KARACHI: Pakistani authorities have dismantled what they described as an international cyber fraud ring responsible for swindling victims out of an estimated $60 million through elaborate online investment schemes, arresting 15 foreign nationals and 19 Pakistanis in a series of raids last week, officials said on Thursday.
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Pakistan secures $730 million ADB funding to fix energy grid, loss-making SOEs
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank signed agreements on Thursday for $730 million in loans aimed at strengthening the country’s overburdened power transmission network and accelerating reforms in its state-owned enterprises, which have long been plagued by inefficiency and financial losses.
Ten militants, including wanted ringleader, killed in twin border operations
ISLAMABAD: security forces killed 10 militants, including a wanted ringleader with a bounty on his head, in two separate operations in the country’s restive border regions, the military said on Thursday, as violence flared anew in the northwest with clashes that wounded three soldiers and at least 20 civilians.
Opposition divided over talks after PM Sharif renews dialogue offer
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leaders in Pakistan signalled conditional openness to dialogue with the government on Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif renewed his invitation for talks, though the main opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf, continued to reject negotiations outright.
As Christians celebrate Christmas, Pakistan reaffirms a promise of equality
ISLAMABAD: As Christians around the world marked Christmas on Thursday, Pakistan’s top leaders extended greetings to the country’s Christian minority, emphasising their integral role in national life and invoking the founding principles of religious freedom and equality laid out by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the nation’s founder.
Pakistan approves pilot power auction to foster competition, ends public procurement
ISLAMABAD: The government has greenlighted a pilot auction for 800 megawatts of electricity under a competitive trading model, a move aimed at injecting market forces into the power sector while scrapping future state-led procurement of generation capacity.
Exiled former aide to jailed Imran Khan is assaulted at his home in Britain
ISLAMABAD: Mirza Shahzad Akbar, a former special assistant to ex-prime minister Imran Khan, was assaulted at his home in Cambridge on Wednesday morning, sustaining fractures to his nose and jaw in what his political allies described as a brutal attack amid escalating threats against critics of Pakistan’s powerful establishment.
UN expert warns Bushra Bibi faces life-threatening conditions in Adiala Jail
ISLAMABAD: A United Nations expert warned on Wednesday that the wife of former prime minister, Imran Khan, was being held in detention conditions that could gravely endanger her physical and mental health, calling on the authorities to intervene immediately to safeguard her well-being.
Pakistan Super League receives 12 bids for two new franchises
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board said Wednesday it had received an “exceptional and encouraging” response to its tender for two new franchises in the Pakistan Super League, with 12 parties submitting bids by the extended deadline.
Military leadership says ‘malicious interests, political or otherwise’, will not be tolerated
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military leadership on Wednesday issued a stern warning against efforts to undermine national unity, explicitly rejecting links between terrorism, crime and political interests, amid escalating tensions with former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party.