Friday, June 19th, 2026
PM announces reducing petrol prices ‘significantly’ after oil prices retreat
ISLAMABAD, JUN 19: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced that the government intends to reduce petrol prices substantially after oil prices retreated following a US-Iran peace deal. “We had promised that we would bring the price of petroleum products down and repay each penny to the people,” he said during his address to the National Assembly in Islamabad on Friday. “So today, after our weekly review, we will announce a significant reduction [in the price of petroleum products],” the prime minister said, praising his ministers for managing the oil crisis.Read More
Over Rs8bn irregularities unearthed in Karachi Yellow Line BRT project: report
KARACHI: A Chief Minister’s Inspection Team report has flagged financial irregularities of more than Rs8 billion in Karachi’s BRT Yellow Line project, terming the matter serious mismanagement. “The administrative protocols governing contract management, tax deduction and deposition into the government exchequer, and disciplined execution have repeatedly been violated,” the report said. The inquiry was ordered into financial mismanagement in the Karachi Mobility Project (KMP) for the Yellow Line BRT — designed to connect Quaidabad’s Dawood Chowrangi with Numaish — being implemented with financial assistance from the World Bank. According toRead More
HEC launches revised computing curriculum
ISLAMABAD, JUN 19 /DNA/ – Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar launched the revised Computing curriculum at the British Council’s ‘Partnership for Future Skills and Employment’ event held under the European Union TVET Sector Support Programme at the National Incubation Centre (NIC), Islamabad. The HEC delegation included Dr. Muhammad Ali Nasir, Advisor (Research & Innovation Division) HEC, Engr. Waheed Ahmed Mangi, head of (Academics Division HEC), and Mr. Hidayatullah Kasi, Deputy Director (Curriculum). During the event, Dr. Muhammad Ali Nasir presented the details of recently revised ComputingRead More
IWCCI urges shift to women’s economic empowerment
ISLAMABAD, JUN 19 /DNA/ – The founder president of the Islamabad Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI), Samina Fazil, said the federal budget for 2026-27 missed an opportunity to strengthen women’s economic participation by underinvesting in skills development, entrepreneurship support, and access to finance. She said women account for nearly half of Pakistan’s population but continue to face barriers in education, technology, financial services, and markets. Sustainable growth, she added, requires prioritising women as an economic force. While acknowledging social protection programmes for vulnerable households, she said long-term progressRead More
HEC trains 200 principals & education dept officials
ISLAMABAD, QUETTA, JUN 19: /DNA/ – The Human Resource Development (HRD) of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan and the Education Testing Council (ETC), the examination body of HEC, conducted a series of orientation sessions for principals of degree colleges located in 39 districts of Balochistan alongside senior officials of education departments including District Education Officers. As many as 200 principals and officials attended the sessions held at Government Girls Postgraduate College, Quetta Cantt. Minister for Education Balochistan Ms. Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani attended the closing ceremony of the sessionsRead More
Pakistan: The Candle of Peace
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal In the grand tapestry of international affairs, where peace prizes have long been the preserve of singular visionaries or dedicated institutions, a remarkable chapter has now been inscribed in the name of an entire nation. On Thursday, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif set his signature upon the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, formally establishing Pakistan as the trusted mediator between the United States and Iran. In that solemn act, history itself bent its course, awarding to Pakistan a distinction rarer than any laurel bestowed by distant committees;Read More