By Staff Reporter
Confusion is the order of day. Political instability, economic challenges, and constitutional crises seem to have grown all over Pakistan like stubborn fungi. It seems those at the helm of affairs have no prudent roadmap to steer the country through.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Bilwal Bhutto Zardari may be young but he is a Bhutto. Diplomacy runs in his blood and international affairs were the stuff he learned in his cradle. Small wonder he was like a fish in water interacting with foreign leaders and media persons on his maiden visit to the United States after assuming charge as Pakistan’s new foreign minister.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani officials started a much-delayed talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday, asking the Fund to extend its loan program for a year and boost the $6 billion loan to help support the country’s battered economy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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’.
