Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has refused to accept a federal government plan to deduct 6.4 billion rupees from its share of monthly revenue transfers, deepening a fiscal standoff between Islamabad and one of its four provinces over control of constitutionally mandated funds.
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Nawaz Sharif warns against political ‘animosity’ as PML-N edges towards Kashmir election victory
MURREE: Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister and president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, has called for political rivals to set aside “animosity” as his party moves towards a majority in Azad Jammu and Kashmir’s fraught legislative assembly elections, a contest marked by weeks of unrest, an internet blackout and mounting allegations of rigging.
Five years on, the world has stopped watching Afghanistan. That is precisely what the Taliban were counting on
Five years after the Taliban swept back into Kabul, Afghanistan has entered a quieter phase of emergency. The desperate crowds at the airport are gone from the world’s front pages; so, largely, is the country itself. What has replaced the crisis that made headlines is a crisis that doesn’t: slower, less photogenic, and for that reason easier to leave unaddressed.
Pakistan raises fuel dealer margins by Rs1.34/liter, averting nationwide strike
The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet approved an increase in the margins earned by petroleum dealers on Friday, defusing a threatened nationwide strike that would have shut fuel pumps across the country starting Saturday.
Balochistan home minister survives gun attack on convoy, several wounded
QUETTA: Balochistan’s home minister escaped unhurt after his security convoy was ambushed by gunmen in a remote stretch of Mastung district on Friday, in an attack that came as Pakistan marked its 79th Independence Day under some of the tightest security measures seen in the restive province in years.
Pakistan marks 79th Independence Day with calls for reform, warnings to Kabul and praise from world capitals
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan marked 79 years of independence on Friday with gun salutes, flag-hoisting ceremonies and a wave of messages from its civilian and military leadership calling for national unity, economic reform and continued vigilance against threats from across its western border.
Murder inquiry turns to dead entrepreneur’s bank records and smartwatch
KARACHI: The team investigating the murder of a 25-year-old Karachi dessert entrepreneur are examining a trail of drained bank accounts and deactivated social media profiles in the days before his death, as a dispute has broken out between his family and police over who has had access to a smartwatch that may hold crucial digital evidence.
Woman killed and 94 injured, including 17 children, as celebratory gunfire mars Pakistan’s Independence Day
KARACHI: A woman has been killed and 94 people injured, among them 17 children, after celebratory gunfire swept across Karachi as Pakistan marked its 79th Independence Day on Friday, in the latest instance of a practice that has claimed lives in the city year after year despite repeated warnings from the authorities.
Norway’s foreign minister lands in Islamabad with his own suitcase — and an invitation to invest
ISLAMABAD: Norway’s foreign minister arrived in Islamabad on Thursday carrying his own luggage off a commercial flight, an unassuming entrance that briefly overshadowed the substance of the first visit by a Norwegian foreign minister to Pakistan in ten years.
Pakistan’s fiscal deficit shrinks to 23-year low on fuel levy, provincial surplus
KARACHI: Pakistan’s fiscal deficit narrowed to the smallest in more than two decades in the year through June, as record fuel levy collections, a surge in cash transfers from provincial governments and a sharp drop in debt-servicing costs offset a shortfall in tax revenue and rising civilian administrative costs.