Imagine spending sixteen years in classrooms, surviving examinations, earning a university degree, and dreaming of a better future to only discover that the economy has no place for you. This is the reality confronting thousands of young Pakistanis today. As Peter Drucker famously observed, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” […]
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Balochistan CM announces civil award for help doctor after Aseefa Bhuto demand
Balochistan chief minister Sarfaraz Bugti announced that a civil award would be conferred on a man who came to the assistance of a female doctor at Quetta’s Civil Hospital after an acid attack on her. In a post on X, CM Bugti said Abdul Razzaq Tarakai, who is also an employee at the Civil Hospital, […]
Demand, supply of essential goods ensured amid ME war, says PM
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed the relevant authorities to formulate a comprehensive strategy to curtail economic effects on public in the wake of current regional situation. He stressed that the strategy should not disrupt production or the balance of supply and demand across economic sectors. The prime minister further directed that both […]
Teachers demand higher time scale
ISLAMABAD: Teachers working in educational institutions under the Federal Directorate of Education have demanded a higher time scale. According to an official source, over 82 male and female teachers including Professors, Associate Professors, and Assistant Professors working in 32 colleges under FDE have demanded to upgrade their position through time scale from BPS-18 to BPS-19, […]
On duty teachers demand “Earned Leave”
ISLAMABAD: The college teachers who are on duty during summer vacation and teaching BS and Associate Degree Program (ADP) classes have demanded 48 days earned leave in the pattern of other civil servants. Professor Farhan Azam, senior vice president of the Federal Government College Teachers Association (FGCTA) said, educational institutions are called Vacation departments. The […]
Australian media giants demand an end to curbs on press freedom
Australia’s national broadcaster and two biggest newspaper publishers called on the government on Wednesday to protect press freedom, declaring media laws outdated, inconsistent and used by the powerful to keep embarrassing information secret. The state-funded Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC), News Corp’s Australian arm, and broadcaster and newspaper publisher Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd made the […]
Oil extends decline after slump on high inventories, demand outlook
Oil prices fell for a second day on Thursday, extending declines of as much as 4 percent in the previous session, on continued increases in US crude stockpiles and concerns about lower demand growth. Brent crude futures were down 6 cents, or 0.1 percent, at $59.91 a barrel by 0336 GMT after earlier rising slightly. […]
Govt eyes end to power circular debt by end-2020
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday chaired a high-level meeting to discuss developments and reforms in the energy sector wherein he was apprised that the government has targeted to get rid of power circular debt by December 2020. The prime minister was briefed in detail about reforms in the power sector, removal of impediments in […]