ECP to meet top Punjab, KP officials for assemblies polls
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has invited the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief secretaries and inspector generals of police to a meeting...
Opposition leader’s remarks create ruckus in Senate
ISLAMABAD: Treasury members in the Senate protested Leader of the Opposition Dr. Shahzad Waseem’s remarks against women lawmakers and others, forcing him to withdraw...
Rupee tumbles to new record low of 276.58 against dollar
KARACHI: The rupee plunged by 1.89 percent to a new record low of 276.58 per dollar in the interbank market on Friday after Pakistan’s...
PTA blocks Wikipedia over blasphemous content
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocked Wikipedia services in Pakistan on Friday after their refusal to withdraw blasphemous content.
Earlier, the Authority had degraded its...
LHC seeks Punjab governor’s reply on PTI’s plea for poll date
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought a reply from Punjab Governor Balighur Rehman by February 9 on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s...
PTI skips top-level huddle against terrorism: Centre, provinces to adopt uniform strategy on terrorism
PESHAWAR: The Apex Committee Friday pledged to “eliminate terrorism root and branch” in its all shapes and manifestations and emphasised that all state institutions...
Weekly inflation accelerates on hike in energy prices
KARACHI: Government’s decision to hike petrol and LPG prices made the sensitive price indicator (SPI) inflation touch a 14-week high at 2.83 percent week-on-week...
Russian oil to arrive in April, Senate told
ISLAMABAD: The Senate was informed on Friday that oil shipments from Russia would start arriving in April.
Minister of State for Petroleum Musadik Malik explained...
Will have to agree to IMF terms that are ‘beyond imagination’, says PM
PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday said the government will have to agree to the IMF bailout conditions that were “beyond imagination”, as it...
First round of technical talks with IMF concludes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the IMF Friday accomplished the first round of technical level talks and now the Fund is supposed to share nine tables...
