By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary committee failed to agree on a proposed constitutional package, stalled by disagreements over establishing a constitutional court, but the ruling coalition hopes to finalize a consensus document by next week, excluding former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said it will hold a protest in Islamabad restricted area on Oct. 15 unless imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan is granted access to his lawyers and doctors, potentially disrupting a key regional summit.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will implement tax hikes, privatize state assets and overhaul its tax regime to address IMF concerns, as it seeks to plug a $110.5 billion financing gap through 2029, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) documents showed.
By Staff Reporter
PESHAWAR: A grand jirga in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday assigned Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to broker peace, following the government’s ban on the right group Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) and violence that killed three people in the region.
By Staff Reporter
QUETTA: At least 20 miners were killed and seven injured in an attack by armed men on a private coal mine in southwestern Balochistan’s Duki area on Friday, in the latest violence to hit the restive region.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet approved the termination of five independent power producer (IPP) agreements on Thursday, scrapping “take-or-pay” contracts that would expected to save the country Rs411 billion
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans a nationwide crackdown on tax evasion on Thursday, after revealing that a staggering 86 percent of companies operating in the country are not registered for sales tax, resulting in an estimated Rs3.4 trillion in lost revenue annually.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that Chinese engineers killed in a bomb blast near Karachi’s airport were negotiating with the government to restructure billions of dollars in energy debt, a crucial step to ease the country’s power tariff burden.
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ISLAMABAD: – Pakistan expects to sign agreements worth around $2 billion with Saudi Arabia later this month, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Tuesday, as the country seeks to bolster its struggling economy.
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ISLAMABAD: Police have booked former Prime Minister Imran Khan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur over a policeman death in last week’s protests, with authorities alleging Khan orchestrated the violence from behind bars.
