By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: PTI chief Imran Khan has been booked on Sunday under the Anti-Terrorism Act for threatening police, judiciary and other state institutions at an Islamabad rally held to protest arrest of his closed aide, the government said on Sunday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Media watchdog on Saturday banned broadcasting of live speeches of former prime minister Imran Khan for threatening an Islamabad police chief and a magistrate during an address in the capital.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top election body on Friday issued a contempt notice to former prime minister Imran Khan for using ‘intemperate and contemptuous remarks’ against the poll watchdog in recent his political speeches.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Jameel Ahmed, a career central banker, was appointed to head the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday as the government seeks to pull the country out of an economic tailspin, avoid a default and resume an installed International Monetary Fund bailout programme.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government has lifted an import ban on luxury goods, but has also planned heavy taxes and duties between 400 to 600 percent on such items to curb imports, a minister said on Thursday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: PTI chief Imran Khan on Thursday called on the military establishment to review its policies of supporting the coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as there was still time left to manage the political and economic crisis in the country.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has assured the IMF on a phase-wise increase in tax on petroleum products, citing a further raise of Rs10 per liter planned from September 1, officials said.
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KARACHI: Saudi Arabia has decided to rollover its $3 billion deposit in Pakistan’s central bank and an announcement on the kingdom’s assistance to cash-strapped nation is expected in next two days, Bloomberg newswire reported on Saturday.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Car sales plunged by 59 percent in July as high borrowing costs, tight credit and a slowing economy dragged down demand, an industry body said on Friday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday allowed power distribution companies to charge additional fuel cost adjustment (FCA) of Rs9.90 per unit on electricity they sold in June.
