Peshawar and ISLAMABAD: Top officials in the power and finance divisions have proposed recommendations on how to provide immediate relief to the public by suggesting deductions in the bills for August and September in response to widespread protests against the …
Amid protests, officials propose reducing August and September electricity bills. See More »
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan continues to face five major and persistent economic challenges, resulting in rising poverty and social vulnerabilities, said the Ministry of Finance a day after the national assembly and the federal cabinet were dissolved. In its first quarterly performance …
Rising poverty, food insecurity, inflation continue to haunt Pakistanis, says MoF See More »
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has issued notice of ‘Force Majeure and Excusing Event’ to Iran to suspend its contractual obligation on completion of multi-billion-dollar Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project because of external factors outside Islamabad’s control. Simply put, Pakistan has expressed its …
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have agreed to expedite the creation of special economic zones (SEZs) and the main line (ML-1) railway project. According to a press release, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zheng Shanjie and Minister for …
Pakistan and China will hasten the implementation of ML-1 and SEZs See More »
WASHINGTON: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari told Dawn on Friday that Pakistan and the United States will hold talks next month to look into the possibility of coordinating their efforts to fight terrorism. The foreign minister had a separate meeting with …
Pakistan-US anti-terror talks from next month, says Bilawal See More »
Pakistan expected “sincere cooperation” from the interim Afghan government to address the “challenge of terrorism,” according to the Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday. The remarks come just one day after Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi stated that Kabul …
It’s ‘time’ Afghanistan lives up to promises against terrorism: Pakistan See More »
According to a senior official who requested anonymity, 23 people have been detained by Pakistani police in connection with the blast at a mosque inside a police headquarters that resulted in the deaths of 101 people. Under oath, a senior …
Pakistan holds close to two dozen suspects in connection with the deadly mosque blast See More »
As tensions between Pakistan and the leaders of the Taliban in Afghanistan rise, a spokesperson for the TTP has denied any involvement in the suicide bombing of a crowded mosque in Peshawar. The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, …
Explained: The deadly cycle of violence and Pakistan’s Taliban insurgency See More »
According to a report released on Tuesday by Transparency International, Pakistan did not make any progress on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) in 2022. The nation was ranked 140 out of 180 countries, which was the same as last year. …
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