Commission…
ISLAMABAD: A day after the government notified the transfer of three Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges to other high courts, the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) moved the Supreme Court on Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of the 27th Constitutional Amendment under which these transfers were made.
On Tuesday, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) approved the transfer of three judges…
ISLAMABAD: State-run Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) has approved a revised bid of $18.4 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) from TotalEnergies for delivery between April 27 and 30, while rejecting all other bids.
TotalEnergies had initially bid $18.88 per mmBtu but later revised its offer downward to $18.4 following negotiations.
After internal consultations, the authorities rejected all…
ISLAMABAD: After a gap of 28 months, state-run Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) on Friday secured three bids at $17.997 to $18.88 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) for delivery between April 27 and May 8.
A total of four bids were received and three were declared the lowest.
For the first delivery window of April 27-30, TotalEnergies submitted the lowest bid of $18.88 per mmBtu. Vitol…
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Thursday issued an amended notification regarding the closing time for markets, extending the restriction to bakeries and sports facilities.
In a notification issued via the office of Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon, the previous April 6 order was slightly amended. Under “partial modification”, bakeries were told to close at 10pm, and…
If the Carney government stays the course, workers and the broader Canadian public may soon be facing cuts that rival the austerity measures of the…
ISLAMABAD: The All Pakistan Petrol Pump Owners Association (APPPOA) and Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) on Tuesday demanded that the government immediately increase their commission.
They warned that if their commission was not raised in proportion to recent price hikes, they would be forced to shut down fuel outlets nationwide.
The associations demanded a margin revision to eight…
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has invalidated a statutory regulatory order (SRO) barring senior bureaucrats…
ISLAMABAD: Less than a week after the government hiked the prices of petroleum products by a whopping Rs55, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Thursday notified a massive 19-22 per cent increase in the price of regasified liquified natural gas (RLNG) for sales at the distribution stage by the two Sui gas companies for the month of March.
The increase was mainly because of increase in…
The governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Balochistan announced fuel-saving measures on Monday, including the closure of educational institutions and a reduction in fuel allowances for official vehicles.
The decisions to implement these measures come amid the global fuel crisis triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran.
The KP government decided to implement the…
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday decided to implement fuel-saving measures for a period of two months, cutting the allowance for official vehicles by 25 per cent amid the global fuel crisis triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran.
According to an official handout, the provincial cabinet met and approved the “Fuel Conservation and Responsible Governance Initiative”.
The statement…
More than a dozen international humanitarian organisations have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to block an imminent order that would force 37 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to cease operations in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, warning of catastrophic consequences for civilians.
Organisations including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Oxfam, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE…
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is set to hear a unique case on Tuesday (February 23), involving an increase of 10,000 in the number of polled votes and over 13,000 in the number of rejected votes for a Balochistan Assembly seat following a controversial recount.
The recount at 39 polling stations of PB-21 (Hub) took place two months after the Feb 8, 2024 general elections.…
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