IMF seeks 174 legislative amendments from Pakistan
The amendments are tied to Pakistan's $7 billion Extended Fund Facility with the IMF, Business Recorder and The News reported.
Pakistan will make 174 legislative amendments to meet conditions under its $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), according to reports by Business Recorder and The News International.
Business Recorder reported that the IMF is seeking the amendments under the $7bn EFF programme. The News International reported that Pakistan will make the amendments to meet IMF conditions.
The reports did not specify which laws the amendments concern, when they will be introduced, or how soon they must be passed. No further details were immediately available.
ECP sets ward delimitation for Quetta and Kharian cantonment boards
Quetta moves from Class-II to Class-I and Kharian from Class-III to Class-II, with 10 wards fixed in Quetta and five in Kharian under notifications issued on 29 October.
Information ministry blames Kabul inaction for strained Pakistan-Afghanistan ties
The ministry rejected a Taliban spokesperson's account of the dispute, saying cross-border militancy remains the biggest obstacle to normal relations between the neighbours.
Tarar proposes national council on cyber security and digital literacy
The information minister used the PTA's Cyber Security Awareness Week to float a coordinating body and to call for digital literacy in school curricula.
Health minister says barcode scan will flag fake medicines from November
Mustafa Kamal told the National Assembly that hospitals will also have to buy all vaccines from Pakistan's own funds by 2030, at a cost of about $1.2 billion.