As per details, Pakistan’s IMF Mission Representative, Maher Bennisy during informal media talk, said the fund has approved for a reduction of Rs1 per unit in electricity tariffs for all consumers in Pakistan. Bennisy stated that the relief will be financed through revenue generated from levies imposed on gas consumption by captive power plants. He […]
The Deputy Commissioner of Gwadar also confirmed that the incident occurred at the Kalmat area of the Coastal Highway, where gunmen opened fire on passengers, killing at least five people. The victims who came under the attack were traveling from Gwadar to Karachi when the attack took place. According to sources, the militants set up […]
“The IMF team has reached a staff-level agreement (SLA) with the Pakistani authorities on the first review of the 37-month Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), and a new 28-month arrangement under the IMF’s RSF with total access over the 28 months of around $1.3 billion (SDR 1 billion). The staff-level agreement is […]
The proposal, made last week, follows an escalation in violence after Israel resumed air and ground operations against Hamas on March 18, ending two months of relative calm after 15 months of war. Gaza health officials said Israeli airstrikes and shelling have killed nearly 700 Palestinians since then, including at least 400 women and children. […]
A larger bench headed by IHC Acting Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar also imposed a condition that no media talks would be allowed after the meeting. The larger bench, hearing over 20 pleas filed by PTI leaders seeking permission to meet Imran Khan, also comprised of Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir and Justice Azam Khan. […]
After two months of relative calm, Gazans were again fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching a new all-out air and ground campaign against Gaza’s dominant Palestinian group Hamas. Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets on residential neighborhoods, ordering people out of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun towns in the north, the Shejaia […]
According to a state-run news agency, the pledge came during a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman. The meeting, held during PM Shehbaz’s four-day visit to the Kingdom, was also attended by Chief of the Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir, Deputy Prime […]
After speaking to U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday for the first time since their disastrous Oval Office talks, Zelenskiy said Kyiv would draw up a list of facilities that could be subject to a partial ceasefire brokered by Washington. That list could include not only energy, but also rail and port infrastructure, he said, […]
In a written response to the National Assembly, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced that there is no proposal under consideration for salary or pension hike of government employees in the upcoming fiscal year 2025-26 budget. No revision of pay scales or allowances is being considered, he said and added that the increase in hiring and […]
The deportation operation followed a move by Judge James Boasberg to block President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act’s wartime powers to rapidly deport more than 200 alleged members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that has been linked to kidnapping, extortion and contract killings. “A single judge in a single city […]
