By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Remittances from Pakistani workers employed abroad rose to a record monthly high of $3.1 billion in April, 11.9 percent higher than a year earlier, the central bank said on Friday.
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Alleged regime-change: Alvi wants judges to crack the code
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday asked the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to form a judicial commission (JC), chaired by the CJP himself, to hold open hearings and find the truth behind or lies behind the allegations of regime-change conspiracy to avert political and economic crisis in the country.
Sure Shot: Lahore Qalandars cricket trials on May 17
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Players Development Program (PDP), spearheaded by Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) top cricket franchise Lahore Qalandars to give aspiring cricketers their big break, is back, organisers announced on Thursday.
LEADERSHIP HUDDLE: PM Shehbaz Sharif with elder brother Nawaz Sharif and other party leaders at London on May 11, 2022. Photo courtesy of Khwaja Saad Rafique’s Twitter handle
Who is running Pakistan’s economic policy?
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economic woes are complicating the situation of the country’s external obligations, owing chiefly to a lack of clarity as to who is the ultimate authority on key policy decisions confronting the economy.
The League in London
By Staff Reporter
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s tryst with PMLN bigwig Nawaz Sharif in London, where most commentators believe extraordinary decisions governing the latter’s political future were taken, is under attack from all sides for its overly clandestine nature.
Zardari says elections after electoral reforms
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Former president and co-chairman of Pakistan People Party Asif Ali Zardari has said general elections in the country would be held after electoral reforms and amendment of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) laws.
Polls possible ahead of November, says Khawaja Asif
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that fresh elections may be held before the appointment of a new chief of army staff (COAS), due this November.
SHARIF BROTHERS: Photos courtesy Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) official website
PM Sharif in London to confer with party supremo
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Accompanied by senior leadership of Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is holding an important meeting with party supremo Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in London Wednesday.
RIAZ FATYANA: Photo courtesy riazfatyana.com.pk
PTI sets up ten-member election cell led by Riaz Fatyana
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and has set up a ten-member election analysis cell to select suitable candidates.
Pakistan posts trade minister to India
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: In a move towards restoration of trade ties between archrivals, the federal cabinet has appointed Qamar Zaman as the trade and investment officer in New Delhi.