Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the present government has given a new direction to the country’s foreign policy from geo-politics to geo-economics for the welfare of people. Speaking in the National Assembly on Friday, he said the country’s economy is now touching 5.37 ...

International Monetary Fund has agreed to reschedule meeting of its board of directors on Pakistan's request for approval of 6th review of the Extended Fund Facility. This was stated by Finance Ministry's Spokesperson Muzammil Aslam in a tweet today [Monday]. Earlier, the Finance Ministry in a ...

Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) MNA Shagufta Jamani on Thursday slapped Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Ghazala Saifi during the National Assembly session. Shagufta Jamani slapped the ruling PTI’s MNA in the session when the mini-budget Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2021 was ...

ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin on Thursday tabled the supplementary finance bill, which is being termed as a mini-budget by the Opposition, in the National Assembly in a bid to revive the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan programme. The Opposition massively ...

Islamabad: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Thursday announced that the Federal Cabinet has approved finance bill. On his official twitter handle, the federal minister said that the finance supplementary bill 2021 will be introduced in the National Assembly (NA).

ISLAMABAD – PTI led government has decided to approach a court against Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif as he had guaranteed Nawaz’s repatriation. Reports in local media said the government has decided to file a petition against former CM Punjab in the Lahore ...

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has assured that the government will take all possible steps to safeguard economic sovereignty of the country. Responding to points raised by opposition members in the National Assembly on Wednesday, he said protecting Pakistan's economic independence is ...

ISLAMABAD – Despite the legislation by the parliament, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is still not sure if electronic voting machines (EVMs) will actually be used in the next elections. This observation came from the ECP during a meeting of the members of the National Assembly’s ...

ISLAMABAD – The joint session of the parliament on Wednesday approved the International Court of Justice (Review and Reconsideration) bill, 2021, thereby allowing condemned Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav to file a review appeal against his conviction. Moved by Law Minister Farogh Naseem, the bill ...

ISLAMABAD – The server of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) stopped working after reportedly being hit by a cyberattack, local media said Friday. The main website of Pakistan’s premium tax collection body turned down while efforts were underway to fix the problem. Reports said taxpayers ...