ISLAMABAD -PM Imran Khan fulfils yet another promise made with the Nation. With the nation currently in a state of disarray both politically andeconomically, the need for productive developments has been dire. As ithappens, good news has arrived in the form of an announcement made by thenation’s prime minister yesterday; Imran Khan has officially launched … Read more
ISLAMABAD – In a setback, Pakistan Afghanistan diplomatic row worsensfurther after the cross border allegations from both sides over diplomatsharassment. The diplomatic tensions have increased, forcing the diplomats in theEmbassy in Kabul to limit their movement or stay on the embassy premises. The harassment of Pakistani diplomats serving in Kabul has promptedIslamabad to halt its … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar whileaddressing a press conference in Islamabad had said that the economy hasstarted picking up as economic indicators including investment inflows,foreign exchange reserves, revenue collection, current account balance,trade balance, ease of doing business, Public Sector Development Programmespending, Stock Exchange performance and inflation are showing positivedevelopments.Current Account Deficit … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Forbes, a global media company that focuses on businesses,investments and entrepreneurship, has termed Pakistan’s improvement in thesocial entrepreneur sector as “remarkable”. The country’s overall ranking as a favourable country for socialentrepreneurs has improved from 32nd place to 14th in the last three years,according to a recent survey by Thomas Reuters Foundation and DeutscheBank’s … Read more
ISLAMABAD – TV anchorperson Rauf Klasra has claimed that JamiatUlema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman was gifted a bottle ofperfume by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa to “calmhim down” following a heated exchange during a meeting between the two. Last month, media reports had emerged that the army chief held a … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan Navy sends a strong message to Indian Navy with thelaunch of the indigenous built Anti Ship Missile that is capable of hittingenemy ships from land to a long distance. The Pakistan Navy successfully test-fired a land-based anti-ship missile,‘Zarb’ as part of a training exercise from the coastal region on Tuesday. The missile successfully … Read more
KARACHI – The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) gained momentum in the outgoingweek as investor participation was comparatively high amid presence ofmarket moving triggers. The benchmark KSE-100 index by gaining 173.93 points (0.51 per cent) closedat 34,377.61 points. Traders, initially, were in a state of uncertainty and a bit of nervousnesson Friday as the JUI-F-led anti-government … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said thesoutheast Asian nation is not going to accept $2 billion from Goldman Sachsas compensation for the 1MDB scandal, the Financial Times reports. “Goldman Sachs has offered something like less than $2 billion”, the PrimeMinister told the newspaper. “We are not satisfied with that amount so weare … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning Development and Reforms has so farapproved release of Rs257.167 billion, including Rs53.62 billion foreignaid for various ongoing and new development projects under the PublicSector Development Program (PSDP) 2019/20 as against the total allocationof Rs701 billion, latest data revealed. The authorities concerned were sanctioned to release Rs113.950 billion,including Rs7.88 billion foreign … Read more
ISLAMABAD – Washington-based World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF) hascondemned the Indian government’s continued brutal repression in occupiedKashmir and refusal to reverse its unilateral decision to abrogate specialstatus of the territory. The forum in a statement issued in Washington, rejected the capricious andundemocratic decision of the Indian government to divide occupied Kashmirinto two union territories of … Read more