Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said that Pakistan has received $2 billion from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) days after the country secured another lifeline from International Monetary Fund (IMF). “On Friday, our reserves had closed in at less than $10 billion, standing at roughly $9.67 billion so you can now imagine them close to $11.67 billion,” he …
ISLAMABAD, July 11 (EW): Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the government wants to fetch investment of billions of dollars from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations in the country’s food and agriculture sectors. In a tweet, PM Sharif said, the GCC countries import agriculture products and food items to the tune of $40 billion annually. …
LAHORE, July 11 (EW): At least six individuals tragically lost their lives, while nine others sustained injuries in the torrential downpour that ravaged the provinces of Punjab and Sindh over the past 24 hours, as reported by local media. The monsoon rains, which have been wreaking havoc since June 25, have now escalated the nationwide death toll in Pakistan to …
Rallies were taken out across the country on Friday to protest of the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden as the nation observed “Youm-i-Taqaddus-i-Quran” (Quran Sanctity Day). Last week, a man had desecrated the HolyQuran in Sweden’s capital Stockholm, resulting in strong condemnation from several Muslim states, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the European Union, Pope Francis …
At least 50 people, including eight children, have been killed by floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains that have lashed Pakistan since last month, officials said on Friday. The summer monsoon brings South Asia 70-80 per cent of its annual rainfall between June and September every year. It is vital for the livelihoods of millions of farmers and food …
RAWALPINDI, June 06 (EW): A Pakistan Army major embraced martyrdom during a gun battle with terrorists in district Khyber’s Shakas area, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Thursday. The incident took place when security forces launched an intelligence-based operation (IBO) between the night of July 5-6 in the area after they received information about the presence of terrorists, the …
UNITED NATIONS: Israel’s raids on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank this week, which killed at least twelve Palestinians including five minors, might constitute a war crime, UN experts said on Thursday. Houses, apartment buildings and other infrastructure were destroyed during two days of assault on Monday and Tuesday, and more than four thousand Palestinians were forced …
LAHORE: Incessant showers on Wednesday broke a 30-year-old record when the city received over 290mm of rain within a span of 10 hours, Commissioner Lahore Mohammad Ali Randhawa said. The metropolis received 291mm of rain, during which more than a dozen areas recorded more than 200mm of rain, the official said, adding this is happening due to climate change and …
PARIS, June 03 (EW): Rioters ram-raided the home of a Paris suburb mayor, set the car alight and launched fireworks at his wife and young children as they fled during a fifth night of nationwide unrest over Tuesday’s police shooting of a teen of North African descent. Vincent Jeanbrun, 39, the centre-right mayor of the southern suburb of L’Hay-les-Roses, …
Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari met his Japanese counterpart, Yoshimasa Hayashi, in Tokyo on Monday, with both sides agreeing to boost bilateral cooperation in several fields, including trade, investment, information technology and tourism. Bilawal is on a four-day visit to Japan, where he had arrived on Saturday, following an invitation from the Japanese government. A day ago, Bilawal had met …
