By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A crashing rupee on Wednesday finally shocked the government into bringing more luxury imports under an existing ban to throttle dollar outflows and control trade deficit.
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5.97 pc GDP growth projected for current fiscal
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: As the end of Pakistan’s fiscal year nears and the budget making exercise gets into a higher gear, data on the performance of various sectors of Pakistan’s economy is trickling in and numbers are being crunched to piece together a clearer picture of national accounts.
PDM LEADERS: Composite image by Independent Pakistan
PDM ready to bite the bullet
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Front (PDM) government has decided to bite the bullet of economic stabilisation and aim to complete the full term of the sitting National Assembly before heading to the general election, well-placed sources told Independent Pakistan on Wednesday.
Make-or-break IMF loan talks open in Doha
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economic whiz kids today opened talks with their International Monetary Fund (IMF) counterparts on a stalled bailout facility with their fingers crossed as their forerunners left no room for error for them.
APEX COURT: Photo courtesy Supreme Court of Pakistan website
SC rules for nullification of dissenting lawmakers’ votes
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday ruled the votes of any parliamentarians dissenting with their party position in four crucial matters would not be counted.
Curative Surgery: Axe set to fall on secy, DG health
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Aamir Ashraf Khawaja, Federal Secretary of Health, is about to get the axe for allegedly godfathering a slew of malpractices that nearly maimed the medical regulatory authority, sources said.
Assassination Plot: PTI chief under massive govt security
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The PLMN coalition government on Monday attached an enhanced security detail to former prime minister Imran Khan, perhaps no less than what he used to enjoy when was in power, a day after the fire-breathing politician swore he was a ‘marked man’.
Will PM Sharif go for early polls?
By Staff Reporter
So this is what the multiple crises staring Pakistan in the eye from all sides boil down to: Who is responsible for the mess we are in?
COMPOSITE IMAGE: Credit, Wikimedia Commons and right, Pakistan Alpine Club
Pakistan’s Abdul Joshi summits Mt Everest
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Abdul Joshi has summited Mount Everest along with an elite international team of mountaineers, the Pakistan Alpine Club has said.
PM Sharif rules out hike in petroleum prices, again
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has once again declined to authorise any immediate increase in petroleum prices, throwing a spanner in the works of the government team tasked with negotiating a revival of the stalled USD 6-billion bailout with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).