During a fundraiser, US President Joe Biden called senator Ted Cruz and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “losers” and made fun of them. According to the Daily Mail, Biden, 81, ridiculed Trump, 77, his debt and his inability to raise money. Speaking at the event on Wednesday, he revealed that his campaign had raised $53 […]
In a case involving vandalism during the 2022 Azadi March, a judge on Friday issued production warrants for Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the senior party leader, and Imran Khan, the founding chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). A sessions court heard the matter with PTI attorneys Sardar Mohammad Masroof and Naeem Haider Panjotha present. Judge Mureed […]
Due to vetoes from China and Russia over the US-proposed resolution, the UN Security Council was unable to adopt a resolution on Friday that would have required an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of the hostage situation. A “immediate and sustained ceasefire” that would protect civilians and permit the delivery of humanitarian aid was […]
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and a group from Barrick Gold Company, headed by CEO Mark Bristow, met on Friday. They told him that by year’s end, the Reko Diq project in Balochistan will have its feasibility study finished. The prime minister stated that he thought the Reko Diq project will revolutionize the way Balochistan and […]
During the first eight months of the current fiscal year, Pakistan received less than $9.5 billion in foreign loans. It also had difficulties in obtaining new loans from its two biggest multilateral lenders. The current fiscal year’s July–February period saw a slowdown in overall payments from international creditors, even though Pakistan is under the International […]
IHC in its judgment, ruled that DC Irfan Nawaz Memon had been found guilty of misconduct for taking actions that were beyond his authority and was awarded a 6-month jail sentence. Moreover, the Islamabad police SSP (operations) was sentenced to four months imprisonment besides a fine of Rs100,000. However, the Saddar SP was acquitted of […]
Sanam Javed moved to the Appellate Tribunal after her nomination papers were rejected by the Election Commission of Pakistan. The tribunal accepted Sanam Javed’s appeal against the rejection of nomination papers. LHC Justice Shahid Bilal Hasan of the tribunal pronounced a reserved verdict that was reserved on Thursday after the completion of arguments from both […]
As per details, the Monetary Fund has asked Pakistan to end sales tax relaxation on all items including petrol. The newly elected government of Pakistan should also implement a sales tax on petroleum products along with a Rs 60 levy to increase the tax income. Earlier, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recommended the government of […]
A new tranche of loan is likely to be received from IMF in a few days, however, we would need another program,” he said while addressing the session of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) apex committee attended by civil-military leadership. The comments came a day after the IMF agreed to a provisional or staff-level […]
As elections draw closer, US President Joe Biden declared that the government will forgive $6 billion in student loans for 78,000 public servants. Biden’s decision is the most recent attempt to lower student loan debt after the Supreme Court rejected a broad debt relief plan. Around four million people have benefited from student loan reduction […]
