By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan has arrested a human trafficker who was involved in a boat accident that killed seven Pakistani migrants off the coast of Greece, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Saturday.
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Pakistan gets $1 billion loan from China
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan received $1 billion from China on Friday as a refinancing of a loan that it paid off earlier this week, easing the country’s debt burden as it faces a looming expiry of an IMF bailout programme.
Cyclone Biparjoy hits India, Pakistan coasts
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Cyclone Biparjoy pounded the coasts of India and Pakistan with howling winds and heavy rain on Thursday evening, forcing more than 175,000 people to flee their homes and cutting power in some areas.
Sindh braces for cyclone Biparjoy
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to hit the southeast coast of Pakistan’s Sindh province and the Indian state of Gujarat on Thursday evening, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the region, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said on Wednesday.
Cyclone Biparjoy weakens but still threatens Sindh coast
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Thousands of people were evacuated from coastal areas of Sindh province on Tuesday as Cyclone Biparjoy moved closer to land, weakening into a very severe cyclonic storm from extreme but still packing winds of up to 170 km per hour (105 mph).
Extremely severe cyclone Biparjoy to hit Pakistan-India coast on June 15
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: A cyclone that intensified into an extremely severe storm on Sunday is likely to hit the coast between Karachi in Pakistan and Gujarat in India on June 15, weather officials said.
Military vows to tighten noose around planners of May 9 violence
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top military brass vowed on Wednesday to tighten the “noose of law” around the “planners and masterminds” of the May 9 violence that erupted after the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan.
Prime Minister Sharif hopeful of finalising IMF deal in June
By News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he was hopeful of finalising a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in June, as the country grapples with a crippling economic crisis.
Khan claims military’s open attempt to crush PTI, expects army court trial, imprisonment
By News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan again accused the country’s powerful military and its spy agency of ‘openly trying to destroy his political party’ and said he expected to be tried in a military court and jailed.
Pakistan rejects IMF’s ‘interference’ in domestic politics
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Finance Dr. Aisha Ghaus Pasha on Wednesday rejected a statement by a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official as “interference” in domestic politics after he spoke about the necessity of maintaining the “rule of law” in the country.