By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Money sent home by Pakistanis living abroad rose 6.1 percent in the last fiscal year of 2021-22 to $31.2 billion, the central bank said on Monday, setting a new annual record and cushioning the weakening rupee.
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Khan’s PTI sweeps Punjab by-elections
By Staff Reporter
LAHORE: Ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz on Sunday suffered a devastating defeat in by-polls as the ousted prime minister Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf made a clean sweep on 20 seats elections for provincial Punjab assembly.
UPDATE-2: Largely peaceful polling concludes in crunch Punjab by-election
By Staff Reporter
LAHORE: Balloting concluded in 20 provincial Punjab assembly seats after a tense but largely peaceful day at polling, although a few isolated and seemingly spontaneous incidents of violence were reported from some constituencies.
UPDATE-1: Largely peaceful polling concludes in crunch Punjab by-election
By Staff Reporter
LAHORE Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab began voting on Sunday in by-elections on 20 vacant seats that will be a key test of the popularity of ruling coalition led by Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz and its main opponent PTI, party of former prime minister Imran Khan.
Punjab gets $200m to make farming climate-smart
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.
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.