Pakistan

These pillars such as taxes, sound money are ideal policies for sustainable growth

Though Act promotes digitisation and documentation, taxation still not based on principle of equity

Global concert raised millions and questions of representation

Actor questions dress-code policy after incident goes viral

Women's rights activist reports regime threats

Enrollment in the non-formal education (NFE) sector increased by 20 per cent, according to the “National Non-Formal Education Statistical Report” for 2023-24 released on Sunday. Pakistan faces a significant education crisis, with an estimated 25.37 million out-of-school children (OOSC) aged 5–16. NFE serves as a vital alternative, providing flexible and accessible learning opportunities for these children. According to the Economic Survey of Pakistan 2024-25, the segregated data showed that the literacy rate was 60.6pc — with men at 68pc compared to 52.8pc among women. During the first three quarters of the ongoing financial year, the education-related spending decreased 29.4pc, dropping to Rs899.6 billion from Rs1,251.06bn. According to the report by the Pakistan Institute of Education (PIE), “The number of NFE centres across the country has reached 35,427, where more than 1.29 million students are studying, which shows a 20pc increase compared to the previous year.” A total of 57pc of the students are girls...

The PTI formally expelled its five members of the National Assembly (MNA) for voting in favour of the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill last August, it emerged on Sunday. The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2024, also known as the Constitutional Package, is legislation that takes away the Supreme Court’s suo motu powers, sets the chief justice of Pakistan’s (CJP) term at three years and empowers the prime minister to appoint the next CJP from among the three most senior SC judges. The party last October decided to take legal action against its lawmakers, who had voted in favour of the 26th Constitutional Amendment in violation of the party’s policy. Expulsion notices — dated July 12 and available with Dawn.com — were issued to MNAs Aurangzeb Khan Khichi (NA-159, Vehari IV), Muhammad Ilyas Choudhry (NA-62, Gujrat I), Usman Ali (NA-142, Sahiwal II), Mubarak Zeb Khan (NA-8, Bajaur), and Zahoor Hussain Qureshi (NA-146, Khanewal III). “[During] the PTI … parliamentary party meeting held on September 2,...

US President Donald Trump’s top immigration officials on Sunday defended the use of aggressive snatch and detain tactics by masked and armed federal agents, days after a federal judge ruled that arrests were being made “based upon race alone”. Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the administration’s case on Sunday talk shows, just a day after a farm worker died in California after being injured in a raid on a legal cannabis farm. On Friday, District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong ordered a halt to “roving patrols” targeting suspected undocumented migrants in Los Angeles, saying a person’s race, language or workplace was not sufficient justification. “Physical description cannot be the sole reason to detain and question somebody,” Homan said on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’, adding: “It’s a myriad of factors.” But he acknowledged that appearance was one of those factors, and said there were sometimes “collateral arrests” of innocent people in targeted raids. He said ...

Electrical engineer recounts 15-hour ordeal after being mistakenly put on international flight

District police chief sets up six-member investigation team

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Police arrest 13 addicts, transfer them to rehab centre for recovery

Larkana police allegedly shot dead suspected rapist in encounter earlier

Hyderabad authorities hold meetings, but no work done on ground to clean stormwater channels

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Growers' body demands increase in water supply for crops in Sindh

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Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of senior anchorperson Meher Bukhari's mother, Samina Bukhari.

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Legal panel seeks immediate removal of key officers; warns of large-scale protests