Govt hopes for $5.4bn from IMF, $5.6bn from others
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are reported to have reached closer to an agreement on a $5.4 billion loan package.The country’s economic team, led by Finance Minister...
View ArticleNawaz’s visit to boost economic cooperation, says Chinese envoy
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s upcoming visit to China will be highly significant in cementing bilateral ties sand enhancing economic cooperation, besides helping to ease energy crisis in...
View ArticlePML-N explores ways of keeping PAC post for itself
ISLAMABAD: The PML-N government continues to mull over the option of whether to keep the chairmanship of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) or let the opposition PPP run the most important committee...
View ArticleEnforced Disappearances: SC disappointed over commission’s performance
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has expressed disappointment over the working of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (CIED) set up three years ago and over non-implementation of its...
View ArticleDPs can live in Pakistan after expiry of cards
QUETTA: The government has decided to allow those Afghan refugees whose proof of registration (PoR) cards expired on June 30 to stay in Pakistan.The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
View ArticleSHC stays notification of PS-81 by-election winner
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Monday stayed the issuance of an official notification of winning candidate Jam Madad Ali of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional on a provincial assembly seat (PS-81)...
View ArticleLyari protesters converge on Rangers HQ against ‘extra-judicial killing’
KARACHI: Hundreds of Lyariites led by Pakistan Peoples Party legislators and leaders staged a sit-in in front of the Rangers headquarters on Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road on Monday against the ‘extra-judicial...
View ArticlePHC seeks govt reply over cut in Haj operators’ quota
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Monday suspended two orders of the ministry of Haj and religious affairs about reducing the quota of private Haj operators and sought comments from the secretary...
View ArticleCall for new province in Balochistan
QUETTA: The Pashtoon Qaumi Movement (PQM) has said that in order to protect the rights of Pashtoon people a new province comprising Sibi and Zhob districts should be set up.Addressing a public meeting...
View ArticleBenazir murder case: ATC orders authorities to produce Musharraf on July 9
RAWALPINDI: During Monday’s hearing of the Benazir Bhutto murder case, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi categorically ordered the authorities to produce former military ruler General (retd)...
View ArticleSharif, Singh likely to meet in September
BRUNEI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are likely to meet in September on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the premier’s Special Advisor on Foreign...
View ArticleGrowing extortion menace haunts Karachi
One afternoon a stranger called at Muhammad Faizanullah's stationery shop in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, and wordlessly handed the man behind the counter two items: a piece of paper with a...
View ArticleTerrorism to be resolved through economic overhaul: CM Shahbaz
LAHORE: Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Monday said solving the electricity crisis in the country would not curb terrorism, DawnNews reported. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of a...
View ArticlePM writes to opposition leader on top NAB appointment
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has written to Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah regarding the appointment of chairman National Accountability Bureau. Sources...
View ArticleNawaz visits Quetta to discuss security situation
QUETTA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Quetta on Tuesday to review the worsening law and order situation in the city, two days after a deadly suicide bombing in Hazara town which claimed 30...
View ArticleSC extends cantonment poll deadline to Sept 15
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court extended on Tuesday its deadline to Sept 15 for holding local bodies elections in all 53 cantonment boards in the country after receiving a commitment from the federal...
View ArticleJUI-F may join federal cabinet, says Fazl
ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Tuesday that his party could join the federal cabinet, but hastened to add that the issue had not yet been discussed with...
View ArticleUS drone targets Haqqani network in N. Waziristan; kills 17
MIRAMSHAH: At least 17 people were killed and two others injured in a US drone attack which targeted a house in the North Waziristan tribal region late on Tuesday night. Sources told Dawn.com that the...
View ArticleSC dismisses petition against MQM chief
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition moved against Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain for his May 11 utterances in which he had allegedly asked for the secession of...
View ArticleCM assures Hazaras of enhanced security
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch has assured the Shia Hazara community that his government will fulfill its responsibility to protect their lives and property and eradicate...
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