Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has hinted that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan might face a military trial, ARY News reported. Speaking at a private news channel’s talk show, Asif stated that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has to issue an apology to the country over the May 9 events, otherwise, there will be … Read more
In one of the deadliest bouts of violence in recent times in restive southwestern Pakistan, gunmen in Balochistan province killed at least 73 people in two separate attacks, news agencies reported on Monday, citing police statements. In the first attacks, gunmen shot dead 23 people after singling them out and taking them from buses, vehicles … Read more
The Lahore event was organised by UK-based matrimonial app Muzz Lahore: Dozens of young singles gathered this week to meet potential marriage partners in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, the first attempt by a UK-based matrimonial app to help people find spouses in person in the conservative Islamic country. Typically, marriages in Pakistan are arranged … Read more
Islamabad: Pakistan government on Friday decided to provide financial assistance to the families of missing persons as pressure mounted on authorities to address the issue of forced disappearances in the country. The decision was taken in a meeting of the cabinet which discussed reports of two previous committees set up to investigate the issue of … Read more
Two key Pakistani ministers are camping in Beijing to discuss the cash-strapped country’s request for rescheduling its outstanding debts with China linked to the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Muhammad Aurangzeb, Pakistan’s Minister for Finance and Revenue, and Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Laghari, the Minister for Energy (Power Division) are both in Beijing for the last … Read more
With its economy turning precarious, Pakistan has been accosting other countries and multilateral institutions for financial help. That has made ‘begging’ an important figure of its political discourse in which its citizens rue that their country has to “beg” for foreign aid which is often hard to come by and requires persistent importuning by its … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan is looking to clinch a staff level agreement on an International Monetary Fund bailout of more than $6 billion this month after addressing all of the lender’s requirements in its annual budget, its junior finance minister told Reuters. The South Asian country has set challenging revenue targets in its annual budget to help … Read more
The price of milk at Karachi in fiscally-stressed Pakistan shot up to 10 per litre after the city’s commissioner approved a hike, acceding to the demands of the Dairy Farmers Association, ARY News reported. As per the commissioner’s directives, the price of milk has surged by PKR 10 per litre, with shops in Karachi now … Read more
Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was elected as Pakistan’s 14th President on Saturday, becoming the head of state for a second time. Zardari, 68, was the joint candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) while his rival Mahmood Khan Achakzai, 75, was the candidate of the Sunni … Read more
Former Pakistan prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, executed by the military regime in 1979, did not receive a fair trial, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday. Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa announced the unanimous opinion of a nine-member larger bench of the apex court during the hearing of a presidential reference related to the death … Read more
