PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi described the launch of the newly formed Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party (IPP) — the new home of several PTI deserters — as “dead on arrival” on Saturday.Qureshi......
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah presented a budget of Rs2,247.6 billion for the financial year 2023-24 with a development outlay of Rs700.1bn centred around the rehabilitation of......
At least 10 people died and over 25 were injured in rain-related incidents as torrential showers battered Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak, Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts on Saturday, according to KP......
The interim Punjab government and Islamabad administration have asked the interior ministry to recall the army from the two administrative units a month after it was deployed there to address the......
A Lahore anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted police two-day physical remand of incarcerated PTI leader Dr Yasmin Rashid on Saturday in the case of vandalism at Askari Tower in Lahore on May 9.Rashid......
US prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former president of risking some of the country’s most sensitive security secrets after leaving the White......
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson abruptly quit as a member of parliament on Friday in a furious protest against lawmakers investigating his behaviour, reopening deep divisions in the......
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) advised authorities in Sindh and Balochistan on Saturday to remain alert as a “very severe” cyclonic storm, Biparjoy, over the Arabian Sea was maintaining......
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will address a post-budget press conference in Islamabad today.The press conference, according to the Ministry of Finance, is expected to commence at 12.10pm. ......
ISLAMABAD: The development budget for the sports sector has significantly been reduced, with the government allocating Rs1.9 billion to the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) for 14......
People sift through old clothes displayed along a road in Rawalpindi’s Ganjmandi area on Friday. The government has withdrawn 10pc regulatory duty on the import of used clothes in......
KARACHI: There is a potential threat of flooding in Pakistan’s coastal areas in the coming days after Biparjoy — a very severe cyclonic storm over the east-central Arabian Sea — changed its direction......
PARIS: Novak Djokovic made a huge leap towards a record 23rd men’s Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 French Open semi-final victory against an ailing Carlos Alcaraz in a clash of titans that......
LONDON: England’s Ollie Pope said they have to get Steve Smith out of his bubble during the Ashes series and will look for ways of making the Australian run machine as uncomfortable as possible at......
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) on Friday announced the national squad for a five-nation international event being staged in the Maldives later this month.PBBF secretary general......
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker government has decided to present budget for the first four months of the next fiscal year 2023-24.The decision was taken during a budget preparation......
PESHAWAR: The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has termed the federal budget for financial year 2023-24 as disappointing and not growth-oriented.“The federal government didn’t take......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday summoned a report from the Punjab government on a petition by the wife of PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhry as the Camp Jail superintendent said providing better class......
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday summoned reports from the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on action against encroachments in the city and cutting of trees in Bahria Town housing......
DADU/KARACHI: Shaheed Benazirabad DIG Younis Chandio has said that a Hindu girl allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert and marry a Muslim was recovered in a police raid in the wee hours of......
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday directed the provincial administration and police to ensure production of some detained union committee (UC) chairmen and other elected representative to......
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday announced a $2.1-billion military aid package for Ukraine, just as Kyiv appeared to be opening its long-awaited counter-offensive aimed at driving Russia from......
BANGKOK: Myanmar’s junta has suspended travel authorisations for aid workers trying to reach hundreds of thousands of people in the cyclone-ravaged Rakhine state, the UN’s humanitarian affairs office......
ISLAMABAD: Two key government allies, the PPP and Balochistan Awami Party, on Friday expressed reservations about the Rs14 trillion budget for the financial year 2023-24 for their own, separate......
MOSCOW: Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after special storage facilities are made ready on July 7 and 8, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, Moscow’s first move......
HOW much have we progressed in our 76-year history, and to what extent are we a backward nation compared to our former colonial masters? Some readers may find this comparison unfair — in contrast to......
NEW YORK: The mass of smoky air that choked New York, Washington and other US cities earlier this week moderated on Friday as it drifted as far south as the Florida Panhandle, and conditions improved......
ISLAMABAD: Terming it an “Instagrammable budget” and accusing Finance Minister Ishaq Dar of figure fudging of Rs1 trillion in the amount of interest payments, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has......
KARACHI: Shares of companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange traded mostly on the higher side on Friday ahead of the presentation of the federal budget for 2023-24.Topline Securities said......
KARACHI / LAHORE: The government has presented a picture of the economy far from facts while targets set for the budget 2023-24 also look unrealistic, said FPCCI President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh on......
QUETTA: Former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association Amanullah Kanrani has demanded formation of a joint investigation team (JIT) or a judicial commission for investigating the murder of......
ISLAMABAD: Amid reports of ‘pressure’ from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government has earmarked Rs1.074 trillion in subsidies in its budget for fiscal 2023-24, about 2.6 per cent......
KARACHI: The net impact of the 2023-24 budget is expected to range between neutral and negative for most listed companies, even though a few sectors like technology, real estate and pharmaceutical......
ISLAMABAD: The government has defined a roadmap and timelines for the implementation of various initiatives under the 5Es framework — exports, e-Pakistan, environment, energy & infrastructure and......
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court on Friday gave Chief Minister Khalid Khurshid Khan, who finally appeared before the three-member bench, until June 13 to file his reply to a petition seeking......
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday wondered why the Jamaat-i-Islami chose to segregate the main case from its petition, seeking an investigation against 436 individuals named in Panama Papers for......
KARACHI: Like most budgets in recent years, the budget for fiscal year 2023-24 is also heavy on financing expenditures by accumulating debt even as a large chunk (more than 50 per cent) of current......
LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated another inquiry against PTI President Chaudhry Pervez Elahi for his alleged involvement in embezzlement in development projects in......
• Budget for next fiscal year headlined by massive increases in federal govt salaries, pensions • Development spending jacked up by a third • After paying provinces’ share,......
HOW much have we progressed in our 76-year history, and to what extent are we a backward nation compared to our former colonial masters? Some readers may find this comparison unfair — in contrast to......
RUSSIA’S ‘special military operation’ against Ukraine, launched on Feb 24, 2022, is morphing into a long, drawn-out war. Initially, Russia made substantial territorial gains, but the Ukrainians......
AT one level, a teaching licence is for teachers and their professionalisation. At another, deeper level, it is for the students. It shows that a society cares for the realisation of its future......
A COUPLE of years ago, an innovative parliamentary reporter stood outside the Punjab Assembly and asked — on camera — the members emerging from the building to describe, in a sentence or two, the law......
