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.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday received a Letter of Intent (LoI) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to formally request the board of Washington-based lender to release two tranches worth $1.17 billion and an additional one billion dollar and a year’s extension in the bailout loan facility.
Forex reserves slump 4.6 pct in just a week to lowest since October 2019
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KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchanges reserves plunged almost 4.6 percent or $648 billion in the first week of August on higher external debt payments and dried dollar inflows, central bank data showed on Thursday.
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
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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.
Power utility KE allowed to raise electricity tariff by Rs11.10/unit
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ISLAMABAD: Power regulator Nepra on Thursday allowed fuel cost adjustments (FCA) of Rs11.10/unit to Karachi-based power utility K-Electric for the electricity consumed in June.
PTI’s Khan says govt wages campaign to split his party from military
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ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday lashed out at the ruling coalition for conspiring to pit his party against the powerful military, though he also signaled a deepening rift between PTI and army leadership after the arrest of his close aide on sedition charges.
Imran Khan’s close aide Shahbaz Gill arrested for making seditious remarks
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ISLAMABAD: A close aide of former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday after pulling a private TV channel off air for airing his interview considered as seditious and threatening to national security.
Digital composite by Independent Pakistan. Source images courtesy Wikipedia.org
Imran Khan’s war on Pakistan
Shebaz Gill and ARY are the first casualties of the former prime minister’s no-holds-barred campaign for supremacy over the Pakistani state, but the authorities must
Digital composite by Independent Pakistan. Source images courtesy Wikipedia.org
Shehbaz Gill arrested over incitement of mutiny
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ISLAMABAD: The authorities Tuesday arrested former Prime Minsiter Imran Khan’s chief of staff Shehbaz Gill from the former’s Gala residence.
TTP Commander Khorasani killed in Afghanistan roadside attack
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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.