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Pakistan: Baligh-ur-Rehman nominated as new Punjab Governor
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The Shehbaz Sharif-led government on Saturday nominated Baligh-ur-Rehman as the new Governor of Punjab province.
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Pak investigation agency probes journalist Sami Abraham under PECA law
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday launched a probe against a senior journalist Sami Abraham under draconian Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA).
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Pakistan: Former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar advises govt to renegotiate IM
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Former Finance Minister and senior Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader Ishaq Dar on Saturday advised the new government of Pakistan to renegotiate International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout package.
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Imran Khan reiterates he would 'never have agreed' to US demands for milit
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Imran Khan on Saturday reiterated that he would "never have agreed" to any US demands for military bases in Pakistan in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last August.
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Better ties with Russia could ensure cheap gas and wheat, says Imran Khan
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that if the country had better ties with Russia, then Moscow could have ensured cheap gas and wheat for the country.
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Pakistan, Afghan Taliban turning from friends to arch enemies: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban, who for long were the closest of allies, are now increasingly facing the prospect of getting involved in a war of attrition over their Islamist terrorism policies that have now come to haunt both of them, a report said.
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Pakistan's trade deficit swells to USD 39.3 billion in ten months
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistan's trade deficit swelled to a massive USD 39.3 billion in the last 10 months of the fiscal year 2021-22, putting pressure on the country's foreign currency reserves in a sign of the worsening economic woes of the country, a media report said.
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Pak govt appoints new Attorney General
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistan federal government on Saturday appointed Lahore-based advocate Ashtar Ausaf Ali as the new Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP).
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Pakistan: PM Sharif directs Punjab govt to enhance wheat procurement
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Punjab government to enhance wheat procurement and asked food security officials to import the commodity if necessary, Pak media reported.
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Sindh will not accept any cut in its water share amid acute crisis: Minist
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): The ongoing shortage of irrigation water posed a grave threat to the agricultural economy of Sindh province.
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Delay in CPEC projects sowing frustration in Pakistan, China: Report
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Amid long delays in the completion of projects and building up arrears, the once much celebrated China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from China's Xinjiang province, running up to Gwadar in Balochistan, is increasingly becoming dysfunctional leading to i
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Food product prices rise as government's Ramzan relief package ends in Pak
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): As the Ramzan relief package of the Pakistan government came to an end, the prices of different food products have surged across utility stores in the country.
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