By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The central bank on Tuesday restricted travelers ’access to foreign-currency cash up to $5,000 per visit, the latest step to preserve precious hard currency.
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Journalist Arshad Sharif’s death is a targeted killing: Minister
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Arshad Sharif shot dead last month was the victim of a targeted killing in Kenya, not an accidental shooting, interior minister said on Tuesday.
Police book lone shooter in gun attack on Imran Khan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Punjab police booked lone shooter Naveed Mohammad Basheer as the prime accused in a failed assassination attempt on former prime minister Imran Khan, ignoring names of the three top officials who Khan had accused of hatching a plot to assassinate him.
PTI’s long march to resume on Thursday
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s protest long march, suspended after a failed assassination attempt on party chief Imran Khan last week, will resume on Thursday instead of Tuesday, party officials said.
SCP orders police to file FIR on gun attack on Imran Khan within 24 hours
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Monday directed the Punjab police to register a first information report (FIR) of the gun attack on former prime minister Imran Khan within 24 hours.
Imran Khan says protest march to resume on Tuesday; welcomes probe into shooting
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan said the protest march to press for snap polls will resume on Tuesday from Wazirabad — the city where he came under an assassination attack last week.
PM Sharif demands full court commission to probe Imran Khan’s assassination allegations
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday demanded the setting up of a ‘full court commission’ by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to probe Imran Khan’s allegations that the premier, the interior minister, and a senior military official had plotted the failed assassination bid on him.
China, Saudi Arabia assure $13bn funding to Pakistan
Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: China and Saudi Arabia have assured $13 billion in funding to Pakistan as the cash-strapped nation grapples with the aftermath of catastrophic floods, local media reported on Saturday.
Imran Khan says he knew of assassination plot days before the attack
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday said he had received information about the assassination attempt a day before it occurred, accusing three top figures in the country’s political establishment, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of a failed plot to kill him.
Police fire tear gas, clash with protesting supporters of Imran Khan
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: Police fired teargas, baton-charged and detained protesting supporters of opposition Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in major cities on Friday, a day after the former prime minister Imran Khan survived an assassination attempt.