Islamabad’s One Constitution Avenue to become five-star hotel after inquiry finds “rigging”
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad’s One Constitution Avenue skyscraper was built on “irregularities and rigging”, a joint investigation has found, ministers announced on Wednesday, adding that the residential tower will be converted into a five-star hotel.
Pakistan ratifies Kuwait defence deal in expanding Gulf security push
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has ratified a defence cooperation agreement with Kuwait, one of several Gulf states targeted by Iranian missiles and drones during the recent war involving Iran and the United States.
ECP rejects retired judge Mansoor Ali Shah’s account of 2023 poll ruling and PTI seats case
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday accused retired Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah of giving a selective and one-sided account of the 2023 ruling on elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and of the case over the PTI’s reserved seats.
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- Mobile broadband services restored
- LPG prices rise by 29.2pc for February
- Cabinet swells to 75 members
- Govt allows TCP to import wheat via all ports
- World Bank approves $200 million in loan for Punjab’s farm development project
- PM Sharif’s party decides to get tough on hecklers
- Apex court overturns PHC ban on poultry exports
- Shahbaz Gill declined bail
- IHC disposes of PTI employees petition against FIA notices
- Rupee plumbs new lows against dollar
- Punjab gets new policy chief
- Loans under Mera Ghar scheme to continue
- Senior army official shot dead in Balochistan rescue operation
- Bani Gala Firing: Man shot, wounded by PTI leader’s gunman
- Turkish commander calls on CJCSC
- Inquiry commission to probe reasons of energy crisis
- ANP set to fly Sharif’s coop
- Member Communist Party of China calls on COAS
- CHE to be renamed, HQ shifted to Karachi
- Pakistan to import high-quality Afghan coal in rupees
- IHC chucks plea to interfere with legislation
- Saudi Arabia confers King Abdulaziz medal on General Bajwa
- Interior Minister no-show at drugs case hearing
- Pakistan hopes early, successful visit by FATF team
- Pakistan commiserates with Afghanistan over quake, flood destruction
Saudi Arabia extends $3 billion Pakistan deposit for ‘reasonable period’
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has extended its $3 billion of additional financial support to Pakistan for a “reasonable period,” Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Wednesday, easing near-term pressure on Islamabad’s external accounts ahead of a December review of its International Monetary Fund program.
Hunza fighter Maliha Ali topples two-time European champion at MMA world championships – report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Maliha Ali, 24, beat Russia’s two-time European champion Veronika Drozdova by split decision at the amateur mixed martial arts world championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday.