ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman has firmly stated that the Madrassa Registration Bill has already become an act and his party will not accept any amendments to it. Addressing the National Assembly session on Tuesday, the JUI-F chief said that if the bill is presented again without being recognised as an Act, it would be a violation …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced that the total number of Pakistanis killed in the Greek shipwrecks last week had risen to five. At least five migrants drowned after their wooden boat, carrying many Pakistanis, capsized off Greece’s southern island of Gavdos, the coastguard said on Saturday, with witnesses saying many were still missing as search operations continued. …
ISLAMABAD: Japan on Tuesday pledged separate grants worth $28 million to assist with development projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa related to maternal child health and post-flood recovery. In 2022, Pakistan witnessed the worst floods in its history, which claimed 1,700 lives, affected 33 million people, killed cattle, washed away swathes of agricultural land, and incurred losses worth $30 billion, according to …
ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah had a calm demeanour on Tuesday in the National Assembly, where he invited the PTI to officially hold political dialogue with the government, especially in light of the committee formed by the party. Since PTI founder Imran Khan’s incarceration last year based on several cases, his party’s relationship with the government, as well as the …
RIYADH: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met his Saudi counterpart Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif in Riyadh on Tuesday, where the two vowed to strengthen security cooperation. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have long shared a multifaceted relationship rooted in mutual economic interests, strategic military cooperation, and shared Islamic heritage. Historically, these ties have encompassed economic assistance, energy supplies and military …
ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday tacitly acknowledged on the floor of the National Assembly that it was behind the ongoing internet disruptions and monitoring of social media platforms, citing prevailing security concerns. “Pakistan is facing great security threats, so we have to adopt some kind of a strategy. We cannot leave it [social media] unbridled like other countries,” Parliamentary Secretary …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir on Monday held a meeting on key security concerns, including a recent PTI protest in Islamabad in which several lives were lost over the course of demonstrations spanning multiple days. The government did not share details of the meeting with the media, but a source privy to …
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has reserved its verdict on the admissibility of Imran Khan’s appeal in a defamation suit filed by Shehbaz Sharif. The hearing took place in the High Court regarding Khan’s appeal against the trial court’s decision to allow witnesses to provide written testimony in the defamation case, Express News reported. In his appeal, Imran Khan …
RAWALPINDI: Shah Mehmood Qureshi, senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former foreign minister, has been transferred to Adiala Jail, where he is expected to be formally indicted in connection with the May 9 attack on the General Headquarters (GHQ). The case is part of a broader investigation into the violent protests that erupted following the arrest of PTI chairman …
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced on Monday that it had decided to cut its key policy rate by 200 basis points (bps) to 13 per cent from 15pc amid demands for a major rate cut. “At its meeting today, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the policy rate by 200 bps to 13 per cent, …