CHAMAN/QUETTA: A Major development occurred in the Barkhan murserd case on Wednesday night as the Levies Force recovered a woman and her five children including a girl, who were allegedly abducted by Balochistan Minister for Construction and Communications Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran. The operation was conducted in the light of allegations levelled by Khan Muhammad Marri — the man whose …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (APP): Federal Minister of Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar said on Wednesday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was likely to announce its staff-level agreement on the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) with Pakistan this week. “Pakistan has taken all the measures needed to unfreeze a $6.5 billion credit line and expects to clinch the deal ‘any day …
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (EW): Pakistan is looking for breakthroughs in agriculture and information technology during the first ministerial level meeting of a US-Pakistani trade and investment body in seven years, Pakistan’s commerce minister said on Tuesday. Commerce Minister Syed Naveed Qamar will meet on Thursday with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai and other senior US officials under the US-Pakistan …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (EW): Preident Arif Alvi on Thursday accorded approval to the Finance Supplementary Bill 2023. The approval has been given in accordance with Article 75 of the Constitution. The bill envisages additional taxes and duties of Rs170 billion to meet the understanding reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). On February 21, …
The Foreign Office said on Wednesday that a Pakistani delegation has arrived in Kabul for talks with officials of the interim Afghan government on security-related matters. “A high-ranking delegation led by the Minister for Defence is in Kabul today to meet with officials of the Afghan Interim Government to discuss security-related matters including counter-terrorism measures,” it said in a …
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 21 (INP): In connection with the supply of 100 MW of electricity from Iran to Gwadar, Iran’s high-level delegation from the power division was scheduled to reach Gwadar to finalize the agreement on selling power to Pakistan. The delegation, according to Gwadar Pro will call on officials of Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) and National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) to …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (EW): February 22, 2023: Health activists have expressed joy on government’s decision to double the Federal Excise Duty (FED) on Cigarettes. In a press release shared by Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), health activists dubbed shared that this decision will go long way in solving Pakistan’s financial woes and recommended …
PESHAWAR, Feb 22 (Reuters) – A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed for a third day, with thousands of goods vehicles stuck and businesses facing losses as officials from both sides try to broker a solution. Taliban authorities on Sunday closed Torkham, the main point of transit for travellers and goods between Pakistan and landlocked Afghanistan. …
LAHORE, Feb 22 (EW): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently asked Pakistan to slap a power surcharge of approximately Rs3 per unit on consumers for recovery of piled markup on the Power Holding Company. A news published in a section of media reported that the government was hopeful that all Chinese matured loans would be re-financed soon. Quoting sources …
CHICAGO, Feb 22 (EW): A massive winter storm spreading across the U.S. West into the Northern Plains and Midwest on Tuesday could produce blizzards, brutal cold, and record snowfall, making road travel treacherous and disrupting air travel. The National Weather Service issued winter storm, blizzard and high-wind advisories for a broad swath of the western and north-central United States. …
