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  • Govt officers complain DMG officers undermining their cadre

    PESHAWAR: Officers of the Provincial Management Services (PMS) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa started their two-day token strike on Friday against the proposed in-service training for provincial officers, saying it was an attempt to undermine their cadre by the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) and District Management Group (DMG) officers...

    The provincial government officers attended their offices while wearing black armbands and did not...

  • Pakistan’s ‘middle-class’ future

    -based Urban Institute hosted a discussion on Pakistan’s emerging middle class...

    There is a broad agreement among those on the panel, as well as within the larger research and policy community, that Pakistan has witnessed considerable growth in its middle-income population...

  • US hands over 50 'world class' explosive detectors to Pakistan Army

    The United States (US) Embassy announced the provision of over 50 "world class" Fido X3 explosive device detectors to the Pakistan Army on Wednesday...

    The Fido ? a hand-held device allowing Pakistani soldiers to determine in less than 10 seconds whether an item contains explosive material ? was delivered to the army by the US Embassy’s Office of the Defence Representative Pakistan (ODRP), an embassy handout stated...

  • Has Pakistan overeducated its middle class?

    The mushroom growth of colleges and universities across Pakistan has produced a large cohort of young graduates belonging to working class families...

    Take a look: A few hard facts for unemployed PakistanThese numbers could be misleading for the following reasons:First, the labour force statistics underreport female workers in Pakistan...

  • Pakistan Navy launches third Azmat-class fast attack craft

    KARACHI: Pakistan Navy on Saturday launched the third Azmat-class Fast Attack Craft-Missile (FAC-M) and layed the keel for a 600 ton Maritime Patrol Vessel (MPV) in Karachi...

    The launching ceremony of FAC-M, built for Pakistan Navy, and the keel laying of the MPV, being built for Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA), was held at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering works (KS&EW)...

  • Explainer: Decoding Pakistan's prison class system

    KARACHI: The recent accountability drive has seen a number of high-profile prisoners — including former president Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi — demanding that they be provided better class facilities in jail...

    However, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in its latest move has decided to withdraw provision of ‘A class’ jail facilities to these under-trial prisoners...

  • Islamabad police promise ‘world-class’ security for NZ team during Pakistan tour

    The Islamabad police on Sunday said that it was “fully equipped” to provide end-to-end “foolproof and world-class” security to the New Zealand cricket team during their forthcoming visit to Pakistan...

    While not specifically mentioning the report, the Islamabad police stated that it had “flawlessly” provided the highest level of security during the visit of the English cricket team and the eighth edition of the Pakistan Super...

  • Iran’s middle class awakens on prospect of sanctions relief

    ”Daneshvar is a member of Iran’s much-battered middle class, which has been waiting for sanctions to end so they can rebuild careers and businesses at home...

    The middle-class’s purchasing power was hurt by the “highly inflationary environment and the erosion of the rial’s value,” Toby Iles, a senior Middle East analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, said in a phone interview from Singapore on Wednesday...

  • Footprints: Madressahs: Still a class apart

    The details of these students have already been provided to the embassies of their countries and they will shortly be deported from Pakistan...

    The more crucial aspects of the plan to regulate the madressahs are yet to be implemented,” argues Mohammad Amir Rana, the director of the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies in Islamabad...

  • Class-fellows beat boy to death

    LAHORE: A boy was clubbed to death allegedly by his classmates in Millat Park on Monday...

    Police claimed that Nauman, 14, student of a private school in Ghazali Street, had a scuffle with his classmates on Sunday over an issue
  • KPT on verge of reclaiming first-class status

    KARACHI: Karachi Port Trust (KPT) are well on their way to regaining first-class status despite Omar Associates put up a strong batting second-innings show in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-II Cricket Tournament final at the National Stadium here on Tuesday...

    Their 57-run lead on the first innings — if the match ends in a draw — will guarantee them participating at the first-class level for only the third time in history after two...

  • Budget proposals: Little relief for middle class

    KARACHI: The federal budget proposals presented on Friday are not expected to ease the pressure on the family budget of tax-paying salaried middle class in the country...

    (To avoid embarrassment the government has stopped reporting on disparity indicators in the Pakistan Economic Survey)...

  • India showing they are a class above: Finch

    NEW DELHI: Opening batsman Aaron Finch marked his return to the Australia side with a defiant century in the third One-day International against India but the thrill was tempered by another loss for Steve Smith’s struggling side...

    Finch, a member of Australia’s 2015 World Cup-winning team, can scarcely remember a tougher run playing for his country in the short format
  • Asylum detainees awarded $56m in Australia class action

    SYDNEY: Asylum seekers and refugees held in a remote Pacific camp were on Wednesday awarded Aus$70 million ($56 million) for being illegally detained and treated negligently, in Aust­ralia’s largest human rights class action settlement...

    A deal was struck in June to avoid a trial, more than three years after lawyers mounted the class action against the government and two service providers operating at Manus, claiming they breached...

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