Pakistan’s Transparency ranking worse off under PTI
• Govt claims weak rule of law, not financial corruption, behind poor ranking
• Opposition leaders say TI report belies PM’s claims; accuse him of...
Ex-NAB chief Musaddiq Abbasi appointed PM’s adviser on accountability and interior
The government wasted no time after Shahzad Akbar resigned as the prime minister’s adviser on accountability and interior, announcing former National Accountability Bureau (NAB)...
Death toll due to heavy snowfall in Pakistan’s Murree goes up...
The death toll due to unprecedented snowfall and rush of tourists in Pakistan’s popular hill station of Murree has gone up to 23 after...
Scrutiny panel report conceals crucial PTI documents, bank account details
ISLAMABAD: In an interesting development, the election commission scrutiny committee’s report on the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) foreign funding shared with both the parties...
Opposition in NA rejects Punjab govt body probing Murree tragedy
ISLAMABAD: Holding the federal and Punjab governments directly responsible for the Murree tragedy, the opposition parties in the National Assembly on Monday rejected the...
Senior TTP leader killed in Afghanistan: official
ISLAMABAD: A senior leader of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been killed in eastern Afghanistan, a counterterrorism official said on Monday. The official...
Govt bringing ‘tsunami of taxes’ through mini-budget, says Bilawal in NA...
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari lashed out at the PTI government in the National Assembly on Wednesday, saying it was bringing a “tsunami of taxes”...
17pc tax on number of items proposed; Shaukat Tarin dismisses inflation...
• Govt withdraws Rs343bn sales tax exemptions
• Finance minister says sales tax on machinery and pharma adjustable, refundable
• Terms SBP autonomy essential for the...
‘Useless chatter’: Sheikh Rashid dismisses talk of Nawaz Sharif’s return
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday dismissed talks in political circles of PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif’s purportedly planned return to Pakistan as “useless...
75 cases of Omicron variant confirmed so far in Pakistan: NIH
The National Institute of Health (NIH) on Tuesday said that a total of 75 cases of the Covid-19 Omicron variant have been confirmed in...
Opposition lambasts govt over plan to table mini-budget in National...
The opposition on Wednesday took the government to task over its plan to table the supplementary finance bill in the National Assembly. A...
PM asks Sindh to join healthcare scheme, okay islands uplift
• Launches Rs35bn Green Line bus service
• Expects K-IV water project to complete by Sept 2023
• Says Karachi needs autonomy with direct election of...
17th Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers
On 29 November, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - the OIC Summit Chair - took the important initiative to convene an Extraordinary Session of...
FIA charges against Shehbaz, Hamza in Rs16bn graft case
LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted the challan against PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif and son Hamza Shehbaz to a special court on Monday...
November inflation hits 11.5pc, highest in 20 months
ISLAMABAD: An upward swing in consumer prices continued in November as inflation edged up to 11.5 percent from 9.2pc, the highest increase noted in...
PM Imran Khan terms speeches by CJP, ‘convict’ in same...
PM Imran Khan terms audiotapes as a “drama”.
PM slams PML-N over corruption cases.
He says Pakistan moving towards
becoming a great nation.
Prime Minister Imran...
NCOC approves booster shot for health workers, immunocompromised people and...
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday approved a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccines for healthcare workers, immunocompromised people and those aged...
Pakistan offers to host OIC summit proposed by Saudi Arabia to...
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi welcomed on Monday Saudi Arabia’s move to request an extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Council...
Inevitable that Omicron variant will come to Pakistan, we have weeks...
Federal Planning Minister Asad Umar warned on Monday that the latest concerning variant of the coronavirus, Omicron, will inevitably come to Pakistan and the...
Ex-CJP Nisar rubbishes media report on keeping Nawaz, Maryam in jail...
The former chief justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday rubbished allegations leveled against him by a former top judge of Gilgit-Baltistan, Rana...
