By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday said it would wait for a lower court’s ruling on a plea to suspend the three-year jail sentence of former prime minister Imran Khan, who was convicted in a corruption case earlier this month.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers are facing a double whammy of rising costs and declining demand, as the government seeks to stagger the imposition of a hefty quarterly tariff adjustment to ease the price shock.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has invited the chief election commissioner to discuss the date for general elections amid a legal dispute over the census and delimitation of constituencies.
HE Al-Kubaisi, the Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Qatar at Islamabad, called on Chairman FBR Malik Amjed Zubair Tiwana. By Muhammad Ali.
The Election Commission of Pakistan has apparently frustrated what looks like a shrewd PDM strategy to sweeten the ballot box – by slapping a ban on any fresh development spending. By Muhammad Ali.
Condemnation always starts pouring in right on cue – but condemnation alone is not enough. Outrages like Jaranwala will continue to visit us until we impose consequences on the perpetrators. By Ahmer Kureishi.
Petrol and diesel prices are up respectively by PKR 17.50 and PKR 20, Finance Division said in its midnight announcement. By Muhammad Ali ISLAMABAD: Yet
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Anwarul Haq Kakar, a former senator and founder of a party close to the military, was sworn in as the country’s caretaker prime minister on Monday, tasked with overseeing a neutral interim government until the next general elections.
After the arrival of the caretaker prime minister, the headhunt is on in earnest for suitable candidates to fill cabinet positions – except one. But can Ishaq Dar continue as economy czar? By Muhammad Ali.
On a mission to protect the public from fraudulent investment schemes, the corporate watchdog has called out yet another company allegedly soliciting investments or deposits from the public without due authorisation. By Muhammad Ali.
