By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan borrowed $22.5 billion in the last fiscal year to plug the current account deficit and to pay back maturing debts.
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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. - PID
ECC approves RLNG rate of $9 per MMBTU for export-oriented industry
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Monday increased RLNG rate to $9 per MMBTU from from $6.5 for five export-oriented industry from existing gas connections.
Media talk by Leaders of the coalition partiies after hearing by Supreme Court of Pakistan on a petition filed by PMLQ against the Ruling of Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly in Islamabad - PID
Ruling allies boycott court proceedings of Punjab CM’s voting dispute
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: The ruling alliance will boycott court proceedings after the Supreme Court refused to set up a full court to hear the plea on the Punjab chief minister’s election.
Apex court denies full court hearing to Punjab CM’s runoff voting dispute
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari Monday moved the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) to appoint a full bench to hear the matter of the rejection of the votes of dissenting members of Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) in the runoff election for chief minister Punjab.
Apex court takes up Punjab electoral dispute amid tight security
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court is hearing the petitions against the ruling of the Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Sardar Dost Muhammad Mazari Monday.
Punjab CM election: PDM to file petition in SC for formation of full court bench
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government would request a full bench of the Supreme Court to hear cases on defection of lawmakers under Article 63-A of the Constitution, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Sunday.
Pakistan less vulnerable to external shocks, “no need for panic” : SBP
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The central bank is seeking to reassure the countrymen that Pakistan is not among the most vulnerable countries in the world, “so its citizens do not need to panic”, even though rupee witnessed its biggest weekly plunge since 1998.
UPDATE-1: Hamza Shehbaz interim CM Punjab, again
By Naveed Naqvi
LAHORE: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) has declared Hamza Shahbaz an interim chief minister of Pakistan’s most populous province, reverting his status as it stood on July 1, 2022, until the final judgement in the dispute over Friday’s runoff election.
Bandial summons Mazari over rejection of dissidents’ votes
By Naveed Naqvi
LAHORE: A three-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Saturday summoned Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Sardar Dost Mohammad Mazari in his personal capacity to explain his ruling rejecting the 10 votes of Pakistan Muslim League – Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) in a runoff election for the provincial chief minister.
Mountaineer Samina Baig conquers mighty K2
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Two women — one from Pakistan and another from Iran — appear to be the first female climbers from their countries to reach the summit of K2, the world’s second-highest and arguably most dangerous peak.