By Aoun Hussain
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved a USD 200 million loan to help transform the agriculture sector of Pakistan’s food basket Punjab province.
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For Imran Khan, it’s Punjab or bust
By Riaz Missen
ISLAMABAD: With the economy bursting at its seams because of double digit inflation that is encroaching on consumer’s purchasing power and pushing suicide and crime rates higher, political rivals have closed their campaign for the mandatory election silence ahead of Sunday’s Punjab by-polls.
Committee setup to weigh treason cases against President Alvi, ex-PM Khan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet on Friday setup a ministerial committee to weigh treason charges against senior members of the former PTI government under Article 6 for allegedly violating the Constitution during a non-confidence move in the parliament against Imran Khan last April.
IMF to release $1.7 billion to Pakistan within six weeks
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said two tranches under bailout facility, totalling $1.7 billion, are expected to release to Pakistan within six weeks on approval from its board.
Commission to probe harassment allegations against former NAB chief
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet Friday approved the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry to formally and transparently investigate the serious allegations of sexual harassment against former Chairman NAB Justice (R) Javed Iqbal.
Search on for Ziarat civilian hostage after military man shot dead
By Staff Reporter
RAWALPINDI: Search is still on for a civilian taken hostage by terrorists along with his military cousin from near Ziarat, Balochistan despite bad weather conditions, a military spokesman has said, asserting the security forces are determined to bring reckoning to the perpetrators.
Govt cuts rising fuel prices by a sliver
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday cut fuel prices to give relief to inflation-hit consumers as global oil prices fall, the prime minister said.
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April 3 actions premeditated to violate Constitution
By Ahmer Kureishi
ISLAMABAD: Aftershocks from the fateful events of April 3, 2022 are still shaking our polity. Now the Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled in the matter at length: The Deputy Speaker’s ruling of that day violated Article 95(2) of the Constitution and attempted to interpret Article 5 of the Constitution without jurisdiction.
Asad Umar is a leading light of Imran Khan's Pakistan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Digital composite created from Asad Umar's Twitter DP and a representation of PTI logo.
PTI clings on to Ayub Khan’s narrative of political corruption
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Unruffled by widespread allegations of rampant corruption surfacing over its four year sojourn in power, former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is dead-set on its narrative of political corruption and accountability being central to all ills of our polity.
IMF and Pakistan reach staff-level agreement on $1.77 billion loan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan have reached a staff-level agreement on the seventh and eight reviews of the Fund’s $ billion bailout programme that will allow for a disbursement of $1.177 billion, the IMF said on Wednesday.