ISLAMABAD: Religious and political parties will hold protests in different cities of the country against the abhorrent act of desecrating the Holy Quran in Sweden, which came on the occasion of Eid ul Adha, The News reported. Jamat-e-Islami (JI) has given a call of protest outside the Swedish embassy in Islamabad today (Monday) to condemn the burning of a copy of …
KARACHI, July 3 (EW): Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Monday witnessed a bullish trend as the KSE-100 benchmark index crossed 2,000 points after the government reached a consensus with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a bailout package. The index opened in the green zone and remained positive throughout the session before the trading was halted for an hour after …
ISLAMABAD, June 27 (EW): Cash disbursement to the beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) will be made through retail point of sale of banks from Tuesday (today) while special campsites will be closed, programme’s spokesperson has said. The decision has been taken in view of the issues faced by the banking system and uncertain weather conditions. The …
KARACHI, June 27 (EW): Moody’s Investors Service has warned that Pakistan’s ability to secure loans from bilateral and multilateral partners will be severely constrained until a new programme is negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The credit company, in an issuer comment report, said: “Whether Pakistan will join another IMF programme only become clear after elections, which are …
KARACHI, June 15 (EW) : Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) candidate Murtaza Wahab leads in the election for Karachi mayor on Thursday after securing 173 votes and his rival, Jamaat-e-Islami’s Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, got 161 votes as per unofficial results. The voting for Karachi’s new mayor started earlier in the day with elected members of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) …
HYDERABAD: Thousands of people living in coastal towns and small islands in Thatta, Sujawal and Badin districts on Tuesday left their homes for safer places, two days before a ferocious cyclone was expected to make a landfall on Thursday (tomorrow) afternoon. Classified as a “Very Severe Cyclonic Storm” of Category 3, Biparjoy is expected to land around Thursday evening …
RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi office has summoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan for the investigations into the Toshakhana case, on June 15 (tomorrow). This is the third time the PTI chief and former prime minister, who was dethroned in April last year through a vote of no-confidence, has been summoned in a three-month time span, as …
GENEVA, June 14 (AFP) : A record 110 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced from their homes, the United Nations (UN) said on Wednesday, branding the huge upsurge an “indictment” of the world. Russia’s war in Ukraine, refugees fleeing Afghanistan and the fighting in Sudan have pushed the total number of refugees forced to seek shelter abroad and …
As Pakistan continues to struggle with repercussions of the fast-depleting foreign exchange reserves, US Congressman Al Green urged the Joe Biden-led government to play a role in “providing aid” to the South Asian nation through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. Speaking at Congress Finance Committee, Green said that Pakistan is a case study on the effects …
ISLAMABAD, Jun. 13 (INP): China Southern Airlines resumed its flight operations from Lahore to Urumqi on Tuesday with flight number CZ6018, which will provide greater convenience for businessmen and tourists traveling to China from Lahore and neighboring provinces. The route will have three return flights per week with a capacity of around 177 passengers per flight, according to China Economic …
