While speaking to prominent businessmen and industrialists in Islamabad, PM Shehbaz said that the government is actively working to implement business-friendly and investor-friendly policies in the nation. The prime minister said the Special Investment Facilitation Council has given investors and the business community a straightforward platform where services are offered through a single point of […]
A five-member constitutional bench headed by Justice Amin Ud Din Khan heard the cases. On the query of Justice Amin, Advocate Hamid Khan said that the petition has prayed to form a judicial commission on incidents of May 9, and stop civilians’ trial in army courts. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar remarked that the prayer regarding […]
At his weekly news briefing in Islamabad, Foreign Office Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan said these sophisticated weapons are being used by terrorists for attacks inside Pakistan. He said we have impressed upon the international community and Afghan authorities to address this issue. The spokesperson said Pakistan desires a friendly cooperative relationship with Afghanistan but the […]
Trump said on Thursday his proposed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods will take effect on Tuesday, along with an extra 10% duty on Chinese imports. The fresh China tariffs, in addition to the 10% tariff levied on Feb 4, coincide with the start of China’s annual parliamentary meetings on Wednesday, a set-piece political […]
U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said during a hearing that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management lacked the power to order federal agencies to fire any workers, including probationary employees who typically have less than a year of experience. Republican President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, who oversees the so-called Department […]
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that the fresh tariffs on Chinese imports would stack on top of the 10% tariff that he levied on Feb. 4 over the fentanyl opioid crisis, resulting in a cumulative 20% tariff. Trump first announced the new duties on Chinese imports in a post, opening a new tab […]
The new Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad, or Democratic Student Council, includes key organizers from the powerful Students Against Discrimination (SAD) group that spearheaded the uprising that overthrew iron-fisted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August. Politics in Bangladesh are notoriously fractious and other students then accused them of undermining the revolution. Disputes over over-representation led to […]
MQM-P leader Farooq Sattar has alleged that the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has refused to own 25 towns in the city. “They are not paying arrears of the retired municipal employees,” Sattar said. MQM leader said that around 15 billion rupees arrears of the employees have been outstanding against the KMC. “While five billion rupees […]
Federal Minister Riaz Hussain Pirzada received the bodies at Islamabad Airport, offering condolences to the grieving families. The incident, which occurred on February 5, left several families in mourning. Pirzada assured that the government stands with the affected families and is making efforts to bring back the 37 surviving Pakistanis. The minister also took the […]
The additional troops have been sent to the battlegrounds in Russia’s Kursk region, the reports said. Russian forces are fighting Ukrainian troops who thrust across the border into the western Russia region. The spokesperson’s office at the National Intelligence Service (NIS) did not answer telephone calls seeking comment. North Korea has deployed more than 11,000 […]
