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KARACHI: Saudi Arabia has decided to rollover its $3 billion deposit in Pakistan’s central bank and an announcement on the kingdom’s assistance to cash-strapped nation is expected in next two days, Bloomberg newswire reported on Saturday.
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Police denied further custody of Shahbaz Gill
The judicial magistrate declined the police plea for further custody to gain access to Gill’s phone and laptop, and to put him through a polygraph test. By Naveed Naqvi.
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Mr. Miftah Ismail presided over the meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet at Finance Division- August 11,2022.
ECC raises imported urea price by 25 percent
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday raised the Dealer Transfer Price (DTP) of imported urea, the fertilizer most used by farmers, by near 25 percent to Rs2,150/bag to bring it par with the cost of locally produced fertilizer.
TTP Commander Khorasani killed in Afghanistan roadside attack
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A top Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander, with a $3 million bounty on his head, has been killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan, the group said.
FIA probe against Khan fanning out across Pakistan
As an FIA probe into economic crimes of the former prime minister fans out across the provinces, the ECP is said to be ready to summon him for contempt of court after Ashura. By Naveed Naqvi
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) distributing relief goods among flood hit people of Balochitan. Undated handout photo from KSRelief.
Saudi flood relief help arrives
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: A second consignment of relief goods has been handed over to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) for the benefit of flood-hit people of Balochistan and other areas in Pakistan, King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) said Friday.
DEVELOPING: Guilty as Charged – PTI received prohibited funding
By Ahmer Kureishi
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has ruled that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of former Prime Minister Imran Khan has received funding prohibited under the country’s electoral rulebook.
Toyota, Suzuki to shut Pakistan’s assembling units on import restrictions
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Car assemblers in Pakistan, Toyota and Suzuki, planned plant shutdowns next month as unavailability of raw material amid government’s import restrictions hit productions, officials said.