By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A close aide of former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on Tuesday after pulling a private TV channel off air for airing his interview considered as seditious and threatening to national security.
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TTP Commander Khorasani killed in Afghanistan roadside attack
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A top Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander, with a $3 million bounty on his head, has been killed in a roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan, the group said.
Stuff of legends: Arshad stuns the world with insane throw
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem scripted history as he created a new Commonwealth Games record and became the first ever Pakistani to breach the famed 90 meters mark on way to the gold medal on Sunday night.
Watchdog calls on political parties to reform election law
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A watchdog on Sunday asked political parties and the parliament to strengthen rules on political finance to curb the role of money in elections.
UAE to invest $1 billion in Pakistani companies
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates is planning to invest $1 billion in Pakistani companies spanning various sectors, state-run news agency WAM reported on Friday.
Imran Khan to contest by-elections on all 9 vacant seats
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Friday announced to contest an election on all nine National Assembly seats that fell vacant after his party’s lawmakers resigned.
SBP eases cash margin curbs
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday eased 100 percent cash margin requirements on all import on deferred payments to facilitate importers, it said.
ECC rejects Russian wheat at $400/ton; suggests counter price
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to accept import offers made for wheat well below $400/ton for a quantity of 300,000 tons at a government-to-government arrangement with Russia.
Curtains for Imran Khan?
By Ahmer Kureishi
If some of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders expected the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to burn Imran Khan on stake, well, their hopes have not prospered. But if you look at the ruling handed down by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja and his two colleagues, you cannot help appreciating a job well done.
Pakistan gets China’s nod on $2 billion debt rollover
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: China has allowed cash-strapped Pakistan to rollover $2 billion worth of short-term commercial loans to provide a major relief for its all-weather ally, which is reeling under major economic crisis.