By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party is leading in all three provinces as results pour in for the by-elections which Khan has called “a referendum” on his popularity.
International
Pakistan summons US envoy over Biden’s nuclear remarks
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday summoned the US ambassador for an explanation on a comment made by President Joe Biden in which he called the country “one of the most dangerous nations in the world” as it has “nuclear weapons without any cohesion”.
Saudi Arabia to revive muti-billion dollar refinery project in Gwadar
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has agreed a joint venture with China to build a $10 billion refinery and petrochemical complex on Pakistan’s southwestern coast, nearly three years after the project was shelved.
Imran Khan booked for receiving prohibited foreign funding
By Staff Reporter
Islamabad: Ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan and other senior leaders of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party were booked by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday for allegedly receiving prohibited funding from abroad.
Pakistan will not seek Paris Club debt restructuring: Dar
By Staff Reporter
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday said Pakistan will not seek debt restructuring from Paris Club creditor nations as he stepped up attempts to calm frayed investor nerves after a credit rating downgrade.
World Bank pledges $2 billion for flood-ravaged Pakistan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank said it will provide about $2 billion in aid to Pakistan, ravaged by floods that have killed more than 1,700 people this year.
PM Sharif says rival Imran Khan is ‘biggest liar on earth’
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has accused the former premier Imran Khan of being the “the biggest liar on the face of the earth” and injecting poison into society to “dangerously polarise the electorate”, after he was toppled from power earlier this year.
UN hikes Pakistan’s flood aid appeal to $816 million
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations has revised up its humanitarian appeal for Pakistan five-fold to $816 million from $160 million for floods relief as the country’s climate change minister said on Tuesday Islamabad is short of money to spend on immediate relief and recovery.
Cabinet approves legal action against ex-PM Khan over leaked cypher audio
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday decided to initiate legal action against former prime minister Imran Khan and his party’s senior leaders over audio leaks in which the PTI chief could allegedly be heard discussing the controversial US cypher and how to exploit it to portray his ouster as a conspiracy.
HBL faces liability for terrorist attacks in US court
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest bank, Habib Bank Limited (HBL), faces secondary liabilities in a terror financing case in the US in which the plaintiffs had alleged that it aided and abetted Al Qaeda terrorism and joined a conspiracy to launch attacks that killed or injured 370 people.