Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted countrywide torrential rains from Monday due to a strong weather system entering the upper and central parts of the country, state-run APP reported on Sunday.
Politics
HYDERABAD:: Dryness seen in the downstream of River Indus near Railway Bridge Kotri. ONLINE PHOTO
Climate Change: Water-stressed Sindh could go dry before rest of Pakistan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Being at the tail end of River Indus, Sindh has been grossly impacted by water shortage, a minister said on Saturday, amid adverse impacts of climate change.
Pakistan ‘one step away’ from exiting FATF grey list
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is just ‘one step away’ from being removed from the grey list of the FATF — the international watchdog monitoring money laundering, terror financing, and other threats to global financial networks, after the had substantially completed its two action plans, covering 34 items, as part of a bid to get off the list on which it has been since 2018.
Unlawful: Judicial panel to dig into Shireen Mazari’s arrest
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday appointed a commission to dig into the arrest of the former PTI minister and lawmaker Shireen Mazari in a land case lodged with the Anti-Corruption Establishment of Punjab.
Ambassador Khan visits White House to ‘meet, greet’ President Biden
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, Masood Khan, met President Joe Biden in the White House and the two discussed to reset bilateral ties, which had deteriorated in the past few years under former prime minister Imran Khan.
Up 11.2pc YoY: Military cites inflation in ‘defence’ of budget raise
By Staff Reporter
RAWALPINDI: Denying a raise in the next fiscal’s defence budget, the military on Tuesday asserted, in view of the runaway inflation, their allocation shrank by Rs100 billion, a claim that on the face of it does not add up.
Legislative Blunders: Controversial PMC, PIMS laws revoked
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday quashed two polemic laws as part of Shehbaz government’s drive to right the former PTI regime’s legislative wrongs.
Top general warns against politicising country’s nukes
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Top military brass on Monday issued a strong caveat against irresponsible comments on the country’s nuclear arsenal, a message most probably meant for ex prime minister Imran Khan for a political jibe about the safety of the country’s deterrence against the nuclear-armed India.
An open truck seen transporting sensitive PMC records to an unknown location Saturday June 4, 2022. Independent Pakistan Staff Photo
Tampering with evidence?
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The functionaries of Pakistan Medical Council (PMC) are removing the official records of the
Political stability goes before economic stabilisation
By Staff Reporter
A day after Moody’s downgraded Pakistan’s outlook from stable to negative citing “political and social risk”, British weekly the Economist has provided an apt translation for the obscure jargon: “Imran Khan is jeopardising Pakistan’s attempts to fix its economy”.