ISLAMABAD, Apr 03 (EW): Heavy landslides at the Koh-e-Sulaiman range due to the recent rains have suspended traffic between Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. However, no loss of life was reported. A large part of N-50 National Highway (DI Khan to Kuchlak and Quetta) has been affected by the landslide at Balochistan’s Dhana Sar. According to the Levies Force, seven people …
ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (EW): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday directed that uninterrupted supply of gas to people during the times of Iftar and Sehri should be ensured. The prime minister was given a detailed briefing during a meeting chaired by him on the issue of low pressure, interruption and load-shedding of gas in Karachi. On the PM’s orders, the …
ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (EW): Pakistan has kicked off outsourcing of operations and land assets at three key airports to be run via a public private partnership, finance ministry said, a move to generate more foreign exchange reserves for its ailing economy. The country’s finance ministry said in a statement that Pakistan has engaged the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation …
ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (NNI): Ishaq Dar on Thursday said that Pakistan didn’t delay a single day in repayments. “We didn’t defer a day in repayments,” the finance minister said while speaking on the floor of the Senate. “All technical discussions have been completed, an agreement nearing with the International Monetary Fund (IMF),” he said. “The IMF is demanding, what …
ISLAMABAD, Mar 30 (EW): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday night announced that the elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province would be held on October 30, the same date as Punjab’s elections. In a notification, the ECP said: “…the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notifies October 8, 2023, as the election date for the General polls to the …
ISLAMABAD, MAR 30 (EW): The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet is all set to reconsider Aviation Division’s summary on engagement of International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of World Bank, as Transaction Advisor for outsourcing of airports (Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore) on Thursday (today). Aviation Division, in its summary to the ECC, noted that in view of international …
ISLAMABAD, Mar 30 (EW): A three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa ordered to put on hold all suo moto cases till rules were framed. The three-member bench headed by Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprising Justice Aminuddin and Justice Shahid Waheed issued the two-to-one verdict, which said all cases of Article 184-3 should be postponed …
ISLAMABAD, Ma 30 (EW): Minister of State for Finance Dr Aisha Ghaus-Pasha said on Wednesday that staff-level agreement on the 9th review was taking time because the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants to independently verify commitments from friendly countries – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. She said this while briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Finance meeting …
ISLAMABAD, Mar 29 (EW): An additional district and sessions court in Islamabad on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan in the judge threats case. Civil Judge Malik Aman pronounced the verdict and dismissed the PTI chief’s plea seeking exemption for his personal appearance in the case. The judge directed …
The European Union (EU) on Wednesday removed Pakistan from its list of ‘High-Risk Third Countries’ for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The EU Commission is mandated to identify high-risk third countries having strategic deficiencies in their regime on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). Pakistan was included on the …
