By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD : A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi to 10 years in jail each for leaking a secret document that they said revealed a U.S. plan to topple Khan’s government in 2022.
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed six Baloch militants and thwarted three coordinated terror attacks in Mach, a town in southwestern Balochistan province, on Monday night, officials said.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s debt servicing bill soared by 64 percent to Rs4.219 trillion in the first half of the current fiscal year, wiping out the net revenue receipts of the federal government and forcing it to borrow more to finance its spending, official data showed.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan said on Monday that journalists should not face criminal charges for expressing their honest opinions on judicial verdicts if they do not engage in a smear campaign against the judges.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged for a fifth straight meeting on Monday, as it expects inflation to ease from March after staying elevated for months.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Iran and Pakistan agreed on Monday to form a high-level advisory committee to review their bilateral cooperation and challenges, as they sought to ease tensions after exchanging airstrikes along their shared border earlier this month.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Police used tear gas and batons to disperse supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party who tried to hold an election rally in a restricted area of Karachi on Sunday, injuring several people and arresting 25, officials and witnesses said.
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ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) said it hasn’t recommended any increase in gas tariffs for the current fiscal year, refuting media reports that a 41 percent hike was in the works.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The election commission said on Saturday that it had successfully conducted a nationwide trial of a new electronic system for compiling and tabulating election results, despite some concerns over its reliability and security.
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ISLAMABAD: The chief justice of Pakistan, Qazi Faez Isa, on Saturday ordered an inquiry into the alleged harassment of journalists by the country’s Federal Investigation Agency, amid accusations of a smear campaign against the judiciary.
