KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to formally inaugurate the much-awaited 34th National Games in what is expected to be an impressive ceremony in Quetta today. According to the organisers of the event, the ceremony is scheduled to start at 3:00pm and end at 4:30pm. However, sources claim that due to security reasons, the ceremony may be rescheduled, …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is making last-ditch efforts with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revive the stalled Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme, The News reported on Monday. The hopes are diminishing each day mainly because the ongoing programme of $6.5 billion under the EFF will expire on June 30. The parleys between Pakistan and the IMF continue for the completion of the ninth …
After being arrested multiple times since the May 9 riots, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice-President Dr Shireen Mazari is all set to go free after the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench ordered her release on Monday. The court has asked the PTI leader to submit an affidavit to the deputy commissioner assuring no involvement in violent activities in the …
LAHORE: The Punjab Police may launch a “grand operation” to arrest the “terrorists” allegedly holed up in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence, sources told Geo News. According to the police, all roads leading towards Zaman Park have been blocked and a heavy contingent of law enforcement is in the area. The Punjab government had given a …
LAHORE: Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan is likely to skip appearance at the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) today (Thursday), rather he would submit a written response to the questionnaire. The NAB had summoned the former premier in connection with an investigation related to £190 million settlement from the UK at 10am today. According to the …
ISLAMABAD (EW): In a dramatic turn of events, a team of the Islamabad police on Tuesday tried to capture PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry moments after he left court on being granted bail by the high court in the illegal arrest case. As the PTI leader was about to head home, a police vehicle stopped right in front of his …
Days after an internet blackout, Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-ul-Haque on Tuesday distanced his ministry from blockage saying that they were not “taken into confidence”. “Mobile internet service was suspended without taking the Ministry of IT in confidence. After 2017 Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is not under the Ministry of IT,” Haque told Geo Pakistan. He added …
The US has said individuals should have the freedom to express themselves without participating in any violence, remarks that come in the aftermath of violent protests over the arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan. During the briefing on Monday, US State Department Spokesperson Vedant Patel was asked specifically about the violence that followed the arrest of the …
ISLAMABAD, May 16 (EW): Pakistan is now looking for a Plan B for averting full fledge eruption of the balance of payment crisis if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to delay the revival of the already-delayed $6.5 bailout programme. According to a report published in The News, the cash-strapped nation of over 220 million people will have no other …
ISLAMABAD, May 15 (EW): With the government and the law-enforcement agencies showing a lenient view towards the activists from the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) parties, the latter entered Islamabad’s Red Zone on Monday despite imposition of Section 144 in the federal capital. A large number of PDM workers entered Islamabad’s Red Zone by foot as well as in …
