QUETTA: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Friday said former prime minister Imran Khan’s statement about the expulsion of Afghan refugees was aimed at “garnering the sympathy” of the interim Afghan government. In November, the caretaker government had initiated a nationwide campaign to deport illegal foreign nationals, the majority of whom are Afghans. While the decision had prompted criticism from Afghanistan and …

RAWALPINDI: Five terrorists were killed during an intelligence based operation (IBO) in the Mullazai area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district, the army’s media affairs wing said on Friday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an IBO was conducted in the area last night over the reported presence of terrorists. “After an intense exchange of fire, five terrorists were sent …

ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Shaukat Tarin announced on Friday that he had decided to quit PTI and politics for good, citing financial and health reasons for his decision. Tarin told that the last two-and-a-half years had been “very challenging” for him both financially and due to his “deteriorating health” after “double Covid episodes during my time in office”. “Therefore, at the …

ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, on Thursday said that the final authority of who would receive the party ticket for the upcoming general elections rested with the founding PTI chairman, Imran Khan – currently in jail. After holding his second meeting with Imran at the Adiala Jail, the PTI chairman said that the potential candidates …

KARACHI: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday commended the collective efforts of all stakeholders in steering the economy back on track. Speaking at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) during the first auction of the Government Ijarah Sukuk Bond, he acknowledged the regained investor confidence, attributing it to the successful standby agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday sought a report from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director general, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), and other relevant authorities on how an audio of an alleged conversation between Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, and her lawyer, Latif Khosa, was leaked online. The court’s directives, which also called for reports from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority …

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Thursday said the law and order situation in the country thus far was not bad enough to hamper polls on February 8 as he stressed the federal cabinet had no “doubt, worry or second thoughts” about holding the upcoming general elections. His statement comes amid concerns raised by Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl, first over the …

SHANGLA: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Thursday that he was the only politician in the country whose “hands were clean”. “There is no politician in any other political party whose hands are clean. Their politics [revolve around] filling their pockets. I am the only politician who has been doing politics since the age of 19, since 2007 […] …

LAHORE: Ahead of the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 8, former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) challenging the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) decision to disqualify him for five years. On August 8, the ECP had disqualified Imran for five years following his conviction in the Toshakhana case for concealing details of the …

KARACHI: The benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its upward momentum on Thursday to cross the 64,000 milestone in yet another record high. According to the PSX website, the KSE-100 index gained 380.55 points at 10:20am to reach 64,298.27, up 0.6 per cent from the previous close of 63,917.72. The benchmark of representative shares, maintaining its bull …