SLAMABAD – In response to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) stringent requirements, Prime Minister Imran Khan has called a meeting of the federal cabinet on Thursday (tomorrow) to finalise the mini-budget. Tomorrow at 12 p.m., Prime Minister Imran Khan will preside over a meeting to adopt the Finance (Supplemental) BillRead More →
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Teachers from the Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) held a protest on Thursday over the government’s proposal to subordinate Islamabad’s educational institutions to the Municipal Corporation under the Local Government Ordinance 2021. By eliminating the barricades, the demonstrators were able to get in front of the ParliamentRead More →
ALMATY According to Russia’s space agency, a Japanese millionaire returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days aboard the International Space Station filming everyday chores like brushing his teeth and going to the restroom. Along with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, online fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his aide YozoRead More →
LONDON (AFP) – European stocks fell sharply in early trading on Monday, following widespread losses as countries sought to contain the spread of the Omicron coronavirus type. In early trading, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 1.9 percent to 7,133.15 points, compared to Friday’s close. In the eurozone, the CACRead More →
STANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – The struggling Turkish lira fell another 5% versus the dollar on Monday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used Islamic principles to justify not hiking interest rates to stabilise the currency. Despite the fact that the annual rate of inflation has risen to more than 20%, ErdoganRead More →
WASHINGTON: On Saturday, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors authorised $195 million in funding to assist Pakistan in strengthening power distribution and implementing energy sector reforms to improve customer service quality. The Electricity Distribution Efficiency Improvement Project (EDEIP), according to a statement issued by the international financial institution, willRead More →
PESHAWAR: Today is the first day of the first phase of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 17 districts (Sunday). The remainder of KP will go to the elections next month. The polls opened at 8 a.m. and will remain open until 5 p.m. Strict security measures have been putRead More →
SLAMABAD: Pakistan is hosting the 17th emergency session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers today (Sunday) to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. The session was called at the request of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which serves as the OIC Summit Chair. PrimeRead More →
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan received a team from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member nations on Saturday ahead of the 17th Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, which is set to take place at Parliament House on Sunday. The session has been called at theRead More →
KARACHI: On Saturday, at least 16 people were murdered and more than a dozen more were injured in a bomb at Paracha Chowk in the city’s Shershah neighbourhood. PTI MNA Alamgir Khan’s father was among those killed in the incident, according to PTI-Karachi President MPA Khurram Sher Zaman, while worriesRead More →
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