Pakistan: PM Shehbaz Sharif raises wheat procurement target

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an increase in the wheat procurement target from USD 1.4 million tonnes to...

Pakistan: Electricity bills set to rise

The Pakistani government has finalised a plan to privatise profit-making power distribution companies (Disco),...

Pak: Opposition boycotts Punjab assembly over wheat procurement

Opposition members in the Punjab Assembly boycotted house proceedings on Friday to show solidarity with wheat...

Pak govt extends stay of registered Afghan refugees till June 30

The decision was taken following the federal cabinet meeting held at the Pakistan PM House under the chairmanship of...

Pak: Businessmen ask PM Shehbaz to forge trade ties with India

Amidst expressions of appreciation for the government's recent strides, concerns over political instability loomed...

Beijing wants to deploy own security in Pakistan amid attacks

In 2022, after a suicide bombing killed three Chinese language teachers at Karachi University, Islamabad allowed...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf alleges election rigging in by-polls

Describing April 21 as a "black day" in the annals of Pakistan's history, the PTI has called upon the Election...

Pakistan: PTI claims leaders, workers facing 'crackdown'

On Saturday, PTI's Secretary Information Raoof Hasan said, "Raids are being conducted after the by-election...

Pakistan government borrows record PKR 5.5 trillion from banks

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) data showed that the government's borrowing from commercial banks reached a record...

Pak: PM Shehbaz Sharif urges nationwide drive against smuggling

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday reiterated the resolve to purge the country of smuggling during a...

"Nawaz Sharif used Faizabad sit-in...": Sunni Ittehad Council 

The chairman of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), Sahibzada Hamid Raza, has asserted that the current prime minister,...

Pakistan's growing dependence on Saudi, other Gulf nations

Quite similar to balancing on a sea-saw, Pakistan is also dangling between maintaining its relationship with both...