QUETTA: Adviser to Balochistan Chief Minister on Home and Provincial Disaster Management Authority Mir Ziaullah Langove claimed on Wednesday that five of the nine killed in a recent operation conducted by security forces in Ziarat belonged to a terrorist organisation. However, he said, their names were included in the missing …
Read More »Ministers’ alleged threats to PTI lawmakers on SC radar
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up on Thursday a contempt of court petition against Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz, federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb for allegedly threatening to make PTI MPAs disappear before the July 22 election for a new CM. The petitioner — Punjab Assembly …
Read More »Miftah sees economy stabilising with inflows ‘on cards’
• Attributes slide of rupee to ‘political turmoil’ • Economic fundamentals on trade front in ‘ideal situation’ • PM briefed on financial situation as economy ‘goes south’ • Economic, political situation tops agenda as cabinet meets today ISLAMABAD: Blaming political factors for the latest downturn in currency and share markets, …
Read More »26 laid to rest, over two dozen Rahim Yar Khan boat tragedy victims still missing
• Boat meant for 45 people was carrying over 90 people when it capsized • Survivor says plank fell out of the hull DADU/RAHIM YAR KHAN: At least 26 people were laid to rest in their native village Hussain Bakhsh Solangi near Machke in Sindh and 27 remained missing despite …
Read More »mran vs the CEC
IT was a perplexing victory speech and one which is bound to leave a bad taste. Despite the PTI upending the assessments of nearly every observer watching the Punjab by-polls with its unexpected sweep of 15 of the 20 seats up for grabs, party chairman Imran Khan continued to attack Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar …
Read More »FO rejects Gill’s claims that ex-PM Imran was kept in dark about cypher
The Foreign Office on Tuesday rejected PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s claims that the cypher — at the centre of PTI’s foreign conspiracy claims — received from the Pakistani embassy in Washington was initially hidden from then-prime minister Imran Khan and then-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. In a short statement issued …
Read More »Nepra gets nod for Rs11 per unit hike
ISLAMABAD: The government has asked the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) to allow increasing electricity rates by up to Rs11 per unit for high-end residential consumers across the country to bear the additional burden of consumers with lower consumption. The rate approved by the federal government under the “tariff …
Read More »Coalition vows to do all it takes to ‘salvage’ Punjab govt
• Top leadership to go to polls after assembly completes term, will give ‘tough time’ to PTI • PTI to lodge MPAs in hotel to thwart PML-N’s bid to influence them ahead of CM’s election • Zardari apparently seeks Shujaat’s help to save Hamza Shehbaz’s office LAHORE: Following a crushing …
Read More »Ahsan Iqbal highlights plan to boost economy
WASHINGTON: Federal Minister Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal highlighted the current government’s plan for boosting the national economy and rebuilding the relationship with the United States at a Sunday night dinner in Washington — hours after PTI trounced the ruling coalition in the Punjab by-elections. He repeated some of these …
Read More »Imran’s bail extended in 10 cases till 21st
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court on Monday extended the interim bail of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan till July 21 in 10 cases pertaining to violence and damage to public property during the party’s long march in May, while another court confirmed the pre-arrest bail in five cases. …
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