Monitoring Desk
KARACHI: As part of reforms urged by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Privatisation Commission said on Tuesday that it was putting on the block a stake ranging from 51 per cent to 100pc of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Reuters reported.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD – The ruling coalition emerged victorious in Tuesday’s Senate elections, securing 19 seats, while the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) postponed polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) amid a dispute over the swearing-in of opposition members.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD – Islamabad police have launched a terror investigation after all eight judges of the high court received threatening letters containing a mysterious white powder, officials reported on Tuesday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Senate elections to fill 30 vacant seats are underway today amidst a swirl of legal challenges that have cast a cloud of uncertainty over the process.
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ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Qazi Faez Isa, has formed a seven-member bench on Monday to commence hearings on allegations of interference in judicial decisions by the country’s intelligence agencies, as claimed by six judges from the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
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ISLAMABAD: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), allied with the independent lawmakers backed by the former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, filed a Supreme Court petition on Monday, challenging a provincial high court ruling that denied the party reserved seats for women and minorities.
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday suspended the 14-year jail sentences of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in a high-profile Toshakhana case, involving the illegal sale of state gifts.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s inflation pace eased for a third month in a row to 20.7 percent year-on-year in March, marking the lowest rate since May 2022, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data showed on Monday.
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ISLAMABAD: The government has announced a hike in petrol prices by up to Rs9.66 per liter starting on Monday, as stated by the Finance Division, attributing the increase to the rising cost of petrol in the global market.
Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new finance minister said he’s keen to tap Chinese investors by selling as much as $300 million in Panda bonds for the first time ever this year, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
