Category: Pakistan

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday said that it had cut its expenditures by Rs95 billion in the new budget and managed to arrest the ever increasing expenses. Talking to reporters at the post-budget briefing, Minister for Finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra said that it was imperative to arrest growing government expenditures. “In the first […]

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday witnessed a rumpus over alleged distortion of Islamic history by Prime Minister Imran Khan, which prompted the chair to first suspend the proceedings for 15 minutes and finally to adjourn the house till Wednesday (today). It all started when Attaur Rahman of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), while taking part in […]

ISLAMABAD: Amidst reports the opposition is planning to remove him from office, Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani called on Prime Minister Imran Khan in the latter’s parliament house chambers on Tuesday, informed sources said. The sources said that the prime minister during the meeting assured Mr Sanjrani that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) would support him […]

ISLAMABAD: The government has formed a high-powered body also comprising military authorities to formulate development and economy-oriented policies of the country. The National Development Council (NDC) to be headed by Prime Minister Imran Khan will also have Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa as one of its members. The federal cabinet approved […]

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday welcomed the government’s decision to give the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) another ministry. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday decided to give another ministry to MQM after a meeting with Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and MQM leaders. Presently, the MQM has two federal ministries — law […]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday denied reports that the prime minister had instructed his party members “to not let the parliament function”, as the government and opposition finally agreed not to disrupt debate on the budget in the National Assembly. A National Assembly session was convened three […]

A Sadiqabad-based taxi driver, weighing 330kg, was air lifted on a Pakistan Army helicopter to Lahore for treatment on Tuesday evening on special directives from Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Noorul Hassan — a resident of Mohallah Islampura in Sadiqabad — had appealed to Gen Bajwa on social media to take notice […]

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar on Tuesday claimed that British authorities have agreed to extradite former finance minister Ishaq Dar to Pakistan under a memorandum of understanding. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Akbar said that an agreement in this regard has been reached, but extradition documents for Dar have […]

The newly appointed director general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday after the assumption of his new role, a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office said. In a military shake-up on Sunday, the previous DG ISI, Lt Gen Asim Muneer, was given charge of Commander […]

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday said that white-collar crimes are “not easy to deduct and trace” and therefore, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) required custody of former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur. The order also stated that “no mala fide or ulterior motives” were found on NAB’s part “which […]