ISTANBUL, Feb 17 (EW): The death toll from the earthquake that has devastated parts of Turkiye and Syria exceeded 41,000 on Friday as the United Nations appealed for $1 billion to address a growing humanitarian crisis. Eleven days after the quake – now one of the 10 deadliest in the past 100 years – Turkish rescuers pulled a 17-year-old …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (EW): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is not only satisfied with the government’s measures to generate additional revenue of Rs170 billion through the supplementary finance bill but is also surprised over the speedy implementation of the agreed measures. This was claimed by Aisha Ghaus Pasha, Minister of State for Finance and Revenue while talking to media …
INDIA, Feb 17 (EW): In two months, India is projected to become the world’s most populous country with over 1.4 billion people. But for at least a year, and possibly longer, the country won’t know how many people it has because it hasn’t been able to count them. India’s once in a decade census, due in 2021 and delayed …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (EW): The inquiry report held the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) responsible for the country-wide power breakdown on January 23. As per details, the inquiry committee formed to probe the country-wide power breakdown, headed by the minister of petroleum sent the report to the federal cabinet. The report says that the NTDC officers, power control …
TURKIYE, Feb 17 (EW): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is in Turkiye on a two-day visit, vowed on Friday to send fresh aid for victims of the powerful 7.8-magnitude in the country, reiterating that Pakistan “is standing with Turkiye” in this difficult time. “By our own eyes, we have seen the massive devastation in Turkiye today,” he said in …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (EW): Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik has said that while implementing the latest hike in the gas tariff, “the government tried its best not to impose burden on the low-income segment.” Speaking to media on the sidelines of the second and last day of the business conference, The Future Summit, in Karachi at …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (EW): The Islamabad Police on Friday opened a criminal investigation against an unknown person for “domesticating” a leopard, a day after it ran free and injured several people in an upscale residential area of the capital. Yesterday, video clips of the feline jumping across walls and navigating roads in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase II …
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (EW): The National Assembly session was adjourned on Friday without voting on the finance bill after a brief debate on the budget proposals. “The NA session has been adjourned to meet again on Monday, the 20th February, 2023 at 5:00 pm,” it was announced on the official Twitter handle of the lower house. Finance Minister Ishaq …
ISLAMABD, Feb 16 (EW): The Islamabad Police said there has been progress in the investigation of the F-9 park rape case — in which two armed men allegedly raped a woman in the federal capital’s recreational site. Taking to Twitter, a spokesperson for the police said it has tracked down the suspects; however, denied making any arrests so far. …
Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Ishaq Dar Wednesday introduced the Finance Bill 2023 or the “mini-budget” in the National Assembly as the government seeks to fulfil the prerequisites for unlocking the $1.1 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. Running against time to pacify the IMF for the revival of the bailout programme, the government had last night approved …
