By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Thursday advised the provincial governor to dissolve the Punjab assembly just a day after he managed to secure a trust vote.
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Saudi Arabia weighs boosting cash deposit in SBP reserves to $5 billion
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has directed the Kingdom’s investment arm to consider increasing its deposits to Pakistan’s central bank to reach $5 billion.
ECC approves export of 250,000 tonnes of sugar
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday allowed another 150,000 tonnes of sugar export, bringing the total to 250,000 tonnes so far this year, as it seeks to generate foreign exchange for its dried coffers.
Pakistan, India swap details of nuclear facilities
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India on Sunday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations, the foreign office statement said on Sunday, as part of an annual ritual that has been in practice between the two nuclear-armed neighbours for more than three decades.
From right to left: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan; former Minister of Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry; former Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaisar; and former Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri. Photos courtesy of APP.
The charmed lives of PTI stalwarts
What is preventing federal and provincial authorities from discontinuing the perks of their former offices enjoyed by Imran Khan and his top aides at the public expense? By Staff Reporter.
Taliban suicide attack kills policeman in Islamabad
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber and his accomplice on Friday blew themtselves up, killing a policeman and injuring six people in the capital Islamabad when police gave pursuit at a security checkpoint, officials said.
S&P downgrades Pakistan’s rating to ‘CCC+/C’
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Global ratings agency S&P Global on Thursday cut Pakistan’s long-term sovereign credit rating by one notch to “CCC+” from “B” to reflect a continued weakening of the country’s external, fiscal and economic metrics.
World Bank board approves $1.692 billion for Sindh flood-victims
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s executive board approved $1.692 billion in financing for Pakistan to support five projects for people living in flood-affected areas of southern Sindh province, the lender said in a statement on Tuesday.
Pakistan summons Afghan Chargé d’Affaires in protest over border clashes
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign office has summoned Afghanistan’s Chargé d’Affaires on Friday to issue a ‘strong condemnation’ of the recent border clashes at Chaman-Spin Boldak area that both sides blame on each other.
Pakistan, Barrick ink final deal on Reko Diq project
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Canada-based mining firm Barrick Gold Corporation said on Thursday it had signed agreements with Pakistan’s provincial and federal governments to complete the reconstitution of the Reko Diq project after the Supreme Court endorsed a settlement to resume mining at the world’s largest underdeveloped sites of copper and gold deposits.