The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Sunday stayed the process of consolidation (of results) in NA-15, Mansehra, NA-47, ICT, and NA-48, ICT, till the outcome of the petitions filed by ex-PM Nawaz Sharif, Muhammad Ali Bokhari and Shoaib Shaheen respectively and sought reports from the concerned returning officers (ROs). The orders in the petitions were […]
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) was crushed by another panic-selling spree on Monday, posting its ninth-highest day-on-day (DoD) loss, as investors gasped for clarity on the country’s political and economic stability, taking total post-election losses to 4.8% or over 3,000 points in just two days, dealers said. The benchmark KSE-100 Shares Index lost 1,878 points […]
Jahangir Tareen, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) patron-in-chief, and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Emir Sirajul Haq stepped down from the top slots citing poor electoral results of their parties in the February 8 nationwide polls. Subsequently, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-Parliamentarians (PTI-P) chief Pervez Khattak also announced taking a break from politics after poll humiliation. Tareen, an influential politician who was […]
Ace Pakistan batter Babar Azam has been out of form, especially in Test cricket throughout the year 2023. The right-handed batter played five matches in 2023 and could only yield 204 runs at a dismal average of 22.66 with the highest score of 41. He also could not score a single half-century in the longest […]
The horrific video showed the assailants, Sanjeev Dahiya alias Sanju and Harsh, barging into the salon in the Najafgarh area and opening fire. The heartwrenching footage showed his victim pleading with the attacker. However, his plea fell on deaf ears as the assailant shot him in the head in point-blank rage. We could also see […]
In the Mardan area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, security forces on Monday killed two terrorists during an intelligence-based operation, the military said in a statement. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reports that during the operation, there was a firefight that resulted in the deaths of both terrorists. It claimed that the terrorists who were murdered had also left […]
The head of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Faisal Karim Kundi, has suggested that his party can sit on the opposition benches and support the prime ministerial candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). PPP central secretary information stated in an interview with Geo News on Monday that if Bilawal is not elected prime minister, […]
After the general elections on February 8th, when new governments may take two to five weeks to form in the center and provinces, Pakistan will host an International Monetary Fund (IMF) review mission. The conclusion of the $3 billion Standby Arrangement (SBA), which is set to expire on April 12, depends greatly on the presence […]
Remittances to Pakistan from its foreign workers totaled $2.4 billion in January, up 0.6% from the previous month, according to a statement released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday. “In terms of growth, remittances increased by 26.2% year over year and by 0.6% month over month during January 2024,” the central bank […]
Uncertainty persisted on Monday, days after the nation’s elections, following the shocking announcements of three prominent political figures: Sirajul Haq of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Pervez Khattak, the Central Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P), and Jahangir Khan Tareen, the head of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP). Along with Siraj, Tareen and Khattak made the decision to […]
