By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The death toll from the suicide bombing at the Peshawar mosque rose to 100 on Tuesday after rescue teams retrieved more bodies from the debris and called off the search for survivors of the terrorist attack in the highly guarded site where several hundred police and security men had gathered for afternoon prayers.
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday ruled in favour of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and declared him the president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q).
The size of the minibudget is emerging as one of the final sticking points between the Ministry of Finance and the IMF field mission, in Pakistan for the 9th review of a billion-dollar bailout program. By Muhammad Ali & Naveed Naqvi.
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: A suspected suicide bombing at a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers in Peshawar on Monday killed at least 44 people and wounded another 175, mostly policemen, officials said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A blast at a mosque inside a police headquarters in Peshawar on Monday killed at least 28 people and wounded another 120, hospital officials said.
By Naveed Naqvi
ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday raised prices of petrol and diesel by Rs35 per liter, just days after the rupee value plummeted to its lowest against the US dollar when price caps were removed.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The chances of Pakistan doing a deal with the International Monetary Fund have grown since a meeting in Islamabad due this week, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Friday, adding that measures needed to pull the economy out of the unparalleled crisis are likely to bring even more pain.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday its mission would visit Pakistan on January 31 to discuss the stalled ninth review of a bailout programme.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Eni said the delivery of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Pakistan LNG Limited that was scheduled for February has been disrupted due to an event of force majeure.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Rupee tumbled about 9.6 percent to a record low of 255.43 against the dollar on Thursday as the cash-strapped government abandoned controls on its currency exchange rate to revive an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme.
