Peshawar Zalmi are 131-5 at the end of 15 overs in pursuit of the 201-run target set by Karachi Kings. Zalmi need 70 more runs from 29 balls to win the second match of the Pakistan Super League tournament at Karachi National Stadium. Kings’ Babar Azam was the star of the show for the first […]
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LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Thursday that the opposition was weighing different options, including an in-house change, to “rid” the country of “inefficient” Imran Khan-led government. “All opposition parties are on the same page to get rid of the ‘inept’ and ‘selected’ Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government. Whichever way is adopted […]
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Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Friday said he had written to National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser regarding the prolonged absence of the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif. In a post shared on Twitter, the PTI minister said that his letter to Qaiser, he urged the speaker […]
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Anwar Mansoor Khan, who resigned as the Attorney General for Pakistan on Thursday, said the government knew about the remarks he was going to make in the Supreme Court that eventually cost him his job as the country’s top law officer. “Everyone knew what I was talking about and everyone knew what statements I would […]
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PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday questioned the PTI government’s decision to involve the country’s intelligence agencies in the crackdown against smuggling of food items and other goods. Speaking to the media in Lahore, the PPP chairman said: “Are they [intelligence agencies] supposed to fight terrorism, or are they supposed to investigate the fallout from […]
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday launched the Rs15 billion Ehsaas Amdan Programme in Layyah, which according to his government will increase the livelihoods of the weakest sector of society. Addressing the audience on the occasion, the premier thanked his aide Sania Nishtar for her efforts in making this project a reality. Referring to the […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has approved the Uber and Careem merger, imposing pro-competitive and tough conditions ensuring a level-playing field for new entrants and competitors in the app-based ridesharing market. The conditions will remain applicable on Uber up to three years after the merger or until the occurrence of ‘meaningful market entry […]
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KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Dr Reza Baqir on Thursday said the worst phase of economic stabilisation is now over and the country’s business sector has a bright future ahead of them. He made these remarks during his keynote address at the “CEO Summit Asia 2020” organised by the CEO Club Pakistan and […]
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Global stock markets slipped on Friday after a spike in new virus cases in South Korea and other countries refuelled investor anxiety about China’s disease outbreak. Benchmarks in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney closed down and London, Frankfurt and other European indexes were trading lower. Wall Street futures was also expected to dip on the […]
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ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Thursday decided to keep gas and electricity prices unchanged for the next four months [till the announcement of next fiscal budget] and tasked the ministries concerned with reducing taxes on utility bills to provide some relief to the inflation-hit people. The prime minister, while presiding over a meeting of the […]
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