ISLAMABAD – The government’s pledge to slash energy tariffs was met with a harsh jolt when the global lender IMF rejected Islamabad’s plan to reduce sales tax. The Ministry of Energy has proposed to the government a reduction in sales tax. And the administration submitted a request to the IMF,Continue Reading
ISLAMABAD (Channel News) – On Tuesday, Justice Jamal Mandokhail stated that the constitution expressly prohibits the executive from acting as the judiciary. During the hearing of the military courts case before the Supreme Court’s constitutional bench, Justice Mandokhail pointed out that the constitution’s division of powers is quite explicit. TheContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD (Channel News) Aleema Khan, the sister of detained PTI founder Imran Khan, has stated that the promise to relocate the PTI founder from Adiala to Banigala was made by KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. Speaking to the media outside Adiala jail, Aleema Khan claimed the PTI founder mayContinue Reading
Lahore – On Saturday night, dense fog continued to take its toll on roads, bringing traffic to a stop and eventually causing motorway police to close various sections of motorways in Punjab. According to Dunya News, certain parts of highways have been blocked due to dense fog. Motorway M-II fromContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD — The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad has granted bail to an additional 40 people detained in connection with the November 26 demonstrations. Presiding Judge Abu Al-Hassnat Muhammad Zulqurnain granted bail to the defendants on the condition that they post Rs5,000 surety bonds and be released immediately. Lawyers SaradrContinue Reading
PESHAWAR – Kurram Deputy Commissioner Javedullah Mehsud and his security were injured in a shooting incident in the Bagan region on Saturday. The event occurred shortly after the first convoy transporting commodities from Tal to Parachinar began its route following a ceasefire accord. Following the horrific occurrence, three more securityContinue Reading
According to a media source, Bangladesh has published new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s independence in 1971, replacing earlier ones that attributed the proclamation to founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Daily Star newspaper said that the new textbooks for elementary and secondary pupils featureContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Amid ongoing talks between the government and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to defuse political tensions, party lawmaker Sher Afzal Marwat claims that the former ruling party was offered the opportunity to relocate its incarcerated founder Imran Khan to Governor House in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nathia Gali. “[Interior Minister] Mohsin NaqviContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD – A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) committee delivered its list of demands to the government on Thursday, as the second round of political dialogue, which began last month to address the country’s political uncertainties, came to an end. Both parties had the first round of official discussions on December 23,Continue Reading
KARACHI: On Thursday, commuters experienced difficulty as the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) held sit-ins in protest of the circumstances in Parachinar city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district extended to other parts of Karachi. More than 130 people have been murdered in the skirmishes in Parachinar, and rumors of over 100 childrenContinue Reading
