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Farmers seek govt’s intervention
KARACHI:
The government should intervene through subsidies, modern technology and farmers’ education, as the cost of doing business for farmers has increased manifold during the past few years.
“If we only talk about fertilisers, a…
FDI inflows stand at $170.6 million in April
KARACHI:
Long-term foreign investors injected a four-month high capital at net $170.6 million during April 2022, in major sectors of Pakistan’s economy including power, banks, electronics and communication despite global as well as…
Pakistan’s debt mounts to Rs53.5tr
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities jumped to Rs53.5 trillion – an addition of Rs23.7 trillion under the watch of former prime minister Imran Khan, who failed to meet his promise of bringing down by half the debt pile left…
FIA opposes framing charges on Shehbaz, others in money…
LAHORE:
The Special Court Central judge on Saturday accepted FIA's plea to first initiate proceedings to declare three accused in the Rs16 billion money laundering case, including Salman Shehbaz Sharif as proclaimed offenders and issued…
PM felicitates Xi Jinping on Pak-China diplomatic ties 71st…
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif congratulated on Saturday Chinese President Xi Jinping, the governments and peoples of the two countries on the 71st anniversary of the establishment of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations.…
Alvi asks Shehbaz to reconsider appointing new Punjab governor
ISLAMABAD:
President Dr Arif Alvi has asked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to reconsider his advice about appointing a new governor of Punjab, as Omar Sarfraz Cheema still holds the office "and there is no occasion to propose a new…
PTI leaders using ‘woman card’ over Mazari’s arrest: Maryam
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was playing the ‘woman card’ over the arrest of their leader and former human rights minister Shireen Mazari, who was taken into custody by Islamabad police on…
Former minister Shireen Mazari ‘violently whisked…
ISLAMABAD:
Former human rights minister Shireen Mazari was allegedly beaten up and arrested from her home on Saturday. The reports of her detention were confirmed by her daughter, lawyer Iman Mazari.
Mazari's daughter tweeted about…
PM Shehbaz, CM Punjab Hamza appear in court for hearing in money…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz appeared in the special court (Central-I) for their hearing in the Rs16 billion money-laundering case today.
The father-son duo was accompanied by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah…
FWO constructs temporary steel bridge to link Hassanabad
A temporary steel bridge has been constructed by the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to restore the link to the central and upper Hunza regions.
The newly constructed bridge can sustain light to medium vehicle traffic and the…