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Nepra allowed recovery of Rs 55 billion from consumers for deferred payments

Nepra allowed recovery of Rs 55 billion from consumers for deferred payments

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has given permission to collect Rs 55 billion from the consumers as deferred payments. On the request of the federal government, Nepra issued a notification regarding the recovery of 55 billion. According to the notification, domestic consumers of discos will be charged Rs 14 24 paise per unit….

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Pakistan Bar Council also filed a complaint against Justice Mazahir Akbar Naqvi

Pakistan Bar Council also filed a complaint against Justice Mazahir Akbar Naqvi

Pakistan Bar Council also filed a complaint against Supreme Court Justice Mazahir Akbar Naqvi. The Bar Council has requested the Supreme Judicial Council to investigate the complaint immediately. The complaint against Justice Mazahir Akbar Naqvi was filed by Vice Chairman Haroon Al Rasheed and Chairman Executive Committee Hasan Raza Pasha. The Pakistan Bar Council says…

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Rghts experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners

Rghts experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners

In a statement, the dozen experts said representatives from the Russian-owned mercenary outfit had been “offering pardons for criminal sentences to prisoners who join the group and take part in the war in Ukraine, as well as a monthly payment to their relatives”. The experts – members of the Working Group on the use of Mercenaries, the Working Group…

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Horn of Africa hunger emergency: ‘129,000 looking death in the eyes’

Horn of Africa hunger emergency: ‘129,000 looking death in the eyes’

In an appeal for $178 million to support humanitarian assistance across the seven affected countries in the Greater Horn region, veteran WHO worker Liesbeth Aelbrecht warned that the situation was worse than anything she’d seen in more than two decades in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. “These 48 million people do include as…

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