Tarin allegedly directs Punjab, KP to backtrack from IMF commitments to pressurize Centre
ISLAMABAD: Former Finance Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shaukat Tarin has allegedly asked Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance Ministers to backtrack from IMF...
Government slaps additional Rs38 billion in taxes on cigarettes
ISLAMABAD: The federal government promulgated an ordinance to slap an additional Rs36 billion tax on cigarettes, Rs2 billion on tobacco processing, and reduced levies...
Police raid Shahbaz Gill’s room in Parliament Lodges; recover weapons, satellite phone
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police raided incarcerated PTI leader Shahbaz Gill's room in Parliament Lodges late Monday and it recovered weapons, satellite phone, and foreign currency...
Two-day physical remand of Shahbaz Gill granted to Islamabad Police
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court Monday granted a two-day physical remand of PTI Chairman Imran Khan's chief of staff, Shahbaz Gill, to the...
YouTuber Jameel Farooqui arrested in Karachi: Islamabad Police
ISLAMABAD: YouTuber and social media activist Jameel Farooqui has been arrested in Karachi for making false allegations against Islamabad Police related to the torture...
Case registered against Imran Khan under anti-terrorism act over ‘threatening speech’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan booked for threatening Islamabad police officers and female magistrate under Section 7 of...
Weekly inflation shatters records, rises to 42.3 per cent
ISLAMABAD: Inflation rose sharply in the week that ended on August 18, climbing to a record 42.3 per cent year-on-year, data released by the...
Heavy rains, floods cause internet outages in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Internet users in central and northern parts of the country on Friday faced internet outages as the national telecommunication company said heavy rains...
Report reveals irregularities worth billions of rupees in Peshawar BRT project
PESHAWAR: An audit report has showed irregularities worth billions of rupees in the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project of Peshawar.
According to a report, over...
Former PM’s close aide Shahzad Akbar’s name placed on ECL
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet placed the names of 10 people, including former prime minister Imran Khan’s close aide Shahzad Akbar, on the Exit Control...
