ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said the country will face difficult times going forward as the global lender was adamant on incumbent government fulfilling all the conditions of the agreement. Addressing the party senators in the country’s federal capital, Prime Minister ...

ISLAMABAD – Ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday dispelled the impression that he wanted to appoint Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed as the next chief of the Pakistan Army. He denied that he wanted to appoint an army chief of his choice. “God knows I was never concerned about the ...

ISLAMABAD – The federal government has announced reducing the period of scheduled electricity outages to three and half hours from today, in contrast to the fact that shortfall has surged to 6,000 megawatts due to increasing demand in the country. Reports said that the federal capital is ...

ISLAMABAD – Election Commission of Pakistan announced that it is ready to hold the upcoming elections by the end of October this year, saying it is the government that has to decide about the dates. Secretary election body Omar Hameed Khan made the announcement while holding a presser in the ...

*ISLAMABAD: The coalition government led by Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to complete its constitutional term till August 2023. * Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired an important session of the coalition parties in which the allies suggested the premier bring the country out ...

LAHORE – Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadir has barred his party workers from joining the long march announced by PTI for May 25 against the government. In 2014, Qadri and PTI chief Imran Khan led thousands of marchers to the federal capital against the then government of Pakistan ...

*ISLAMABAD: The federal government has devised a strict security plan to deal with the marchers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) during Islamabad’s long march on May 25. * Under the strict security plan, 22,000 security officials will be deployed, whereas, the Islamabad administration summoned ...

ISLAMABAD – Sharif-led coalition government has decided to complete its tenure till August 2023 and announced that the next polls would be held next year. The decision was announced following a high level meeting of the heads of the ruling alliance for consultations as Imran Khan-led ...

LAHORE – Soon after ousted former prime minister Imran Khan announced he would march on the federal capital Islamabad to rid the country of what he calls the imported government, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the nation would not spare Khan if he tries to instigate a civil war in ...

ISLAMABAD – Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has announced that the coalition government has no plans to increase the petrol prices as of now. Addressing a presser in the country’s federal capital Islamabad, the PML-N leader said the petrol prices, which were expected to be increased ...