By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The opposition Tahreek-e-Insaf party has called on its supporters after Friday prayers, in a country wide protest against an assassination attempt on its chief Imran Khan and to press removal of three top officials Khan accused of plotting the attack on his convoy near Wazirabad.
By Ahmer Kureishi
The battle lines had already been drawn before Thursday’s alleged attempt on the life of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, with both sides squaring up for the final showdown. On one side is the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the veritable political consensus of the country, wishing the military to stay out of politics for good – in line with the law and the Constitution.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Protesters have taken to the streets on Thursday after former prime minister Imran Khan was wounded in an assassination attempt at a protest rally near Gujranwala, party officials said.
ISLAMABAD: A short video released by the police to media persons shows the purported shooter confessing to an attempt on the life of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. By Staff Reporter.
Monitoring Desk
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif agreed in a meeting in Beijing to launch a high-speed rail project that could cost $9.85 billion, Bloomberg newswire reported on Wednesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Inflation soared to 26.6 percent in October from a year earlier as food and energy prices spiraled, official figures revealed Tuesday, escalating the country’s cost-of-living crisis.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government has approved the setting up of the Pakistan Energy Revolving Fund (PERF) to repay outstanding dues worth Rs300 billion to Chinese Independent Power Producers (IPPs), a day ahead of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s scheduled visit to Beijing.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif unveiled a loan package worth Rs1.8 trillion for farmers this year, saying it would help support the flood-hit agriculture sector of the country.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government left domestic fuel prices unchanged on Monday at the second consecutive fortnightly review under an IMF-backed pricing mechanism that links energy prices to international markets.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to import 300,000 tons of wheat at $372 a ton from Russia in a government-to-government deal as it battles to secure supplies after devastating floods in summer damaged the country’s strategic food stockpiles.
