Bakhbar Savera, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shaukat Yousafzai expressed disappointment over the lack of coordination within the party leadership during recent events, emphasizing missed opportunities for dialogue and poor decision-making. Yousafzai criticized key figures in the party, stating, “Those holding positions of authority have disappointed us. Ali Amin Gandapur was made a scapegoat, and from […]
The UN deplores the violence in the ongoing opposition protests in Pakistan and called for calm and restraint on all sides, it said. “The Secretary-General continues to closely follow the situation in Pakistan, including reports on the ongoing protests and the deployment of the military,” his spokesperson said in a statement. According to media reports, […]
Brent crude futures rose 5 cents to $72.86 a barrel by 0415 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 3 cents at $68.80 a barrel. Both benchmarks settled lower on Tuesday after Israel agreed to a ceasefire deal with Lebanon’s Hezbollah. A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah will take effect on Wednesday […]
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka said it was moving to a single policy rate set at 8.0 percent, an “effective reduction” of around 50 basis points. The move came a day after the government vowed to honor a deal secured by its predecessor to restructure $12.55 billion in international sovereign bonds, a key condition […]
Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, said on Monday he would impose “an additional 10% tariff, above any additional tariffs” on imports from China until Beijing clamped down on trafficking of the chemical precursors used to make the deadly drug. The two superpowers are setting out their positions ahead of the former president’s return […]
“Since the intimation of the US DoJ (Department of Justice) indictment, the group has suffered a loss of nearly $55 billion in its market capitalization across its 11 listed companies,” it said in a statement. The November 20 bombshell indictment in New York accused billionaire industrialist founder Gautam Adani and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading […]
The truce, which began at 4:00 am (0200 GMT), should bring to a halt a war that has forced tens of thousands of people in Israel and hundreds of thousands more in Lebanon to flee their homes. The Israeli army warned soon after the ceasefire began that residents of south Lebanon should not approach Israel […]
According to sources, PTI workers were unable to convince Ali Amin Gandapur to lead the march further toward D-Chowk, leaving many of them disappointed after a prolonged wait. The administration on the other hand had pushed the PTI protesters back from D-Chowk, and the workers were forced to retreat to Blue Area, with some even […]
The ECNEC, which met in Islamabad on Monday with Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar in the chair, deferred one project for further clarification on the part of the Ministry of Health. The projects pertain to the infrastructure sector for improving connectivity in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh. Six of the approved projects are in Balochistan. […]