By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, led by former cricket-star-turned-politician Imran Khan, on Sunday threatened to launch a protest movement if negotiations with the government over the issue of the next national elections fail.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Finance Ministry has projected that inflation in April could reach an unprecedented range of 36 percent to 38 percent year-on-year due to a surge in food and energy prices, as well as the effects of a weakened currency.
Addressing the annual graduation ceremony at Kakul, Gen Asim Munir also reiterated Pakistan’s firm support for the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. By Naveed Naqvi.
The census authorities have been given until May ’15 to vet and reconcile the results, but can they remove the glaring controversies by the extended deadline is an open question. By Muhammad Ali.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Police and anti-corruption officials attempted to arrest Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, former chief minister of Punjab and current president of opposition party Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf, during a late-night raid on his Lahore residence.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Talks between Pakistan’s coalition government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the opposition party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI), made progress on Friday towards breaking the deadlock over the timing of elections.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday granted a 15-day extension to the country’s first digital population census to complete and rectify anomalous data, following consultations with political parties belonging to the treasury benches, with the exception of the far-right Jamaat-e-Islami party.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday announced plans to build a new refinery to meet the country’s energy needs.
Ruling in a sedition case against the former prime minister, the Islamabad High Court told him to attend the trial court regularly. By Naveed Naqvi.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday approved an increase in retail prices for both general and essential medicines, with the latter rising by up to 14 percent and the former by as much as 20 percent.
