By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A crashing rupee on Wednesday finally shocked the government into bringing more luxury imports under an existing ban to throttle dollar outflows and control trade deficit.
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PDM LEADERS: Composite image by Independent Pakistan
PDM ready to bite the bullet
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Front (PDM) government has decided to bite the bullet of economic stabilisation and aim to complete the full term of the sitting National Assembly before heading to the general election, well-placed sources told Independent Pakistan on Wednesday.
Make-or-break IMF loan talks open in Doha
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economic whiz kids today opened talks with their International Monetary Fund (IMF) counterparts on a stalled bailout facility with their fingers crossed as their forerunners left no room for error for them.
Curative Surgery: Axe set to fall on secy, DG health
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Aamir Ashraf Khawaja, Federal Secretary of Health, is about to get the axe for allegedly godfathering a slew of malpractices that nearly maimed the medical regulatory authority, sources said.
Assassination Plot: PTI chief under massive govt security
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The PLMN coalition government on Monday attached an enhanced security detail to former prime minister Imran Khan, perhaps no less than what he used to enjoy when was in power, a day after the fire-breathing politician swore he was a ‘marked man’.
OVERWHELMING REPONSE: Women cricketers flocked to the trials. Photo courtesy PCB
Women cricketers flock to trial for association teams
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: If anyone had any misgivings about how much Pakistani women love cricket, they now stand corrected. In what the officials have termed as an overwhelming turnout, no less than 1,118 young young women showed up in the trials organised by five of the country’s six cricket associations, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said.
Dollar Crunch: Pakistan taps ADB for $2bln loan under CFC
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has tapped the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Counter-Cyclical Facility (CFC) to get $1.5 to $2 billion additional budgetary support loan in two months to prop up its fast-depleting foreign currency reserves, the IP learnt.
Bluff and Brinksmanship: Khan alleges conspiracy to kill him
By Staff Reporter
SIALKOT: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Saturday reiterated the threat to his life and said he has recorded a video naming all those involved in the conspiracy of killing him since last summer.
Establishment: Khan speaks on his bittersweet ties
By Staff Reporter
MARDAN: Former premier Imran Khan on Friday said his disagreement with the establishment was over the extension of Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed as the Inter-Services Intelligence chief till the “winters”.
Hold Polls: Khan warns capital siege
By Staff Reporter
MARDAN: PTI spearhead Imran Khan on Friday threatened the unity government to hold polls before his supporters take over the federal capital.