By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s poverty rate has soared to 39.4 percent in the fiscal year that ended in June, up from 34.3 percent a year earlier, as the country faces a severe economic crisis, high inflation and the aftermath of devastating floods, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interim interior minister on Saturday accused India’s intelligence agency of being behind the recent terrorist attacks in Balochistan, a restive province that has been plagued by violence for decades.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: A suicide bomber killed at least 52 people, including a police officer, and wounded around 50 others near a mosque in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Friday, officials said.
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ISLAMABAD: The IMF on Thursday defended its role in Pakistan’s economic recovery, saying that its policies are designed to help the country overcome its fiscal and external imbalances and support its social development goals.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan moved closer to holding general elections in January 2024 as the election commission on Wednesday released a preliminary report on the delimitation of constituencies based on the latest digital census.
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday ordered the transfer of former Prime Minister Imran Khan from a remote jail in Punjab to a better facility in near the capital, Islamabad, where he faces charges of leaking state secrets.
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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar on Friday denounced ‘Hindutva extremists’ as a threat to global peace and security, and urged the United Nations to act against terrorism in all its forms.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s election commission said on Thursday that it would hold general elections in the last week of January 2024, more than two months after the constitutional deadline, citing the need to redraw electoral boundaries based on the latest census.
The IMF bailout is a double-edged sword for Pakistan. It saved the country from default, but it also imposed harsh conditions. The country faces a dilemma: how to comply with the Fund without alienating the public, who suffer from inflation and energy prices. The govt must balance fiscal discipline with public welfare. IMF chief recommends taxing the rich and shielding the poor.
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ISLAMABAD: The main Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing, a key trade and travel route between the two countries, reopened on Friday after a nine-day closure following a clash between their border forces, officials said.
