RAWALPINDI: A heated exchange took place at the entrance of Adiala Jail between lawyers representing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Aleema Khan, the sister of PTI founder Imran Khan, following a meeting between her and other family members with the incarcerated former prime minister. According to reports, the confrontation occurred as Aleema Khan and the lawyers were leaving the jail after …
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced to construct Daanish University of Applied and Emerging Sciences in Islamabad utilizing £190 million amount that was transferred from the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s account. The prime minister, while chairing the Steering Committee meeting for the establishment of Daanish University of Applied and Emerging …
QUETTA: The Balochistan government dispatched rescue teams amid reports of “intense” firing at a Peshawar-bound passenger train from Quetta near Bolan district on Tuesday with almost 500 passengers, but specifics regarding the attack and casualties have so far not been shared by the authorities. “There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta …
NEW YORK: Pakistan has reiterated that it will continue to take “all necessary measures” to protect the country from terrorist outfits in Afghanistan, calling out Kabul for “failing” to address the threat posed to the region. Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been strained due to frequent border skirmishes and Islamabad repeatedly demanding that Kabul take action against the banned …
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that for the first time, sugar sent to Afghanistan was not smuggled but exported with the help of all law enforcement authorities deployed at the border. While providing updates on the country’s economic progress, the minister said the remittance inflow for Feb 2025 had reached an impressive $3.1 billion. “We estimate an …
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to appease their “annoyed” coalition partner, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday hosted an iftar dinner for the PPP, following President Asif Ali Zardari’s address to a joint sitting of parliament. The PPP delegation, led by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, reportedly expressed their reservations over the controversial project to carve more canals out of the Indus River. The …
ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court was reconstituted on Monday to commence hearing on a set of challenges to the imposition of super tax on high earning individuals through Section 4C of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001. The composition was changed after Justice Aminuddin Khan, who was heading the bench, noted that one of the bench members, Justice …
RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday extended the interim bail of Bushra Bibi, wife of former prime minister Imran Khan, in cases related to the November 26 protests. Due to the leave of Judge Amjad Ali Shah, the court extended Bushra Bibi’s bail until April 8 in 31 cases linked to the protests. Bushra faces legal proceedings in multiple …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have initiated policy-level discussions for the next tranche of the $7 billion loan program. The review process is scheduled to continue until March 14. According to the Ministry of Finance, the IMF delegation will evaluate Pakistan’s progress in implementing economic reforms outlined under the program’s conditions. The ongoing policy-level talks between the …
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced on Monday that it has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 12 per cent, assessing the current real interest rate to be adequately positive on the forward-looking basis to sustain the ongoing macroeconomic stability. The central bank’s policy rate, after being slashed by 1,000bps from 22pc since June 2024 in …