Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has expressed concern over falling foreign exchange reserves and claimed that the reserves are sufficient only for imports of less than three months. PTI leader Asad Umer, while sharing statistics, claimed that the State Bank of Pakistan had only $12.3 billion in reserves. In addition to …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi presided over on Friday a meeting of parliamentary committee of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and directed party legislators to ensure their full presence in the national and provincial assemblies on the day of Senate elections on Saturday (today). Interestingly, some of the …

ISLAMABAD: Fata mem­bers of the National Assembly have reached a consensus on the name of a PML-N-backed candidate for the Senate elections, but they are still divided over the names of two other candidates. The lawmakers from Fata accepted PML-N candidate Shamim Afridi’s name for the election to the upper …

LAHORE: The hearing of the case, against the approval of nomination papers of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in Senate elections, is going on in Lahore High Court. The bench consisting of Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh and Justice Jawad Hassan is hearing the appeal of Nawab Shah Nawazish Ali. The respondent …

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Farooq Sattar expressed his support to independent candidate Mushahid Hussain Syed for the Senate election. Syed Mushahid Hussain is a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate who is competing as independent due to the Supreme Court disqualification decision of Nawaz Sharif. Sattar jokingly said, “We are …

KARACHI: The anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday ordered judicial remand of suspended DSP Qamar Ahmed Sheikh in Naqeebullah Mehsud encounter case. The accused was presented before the administrative judge of ATC in Sindh High Court, where the court ordered to send him to jail on judicial remand. Sheikh, who accompanied …

ISLAMABAD: The 12th meeting of Pakistan-Russia Consultative Group on strategic stability was held on Friday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting, Pakistan was represented by United Nations & Economic Coordination Ambassador Special Secretary Tasnim Aslam, while the Russian delegation was led by Deputy Foreign Minister of the …

FAISALABAD: Days after a PML-N MNA quit party in favour of a move to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), MNA from Faisalabad Dr Nisar Ahmed Jutt also announced his move to PTI on Friday. The lawmaker announced his move to tehreek insaf during a meeting with PTI Chairman Imran Khan and leader …

ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Dr Farooq Sattar submitted his reply to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday in petitions filed by members of the Raabita Committee (RC), urging for the dismissal of applications. The petitions include removal of Sattar as the convener by two-third …

Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday took a jibe at Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari saying Pakistan was blacklisted twice in Financial Action Task Force (FATF) during the party’s tenure. Addressing the former president directly, Iqbal said, “Mr Zardari with your “English speaking” Foreign …