By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of the jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, announced its nominees for the top positions in the federal and provincial governments on Thursday, amid a wave of protests and legal challenges over the disputed election results.
KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday sacked pace bowler Haris Rauf from his central contract after he allegedly refused to join the Test squad for the tour of Australia 2023-24.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government raised natural gas prices by up to 67% for some consumers on Thursday, meeting a key demand of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before a review of its $3 billion bailout program.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s credit rating outlook is clouded by the political uncertainty following the inconclusive elections that left no party with a clear majority, Moody’s Investors Service said on Wednesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharif, the leader of Pakistan’s largest political party and a former three-time prime minister, on Tuesday nominated his younger brother, Shehbaz Sharif, as his party’s candidate for the country’s top office, ending speculation that he would seek a fourth term himself.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A prominent Pakistani election monitoring network said Monday that its observers were not allowed to witness the vote tabulation process in more than half of the National Assembly constituencies, calling for an investigation into this violation of the election law.
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ISLAMABAD: The United States on Monday urged Pakistan to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations of irregularities and fraud in the February 8 general elections, saying that the legal system should play itself out first.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Two prominent leaders announced on Monday that they were resigning from their party posts and one from politics altogether, after their parties suffered humiliating defeats in the general elections held last week.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday rejected Pakistan’s proposed plans to reduce its circular debt and rationalise its energy tariffs, saying they did not address the root causes of the sector’s problems and would hurt the poor.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy is on the verge of collapse, with inflation soaring, growth stagnating, debt mounting, and investment dwindling, according to a globally renowned economist who criticized the recent elections as fraudulent and manipulated by the military establishment.
