Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s Finance Minister, stated on Thursday that an agreement between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund is imminent (IMF).
Following a scuffle between the two sides on Wednesday, police used force against Aurat March participants, striking some of them with batons. Three police officers were consequently suspended.
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the PPP’s primary ally in the federal government, is still hesitant despite the announcement of the election schedule, while the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is moving forward with its preparations for the elections in Punjab.
The establishment of a monitoring mechanism for crimes against women and girls in areas under foreign occupation, such as Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, was emphasised by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday at the United Nations (IIOJK).
On Monday, a senate committee authorised a Rs. 500 ‘radio fee’ on the first-time registration of certain types of automobiles.
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said Wednesday that the investigating agencies were looking into former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hamid and that any progress would be reported.
ISLAMABAD: Profit learned on Wednesday that the Economic Coordination Committee had approved the Rs 5 billion Ramzan Relief Plan for Utility Stores Corporation-2023.
The first oil cargo from Russia is likely to arrive in Pakistan by the end of April after the latter consented to the former’s desire to import a single cargo first as a test case to bridge “confidence deficit”.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) appealed to the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday the decision of a district and sessions court upholding the non-bailable arrest warrant for former prime minister Imran Khan (IHC).
On Monday, the Aurat March organisers published a list of 60 demands, which included ending patriarchal violence, increasing the representation of women in climate change decision-making at all levels, cutting the defence budget, and increasing funding for health and education.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Sheikh Fayyaz ud Din on Monday said the degree of popularity among the people would be clear in the upcoming elections, adding that Imran’s popularity was self-proclaimed.
ISLAMABAD: Saqib Nisar, a former chief justice of Pakistan (CJP), claimed on Monday that he never referred to Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, as being “totally sadiq and ameen” (truthful and honest).
