By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s electricity regulator has accused the country’s power distribution companies of overcharging customers by as much as 100 percent, in a report that exposed widespread malpractices and over-billing in the power sector.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan, who faces charges of leaking state secrets, asked a special court on Monday to summon the US embassy representative and a retired army general as witnesses in his defense.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is waiting for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve the first review of its $3 billion Standby Arrangement (SBA) and release the second tranche of $700 million, but the IMF’s executive board is unlikely to take up the case until mid-December.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Gunmen opened fire on a bus traveling on a mountainous highway in northern Pakistan on Saturday evening, killing at least eight people, including two soldiers and a police officer, and injuring 22 others, officials said.
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), led by former prime minister Imran Khan, elected a new chairman on Saturday in a controversial intra-party election that was challenged by its opponents and some of its founding members.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government awarded six onshore oil and gas exploration blocks to local and foreign companies on Friday, but four other blocks received no bids despite an extension of the deadline, the Petroleum Division said.
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ISLAMABAD: Exports rose for a third straight month in November, signaling a recovery in external demand while the trade deficit also narrowed as imports fell more than exports, official data showed on Friday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The consumer price inflation rate jumped to 29.2 percent in November, as a steep hike in gas prices fuelled the housing and utility costs, official data showed on Friday.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has hired a consortium led by Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Inc. (JLL) as the financial adviser for the sale and joint venture development of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, USA, the Privatisation Commission Board said on Friday.
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ISLAMABAD – – A founding member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday expressed doubts about the party’s internal elections, which are scheduled to take place on Sunday, and hinted that he might raise the issue with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
