KARACHI, Pakistan, – Pakistan‘s rupee fell to a record low in the interbank market on Tuesday due to an easing in import restrictions that has lifted demand for the dollar. Pakistan imposed import restrictions from 2022 to stem outflows from its shrinking foreign reserves. The removal of those restrictions beginning in June was a condition…
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan. (ANI file photo) LAHORE: A new washroom with a five-feet high wall with a door has been constructed at the Attock jail cell of Imran Khan after the former Pakistan prime minister complained to the court about the poor living conditions and lack of privacy, a senior Punjab government…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday observed that there were prima facie “shortcomings” in the trial court’s judgment in the Toshakhana corruption case against Imran Khan and said that the Supreme Court would wait for the Islamabad High Court’s order on the former premier’s appeal against his conviction and the three-year sentence…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s top investigation agency on Saturday declared former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi guilty in a case related to the alleged disclosure of state secrets, popularly known as the cipher case. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted the chargesheet against Khan, the chairman of the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and…
PESHAWAR: Pakistani security forces killed six militants and wounded eight others in a shootout during an overnight raid in the country’s northwest, the military said Sunday. Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Mir Ali area of the North Waziristan District when they exchanged fire with militants, the military said. One soldier also died…
Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan (ANI) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has said that India’s Supreme Court verdict upholding the abrogation of Article 370 would “further complicate” the Kashmir issue. The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Centre government’s decision of August 2019 to abrogate Article 370, which bestowed a special…
Pakistan slashes petrol price (ANI) ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan caretaker government slashed the rates of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Pakistan rupees (PKR) 14 and PKR 13.5 per litre respectively for the next fortnight, Dawn News reported.It reported citing a notification from the Pakistan Ministry of finance, the new prices of petrol are PKR 267.34…
Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan. (ANI) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) will approach election tribunals on Monday to challenge the rejection of the nomination papers of scores of its candidates, including party founder Imran Khan, Dawn reported.This comes a day after most of its nominees failed to clear the scrutiny of nomination papers filed for the…
Pakistan election results 2024 (AP) ISLAMABAD: Pakistan responded strongly to criticism regarding the conduct of its parliamentary elections, which took place amidst sporadic militant attacks and a complete shutdown of mobile phone services. The Foreign Ministry defended the vote, stating that it was peaceful and successful.The US State Department expressed concern about the elections, citing…
ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan‘s party Sunday demanded a judicial probe into allegations of vote rigging even as two major political parties failed to reach a power-sharing formula to form a coalition govt.Though independent candidates backed by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won the maximum number of seats in Parliament, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN)…
