Kashmala Kakakhel Not many know Pakistan was elected co-chair of the Green Climate Fund Board for 2020; fewer realise its significance. With $17 billion in the kitty and growing, GCF is the most important global fund for climate change. As contributors, interests of the developed world are well represented on the board. Facing global economic
Pakistan ranked 124 out of 180 countries — dropping four spots over last year — in the newly released Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International, an annual index that ranks countries based on perceptions of public sector corruption. The 2020 edition of the CPI ranked 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday accepted for hearing a petition filed by former Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui seeking restoration of his service. A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel
ISLAMABAD: The new academic year for schools will begin from August, Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood said Thursday. In response to a person\’s question on Twitter, the education minister said: \”Academic year for schools will start this year from August.\” Responding further to the question, he said that private schools are
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court has ordered the release of four men accused of the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. Mr Pearl, the Wall Street Journal\’s South Asia bureau chief, was kidnapped and beheaded while working on a story about extremist groups in Pakistan. A British-born alleged militant was originally convicted of masterminding the
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