The 16th National Assembly’s freshly elected members’ salaries are set to receive recommendations for a budgetary budget of Rs1.5 billion. The proposal has been prepared by the Cash and Accounts Branch of the NA. Salary costs are estimated to be Rs411.1 million, allowances at Rs130 million, and operating costs at Rs891 million. Benefits for NA […]
After a lengthy delay, the Punjab Assembly’s newly elected members took the oath of office on Friday. The proceedings were clouded by rumors of the arrest of a politician supported by the PTI. Speaker Sibtain Khan oversaw about 215 legislators from the PML-N and its allies, as well as 98 lawmakers from the Sunni Ittehad […]
The first American landing on the moon in nearly 50 years and the first by a private firm, Intuitive Machines, is a Texas-based corporation whose spacecraft made a landing close to the moon’s south pole on Thursday. The landing was welcomed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), which saw it as a major […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced the victory of three Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidates from Islamabad’s three constituencies on Friday, rejecting the objections submitted by the party formed by Imran Khan, dealing a setback to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Anjum Aqeel, Tariq Fazal Chaudhry, and Raja Khurram Nawaz, the three PML-N candidates, had […]
While rejecting Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indicated that it is willing to cooperate with the new government in Pakistan and has demanded that an audit of the election results be conducted before granting Islamabad any further loans. The Standby Arrangement (SBA) lender brought total disbursements […]
Under the incoming Shehbaz Sharif-led government, there are a number of formidable candidates vying to be the finance minister, with Ishaq Dar leading the pack. Dar, a former finance minister, is once again regarded as PMLN supreme leader Nawaz Sharif’s top choice for this pivotal role at this important juncture, when Islamabad would be fighting […]
Joe Biden’s description of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “crazy SOB” was deemed by the Kremlin to be a part of a failing “Hollywood cowboy” performance. The US president made the comment on Thursday. The US president said the “crazy SOB” in response to a statement about global challenges, which also included “that guy […]
As per the schedule published by the party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will conduct new intra-party elections on March 3. The timetable states that nomination papers for the intra-party elections may be filed on February 23 and 24, and that paperwork will be reviewed on February 25. PTI intra-party election decisions pertaining to candidacy papers […]
According to diplomatic sources acquainted with the development, the Afghan Taliban government’s decision to boycott the most recent UN conference held in Doha was a “big blunder” and would further isolate it internationally. Special envoys from more than two dozen nations, including Pakistan, attended a two-day conference organized by the UN on February 18 and […]
The Afghan interim administration decided to grant female high school graduates entry to state-run medical institutes starting in the upcoming academic year, which starts in March. This move was hailed on Thursday by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). In a post on X, the UN mission stated, “UNAMA welcomes decision by Afghanistan’s de […]
