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SBP cuts auto financing tenure
KARACHI:
In a bid to arrest the fast depleting foreign exchange reserves, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to reduce the auto financing tenure.
In a circular issued on Tuesday, the central bank underlined that the maximum…
Showdown looms as govt decides to stop marchers
ISLAMABAD:
The coalition government on Tuesday decided to bar the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf from holding its ‘Azadi March’ to the capital on May 25 (today), raising the alarm that if the “bloody march” is not nipped in the bud, it would…
Police clash with PTI workers in Lahore, detain 12 members
RAWALPINDI/LAHORE:
Police in Lahore and workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) clashed on Wednesday as the latter managed to push their way through the containers deployed at Batti Chowk by the government to stop the protesters from…
SC asks govt, PTI to decide on alternate venue for long march
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, while hearing a petition against the closure of roads and raids on PTI workers, asked the government led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to sit…
IHC orders release of 70 detained PTI workers
ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday has ordered the release of 70 detained Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers after they submitted affidavits.
The high court heard a petition against police harassment of PTI…
Rupee slides to 202 as uncertainty plagues markets
KARACHI:
The Pakistani rupee hit a new all-time low on Wednesday, reaching Rs202 against the US dollar for the first time in inter-bank market.
The country's capital markets continued to plunge as the ousted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…
Will keep Islamabad safe from ‘violent mob’, vows Marriyum
Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriym Aurangzeb that government “will not allow Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) violent mob to disrupt life” in Islamabad unlike before.
“In 2014, PML-N had allowed PTI for a peaceful…
Nation watching neutrals in whole scenario, says Imran Khan
As Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan announced leaving for Islamabad from Peshawar on Wednesday amid arrests of activists, he said the nation is watching the role of neutrals in the whole scenario…
Govt to stop PTI’s long march: Rana Sanaullah
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said the government has decided that it would not allow the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf to conduct its long march to the capital, scheduled for May 25.
Addressing the media, the interior minister…
Imran threatening establishment not PML-N: Maryam
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has said that former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan was threatening no political leader but establishment by saying he “will not spare Mir Jaffar and Mir Sadiq (traitors)”.
Addressing a press…