ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) CEO Air Vice Marshal Amir Hayat on Wednesday said the national carrier was expected to suffer a loss of Rs112 billion in the ongoing year. During a press briefing, the PIA CEO pointed out that the national carrier had sustained a total loss of Rs80 billion in 2022 because of old loans and interest …
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday dissolved the National Assembly on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, setting the stage for general elections latest by November 9. The Constitution gives a 90-day timeframe for holding the elections upon the dissolution of the assembly before the end of its five-year term. With the dissolution of the assembly, the country …
ISLAMABAD: The risks attached to the short-term 3-billion-dollar Standby Arrangement (SBA) programme of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will increase manifold with the possibility of the tenure of the caretaker setup going beyond 90 day which seems essential after the approval of the 7th Population and Housing Census, local media reported on Wednesday. A delay in the general elections is on …
ISLAMABAD, Aug 9 (INP): First Sino-Pak feature film premier held to strengthen bilateral cultural exchanges, said Zhang Heqing, the Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan. The Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) recently hosted the premiere of “Ba’tie Girl,” the inaugural Sino-Pak feature film, marking a decade of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) celebrations. Zafar Uddin Mahmood, Special …
BEIJING, Aug. 8 (INP): Pakistan and China are advancing collaboration in higher education.According to Prof. Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Vice Chancellor of University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), China’s higher education has made great progress in recent years and the overall development momentum is very strong. Cooperation between China and Pakistan in higher education has been deepening, and the cooperation in …
Thirty-three people have been confirmed dead and 18 are still missing after Beijing’s heaviest rains on record, officials said on Wednesday. China’s capital has been hit by record downpours in recent weeks, damaging infrastructure and deluging swathes of the city’s suburbs and surrounding areas. Officials said on Wednesday that 33 had died in the recent bad weather in Beijing, mainly …
Today (Wednesday) is most likely the last day of the coalition government as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is all set to write to President Arif Alvi for the dissolution of the National Assembly. The government will dissolve the lower house of the parliament earlier than its constitutional term (which ends on August 12) as it seeks to extend the time …
WASHINGTON, August 08 (EW): The United States said Monday it responds to “obviously unfounded” cases and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest in the Toshakhana case was not one of them. The comment came during US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller’s press briefing in Washington, where he was asked a slew of questions regarding the PTI chief’s arrest. …
ISLAMABAD, 8 August (EW): The third apex committee meeting of Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) on Monday approved multiple projects presented by various ministries to attract investments from friendly countries, under the umbrella of the council, in key sectors like agriculture, livestock, mining, minerals, information technology and energy. The meeting was presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and …
ISLAMABAD: A petition challenging a trial court’s verdict in the Toshakhana (gift repository) case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief was filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday. The application was filed by the former premier’s lawyers Khawaja Haris and Barrister Gohar Ali Khan. “The decision of the trial court in the Toshakhana case is against the law,” stated the plea …