After Pakistan signed a staff-level agreement on a "standby arrangement" for nine months, contributing to Pakistan's economic stability, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his appreciation on Friday, ARY News reported.
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to participate in the 23rd Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State (CHS), which will be conducted in virtual mode next week, as announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.
Pakistan government is mulling raising the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL) on petrol and diesel from Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 50 to PKR 55 per litre with effect from July 1, 2023, Pakistan-based The News International reported.
As the festival of Eid is inching closer, the residents of Mazar-e-Sharif city of Afghanistan have raised demands for tight security at mosques and public places, reported TOLOnews.
According to the statement, 10 people were injured in wall and roof collapse incidents in Lahore, three in Chiniot and one in Sheikhupura. Meanwhile, seven people were wounded after they were hit by lightning.
He also said that three army officers, including a lieutenant general, were sacked from their jobs as a part of the military's "self-accountability process" into the events.
Addressing a press conference on the "facts" of May 9, Sharif said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the incident of May 9 is extremely disappointing, condemnable and a black chapter in the history of our country."
Senior lawyer Aitzaz Ahsan has demanded the resignation of Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday after the disbandment of the seven-member bench, according to ARY News.
Nawaz, who is convicted in a corruption case, has been living in London on the pretext of ill health since 2019. The former Pakistan PM sought extensions to prolong his stay in London on medical grounds.
The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan's ban on Holi celebrations across all educational institutes in the country sparked internet outrage and was later withdrawn, but the fact that remains unchanged is how tolerance and diversity are eroding in Pakistani culture, an editorial in The N