By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: At least one person was killed and 16 others wounded on Thursday as fresh clashes broke out between Pakistani and Afghan forces in less than a week at Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing in Baluchistan, officials said.
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UN says run out of food for Pakistan flood victims on low funding
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations said the world community has not provided enough funds after the devastating floods in Pakistan and that may lead to the suspension of its emergency food support program next month.
Pakistan cuts domestic fuel prices
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday cut petrol (motor gas) price to pass on a decline in global prices to inflation-hit consumers.
Pakistan signs five loan deals worth $775 million with ADB
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday signed five loans agreements worth $775 million for flood relief with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the economic affairs ministry said, taking the total lending for the year to $2.7 billion with the agency.
Pakistan allows 100,000T sugar exports
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has allowed 100,000 tonnes of sugar exports, the finance ministry said on Thursday, as it seeks to generate foreign exchange for state coffers and revenue for cash-hungry mills.
PTI to announce plans to dissolve provincial assemblies on December 17
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan will hold a public gathering on December 17 to announce his plan of dissolving two provincial assemblies ruled by his party.
PTA celebrates export success of Pakistani cell phone maker
Inovi Telecom has become the first domestic manufacturer to export 120,000 mobile phone handsets from Pakistan. By Staff Reporter.
ADB sees global slowdown hurting Asia-Pacific growth
Even with the downgraded forecasts, developing Asia will still do better than other regions globally, both in terms of growth and inflation. By Staff Reporter.
Pakistan weighs cut to pump prices
The masses badly need relief, but the government needs more revenue to keep a minuscule primary surplus it promised the IMF to turn at the end of the current fiscal year. By Naveed Naqvi.
Saudi winter package brings relief to 175,000 flood victims
The relief goods were distributed in 14 districts of Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan, Sindh, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces under the auspices of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre. By Naveed Naqvi.