Pakistan’s foreign ministry warns sanctions have ‘dangerous implications’ for the ‘strategic stability of the region’. Pakistan has denounced new US sanctions on the country’s ballistic missile programme as “discriminatory” and said they put the region’s peace and security at risk. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday warned in a statement that the sanctions “have […]
Read MorePakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has suspended the ‘anti-government movement’ announced for a few days at the request of his party leaders. Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan made the announcement while talking to reporters outside Adiala Jail on Tuesday. Aleema Khan said, ‘Imran Khan is worried about the future of […]
Read MorePakistan’s central bank cut its key policy rate by 200 basis points to 13% on Monday, it said in a statement, its fifth straight reduction since June as the country keeps up efforts to revive a sluggish economy with inflation easing. Pakistan’s latest move makes this year’s cuts the most aggressive among emerging market central […]
Read MoreThe World Bank has canceled a $600 million loan promised to Pakistan for the development sector of the national budget. The world’s largest lending institution also mentioned in a statement that no more budget-related loans will be given to Pakistan in the current fiscal year. The country’s daily newspaper Express Tribune reported this information on […]
Read MorePakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that the economic challenges have been effectively addressed, and the country is on the right path to achieving stability. Virtually addressing the inaugural session of the Second International Islamic Capital Markets Conference & Expo on Thursday, the finance minister said Pakistan had faced significant economic challenges, which were […]
Read MoreIndia-Bangladesh relations have been strained since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. Tensions are rising between the two countries. In this situation, India has announced the deployment of anti-drone units on the Bangladesh border. At the same time, the country has taken this step on the Pakistan border as well. India will deploy anti-drone units […]
Read MoreSix Pakistani soldiers and 22 militants were killed in armed clashes in a northwestern region near the Afghan border on Saturday, the army said, as Islamist fighters increase their attacks on security forces in the area. The firefights took place in three districts after soldiers conducted intelligence-based operations in Waziristan and its adjoining regions, the […]
Read MorePakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on his supporters to hold a rally next week and threatened to start a civil disobedience movement days after his party led a deadly protest march in Islamabad. In a post on X on Thursday, Khan asked supporters to converge on Dec. 13 in the northwestern […]
Read MoreThe Pakistani government has filed eight cases against Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi and hundreds of activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in connection with the protests in Islamabad from November 24 to November 27. They have been charged with terrorism, attacking police and violating Section 144. On Sunday (November 24), thousands of PTI workers […]
Read MorePakistan has taken strict steps against its own citizens to prevent begging in Saudi Arabia. From now on, Pakistanis will have to give a ‘no begging’ bond before going to Umrah and Hajj. Citing Pakistani media, Saudi media ‘Sabq’ and Middle Eastern media Gulf News reported that the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Pakistan has […]
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