Dealers reported that nervous investors panicked and sold on Monday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) seeing its ninth-highest day-on-day (DoD) loss due to worries about the economy and the incoming regime. With 1,878 points dropped, the benchmark KSE-100 Shares Index closed at 61,065 on Friday, 2.98% lower than its previous close of 62,943 points. In […]
The music and film industries are buzzing with excitement about the impending comeback of Pakistani singer and songwriter Atif Aslam, who had ruled the Bollywood scene before India outlawed Pakistani musicians seven years ago. Atif sat down for an honest chat, sharing his thoughts on his connection with music and his audience, as his international […]
Since the British rule era, districts like Attock, Chakwal, and Jehlum in Rawalpindi have been recognized as significant sources of military recruits, with soldiers hailing from the areas participating in both world wars. Moreover, even after partition, a majority of young people from these regions have shown a preference for joining the Pakistan Army, Air […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) served notice to the returning officer over Rehana Dar’s petition and summoned his reply. The ECP while restraining the result of winning candidate Khawaja Asif adjourned the hearing until February 14. The counsel of Rehana Dar said, “We had won the election with 50,000 votes lead according to form-45 […]
An important development in Pakistani politics occurred when leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) met in Lahore. The team, led by Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, the chief of the MQM-P, held talks with Maryam Nawaz and Shehbaz Sharif, the leaders of the PML-N. In order to secure shared […]
Amid efforts to form a coalition government at the Centre, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) mulled sharing the office of the Prime Minister amongst themselves during the five-year term of the National Assembly, sources told Geo News on Monday. In the Sunday meeting at the Bilawal House in Lahore, […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan Sunday hinted at sitting on the opposition benches instead of compromising on the party position. He said they were holding talks and within a day or two, it would be decided which party was to be joined, and “we would also get allotted reserved seats”. “We would […]
A clash between the workers of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) left a cop and two activists dead in Larkana on Sunday. Political activists from the Chandio and Dahani clans fired at each other with modern weapons, killing PPP activist Muhammad Hassan Chandio and GDA worker Imran Dahani at Dahani […]
According to data issued by the central bank, the workers’ remittances in January 2024 clocked in at $2.40 billion in January. During Jan 24, workers’ remittances recorded an inflow of US$2.4 billion. For details see https://t.co/rPOvn9CTjfhttps://t.co/7XBd4uNES4#SBPRemittances pic.twitter.com/BJ79w2B0fs — SBP (@StateBank_Pak) February 12, 2024 However, the remittances have dropped by 3% in the first seven months […]
Addressing a press conference, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said according to FORM 45 he received 26,000 votes but was ‘declared winner with 30464 votes’. PTI-backed independent candidate grabbed more votes than me, JI Karachi chief said and added he dares to quit the seat over ‘rigged’ results. Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami, Karachi, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman emerged victorious in […]
