The planned layoffs of 1,029 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration follow 1,300 who have already been fired from the agency, which also conducts climate research and other scientific tasks. The two rounds of layoffs and a buyout program will shrink the agency’s headcount by roughly 20% since the start of the year. […]
U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said during a hearing that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management lacked the power to order federal agencies to fire any workers, including probationary employees who typically have less than a year of experience. Republican President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, who oversees the so-called Department […]
“He will acquaint with the hardships in the province when he visits here,” the KP governor said. “Nothing can be seen from the palaces of Islamabad,” he said. Governor Kundi said that the KP didn’t receive its due share of river water till now. He said Punjab imposes bans when there is a shortage of […]
He said Hyderabad-Sukkur Road belongs to the National Highway Authority. “The Sindh Government has paid seven billion rupees to the federal government for this road, which has been incomplete till now,” he said. “It is the federal government’s failure that Hyderabad-Sukkur Road has not been renovated,” Sharjeel Memon said. Hyderabad-Sukkur road is the main gateway, […]
The hearing was presided over by SHC CJ, Justice Shafi Siddiqui. During the hearing, the court questioned the petitioner’s counsel, asking, “What is wrong with this PECA law?” The bench further inquired, “Should there be no punishment for spreading false news?” Chief Justice SHC Shafi Siddiqui remarked that not all decisions are made in courts; […]
Even as the program was stayed, more than 60,000 federal employees have already accepted the buyout offer, a White House source told Reuters. The ruling by U.S. District Judge George O’Toole in Boston pushes back a midnight deadline set by the Trump administration, which is pressuring federal workers to leave their jobs in an unprecedented […]
Breathless local news reports have amplified the anxious sky-gazing and wild speculation — interspersing blurry, dark clips from social media with irate locals calling for action. For weeks now, the distinctive blinking lights and whirling rotors of large unmanned aerial vehicles have been spotted across the state west of New York. However military brass, elected […]
The rupee was at 84.4425 against the U.S. dollar, down 0.1% from its close of 84.3275 in the previous session. The weakness in most Asian currencies also weighed on the rupee, with the Indonesian rupiah down 0.4% and leading losses. Public sector banks were spotted bidding for dollars, with the demand most likely related to […]
West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose $1, or 1.48%, to $68.67 a barrel by 0146 GMT. Brent crude futures were up 99 cents, or 1.39%, at $72.05 a barrel. Analysts said the bounce was partly a reaction to a potential hurricane in the U.S. Gulf Coast. A weather system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico […]
As per details, the decision was taken by the federal cabinet in a meeting held here in Islamabad, the sources said and added that the five-year privatization program will be completed in three phases. In the first phase, privatization of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC), Faisalabad Electric Supply Company, Islamabad Electric […]
