NHA grilled in Senate Panel meeting on collecting toll tax

Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Communications Senator Pervaiz Rashid presides over a meeting at Parliament House on March 12, 2025. — Facebook@Pakistansenate ISLAMABAD: The voices were raised in the Senate Committee on Communication that National Highway Authority (NHA) collecting the toll tax without the completion of a 17km road from Rajarasti to Umerkot. While NHA chairman…

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Pakistan urged to make bold nutrition pledges at N4G summit 2025

Founding Director of the Institute for Global Health and Development at Aga Khan University, Prof. Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta seen in this image. — aku.edu/File ISLAMABAD: As the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit 2025 approaches, health and nutrition experts are calling on the government of Pakistan to take decisive actions to tackle malnutrition, food insecurity, and poor maternal…

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PHC adjourns hearing indefinitely upon petitioner’s plea

The Peshawar High Court building. — PHC website/File PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a petition challenging the appointment of an acting chief justice and the appointment of junior judges to the Supreme Court while ignoring senior judges, upon the request of the petitioner. A two-member bench comprising Justice…

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Talks between jirgas to resolve issue fizzle out

Drivers take a rest as stranded trucks are pictured near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham on January 16, 2024. — AFP LANDIKOTAL: Negotiations between Pakistani and Afghan jirgas to resolve the 19-day-long Torkham border standoff collapsed after the Afghan delegation walked out, citing Pakistan’s lack of seriousness, official sources said. They said the dispute began…

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Talks with JUIF to continue on Imran’s advice: Salman Akram

PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja addresses a press conference in Lahore on October 31, 2024. — Screengrab via YouTube@GeoNews ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said on Wednesday that more talks would be held with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUIF) leadership on advice of party founder chairman Imran Khan. Talking to the…

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