ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Thursday received a Rs10 billion bid from real-estate development company Blue World City, the Privatisation Ministry said on Thursday without disclosing the size of the stake. The government had set the minimum expected price for PIA at Rs85 billion, according to the Privatisation Ministry. The bidding process began at 1:30pm and bids opened …
DOHA: Aiming to secure more investment, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday invited Qatari investors to explore Pakistan’s various economic sectors during his official visit to the Gulf country. After securing investment pledges worth $600 million during his Saudi Arabia trip, the prime minister is in Doha on a two-day official visit at the invitation of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad …
ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan has reiterated his stance saying he will never make a deal with anyone, Aleema Khan quoted him as saying on Wednesday after meeting her brother in Adiala Jail. In a separate development, the former PM’s party announced names for representing PTI in the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP). Aleema Khan quoted him as saying that he had …
LAKKI MARWAT/QUETTA: Three security men, including an army major, embraced martyrdom in a shootout in the Bakka Khel area of Bannu while eight terrorists were also killed in the exchange of fire, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday. A statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) read that the security forces planned an intelligence-based operation (IBO) after reports …
LAHORE: The Punjab government imposed a “green lockdown” in designated smog hotspots across Lahore on Wednesday, imposing restrictions on barbecue joints, motorcycle-rickshaws and marriage halls — measures described as insufficient and poorly planned by air quality experts. The government has announced the plan in an effort to control rising pollution levels in the city, which continues to rank among the …
RAWALPINDI: Anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi will distribute case documents to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s founding chairman Imran Khan on November 8 in the case related to the attack on the GHQ during the chaos on May 9, 2023. The special anti-terrorism court presided over by Judge Amjad Ali Shah, conducted the hearing of the case at Adiala Jail, where charge sheets …
ISLAMABAD: In a rare public rebuff, the Chinese envoy to Pakistan on Tuesday said that two deadly terror attacks within only six months were unacceptable and the government should launch a crackdown against all anti-China terrorist groups. Speaking at a seminar titled ‘China at 75’, Ambassador Jiang Zaidong further said that security was the biggest constraint to the China-Pakistan Economic …
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Minister for Investment Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdul Aziz Al Faleh on Wednesday confirmed that the 27 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) signed during his visit to Pakistan in October had increased to 34, with five of them already operational. Speaking on the sidelines of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) event in Riyadh, the Saudi investment minister, alongside a …
PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s sisters complained about the treatment being meted out to him after meeting him in prison for a second straight day, prompting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to threaten to bring the entire country to a standstill if Imran Khan is subjected to any mistreatment. For weeks, the PTI had been claiming that Imran …
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday reiterated her call for climate diplomacy with India to tackle the worsening issue of smog on both sides of the border. The New Delhi region battles pollution each year as temperatures fall and cold air traps construction dust, vehicle emissions and smoke, much of which officials say travels from the neighbouring breadbasket …