IMF revives long pending bailout programme
ISLAMABAD: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board has approved revival of Pakistan’s EFF programme. In his latest Tweet, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said that following revival of programme, Pakistan should now be getting 7th and 8th tranch...
Asif Zardari demands protection for journalists
KARACHI: Former President of Pakistan and co-Chairman Pakistan Peoples’ Party Asif Ali Zardari strongly condemning initiation of a case against journalist, Waqar Satti demanding to federal government to provide legal aid and protection to journ...
Miftah asks KP minister to tender resignation
Islamabad: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail asked Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra to resign and PTI Senator Shaukat Tarin to quit politics for trying to sabotage Pakistan’s interests after audio leaks of their conversation...
MNAs, MPAs to monitor rescue, rehabilitation operations across Sindh: CM Murad
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah Monday said that government has nominated MNAs and MPAs as focal persons in each district for immediate rescue/relief and rehabilitation of rain/flood affected people. Talking to media persons after...
IHC suspends ban on live speech of Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended ban imposed by PEMRA on Imran Khan live speech besides issuing notice to PEMRA and Attorney General. Case came up for hearing before single bench of IHC presided over by Chief Justice (CJ) IHC Athar...
Monsoon rains, floods death toll reaches 1,033: NDMA
ISLAMABAD: Death toll from torrential monsoon showers and floods since onset of rainy season across country has reached 1,033. According to National Disaster Management Authority, 1,527 individuals were also injured in various rains and flood related...
‘Consumers oppose PSMA Sindh lobby for export of surplus sugar’
KARACHI: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) Sindh chapter has claimed the dollar-strapped Pakistan can fetch up to $1 billion by exporting the minimum 1.3 million tonnes of surplus sugar, currently stocked in local go-downs, this year till N...
Eleven drown as boat capsizes in Jamshoro
JAMSHORO: At least 11 people drowned while seven others rescued when a boat carrying flood victims capsized near village Bilawalpur in Sehwan Sharif in Jamshoro district yesterday. According to police, people who drowned were migrating from submerged...
Rehabilitation process to take years to complete: COAS
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that rescue operations in flood-affected areas is almost over and now rehabilitation process has begun which would take years to complete. In a recorded message, Chief of Army staf...
Afghan’s Defence Minister allegations ‘highly regrettable’: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan called accusations made by Afghanistan's acting Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob "conjectural allegations" and said statement was "highly regrettable" and defied "norms of responsible diplomatic conduct". "In absence of any...
