By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Finance minister Miftah Islmail said large swathes of crops have been destroyed or extensively damaged by deadly floods across Pakistan, leading to further challenges to food security in the impoverished nation of over 220 million.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Soaring food prices pushed August inflation to a 47-year high of 27.3 percent and its peak could still be months away, official data showed on Thursday, underlining the severity of the cost-of-living crunch in struggling economy.
The record PKR 489 billion collection exceeds the August target by a slim margin and represents a 9.15 percent growth from last August despite a 161 percent growth in refunds. By Muhammad Ali.
The court took apart Khan’s preliminary reply to the show cause notice for contempt of court over inflammatory remarks, and gave him seven days to file his supplementary reply. By Naveed Naqvi.
A monumental head of a bodhisattva is returning to Pakistan from Australia after being smuggled out of the country by art thieves. A veteran curator of Gandhara Art says it could have originated in the Taxila Valley.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board on Monday approved a much awaited $1.17 billion disbursement to Pakistan after completing seventh and eighth reviews of the country’s reforms under a stalled $6 billion loan program.
By Ahmer Kureishi
It the end, it did not matter because the International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board put its seal on the staff-level agreement made with Pakistan in July. But Pakistan is aghast that former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his inner coterie stooped to something treachery in high places does not begin to describe.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) executive board on Monday approved a much awaited $1.17 billion disbursement to Pakistan after completing seventh and eighth reviews of the country’s reforms under a stalled $6 billion loan program.
The IHC said it could not entertain any petition concerning a matter pending with any other High Court. By Naveed Naqvi ISLAMABAD: A contempt of
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Widespread flooding across the country so far has killed 937 people, including 343 children and left at least 33 million without shelter and food, forcing the government to declare a state of emergency, officials said.
